On Fri 10 Jan 2014 at 13:19:50 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:30:41AM +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote: > >On 01/09/2014 03:41 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> > >> The images you have created are for use only alongside other discs in > >> a set; they contain extra packages that you could add to your system > >> via "apt-cdrom add; apt-get install $package". > > > >The installation manual does not say that. > >In the description of the various possibilities of downloading debian > >there is the section where the production of the jigdo-iso-image is > >described. At the end it directs the reader to the installation manual. > >There nothing is said about the difference between using a 'normal' > >bootable iso image and using the jigdo-iso-image. > >Thus I assumed they are equivalent. > > Apologies if I've caused any confusion here - the jigdo-created images > are *exactly* the same as what you'd have if you downloaded the ISO > directly. You've just picked some DVDs from the middle of a set, > that's all. Only the first DVD in a set is bootable, the rest are just > there to hold more packages for users to install.
If your explanation was added to http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ any confusion could be avoided. How about The jigdo-created images are exactly the same as what you'd have if you downloaded the ISO directly. But note, only the first CD or DVD in a set is bootable, the rest are just there to hold more packages to install. after "Once you have downloaded the images and written them to CD .....". -- 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/20140110225647.ga18...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
