On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:13:10 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > It was not clear to me that a Debian installation via businesscard > requires an internet connection _during_ the installation: in fact, I > downloaded debian-6.0.5-i386-netinst.iso, burned it onto CD and the > installation proceeded until the end without problems.
Good :-) In fact, the requirements for both ISO images are detailed in the link you already sent: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/index.en.html "(...) The "business card" image is smaller than the "netinst" image to fit on business-card sized cds. It does not contain the base system, but only the installer: even the base packages need to be downloaded from the net." > I apologize to all the listers for my mistake. Don't worry, these things can happen :-) > But now, please have some even more patience with this doubt of mine: > to connect to internet I normally need `ppp', and to install ppp I need > at least a base system ready: so, how is it possible to have an > internet connection during the installation, i.e. before it is > complete?? That's also documented in the Installation Guide: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apds05.html.en Anyway, if you have a slow or unreliable Internet connection, I would rather go for the first CD or DVD to avoid any problems. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ju43ri$ut2$6...@dough.gmane.org
