On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 10:19:18AM +0100, BALDO wrote: > Hi everyone, I have a question for you. We work with BD images, but is it > possible to merge these images and put them on an external m.2?
I think you've been given an answer. I would always suggest using a USB because this is more straightforward to use. Optical media isn't "completely" gone but each of the Debian bootable images can be written directly to a USB stick. The images are iso-hybrid so will boot directly off the medium. In order to make the BD / DLBD disks, you need to use a mirror and jigdo or similar. As somebody testing images when point releases are made, I would suggest against using larger images than the DLBD - there is the likelihood of bit errors to ruin your image when writing many GB. The bootable DLBD and a mirror mean that you can always install an up to date Debian. In some sense, the images are out of date one day after they are released, so you need a mirror to keep things current.. > If we create the first bootable disk on the external memory with Balena > Etcher, then manually add the packages in the pool folder can it work? > Today using optical media such as CDs and DVDs is obsolete, and Debian does > not have a general ISO with the entire OS, even if it were 125GB, it would > not be a problem for us. In fact, it would make our life easier. How can we > solve this problem? Could the procedure described above work? We need a way > to merge all the BDs and put them on an external pendrive/hdd. Thanks guys > for your support/advice. Please don't post in HTML to this list if you can avoid it. Thanks. Similarly, the main language here is English but I can at least wish you well. Ciao a tutti voi, spero che possiamo aiutarvi con questo. Auguri!! Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.org)
