On Tue 06 Nov 2018 at 17:25:16 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2018-11-06, Michael Stone <mst...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > That said, the bootable business card image is the smallest download > > available to install debian without having to mess with a netboot > > configuration. You can still use the mini iso with a normal cd, or via > > virtual drive, etc. I used to always keep an 80mm (185MB) installer CD-R > > in my bag back before it made more sense to just use a thumb drive. > > > > It turns out I just couldn't remember where they were, and they do still > > exist: > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ > > > > I'll bite: if the mini.iso requires no netboot, why does it find itself > confined to the netboot directory?
It is built as part of the netboot build, which is the reponsibility of the Installer team - not the CD team. > If they stopped calling it a 'bootable business card' and put it > alongside the netinstall iso as the leanest competition around I just > might use the mini. Then again I guess if you're downloading it you're > downloading it (whether the package is integrated into the iso itself or > retrieved 'on the fly') so it's six of one, half a dozen of the other, > in the end. I've never heard it called a 'bootable business card image' (except here). -- Brian.
