Debian install - thanks

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Matt Graham wrote:

> After a long battle with technology, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> I'm thinking of trying out Debian and looking at their web site I find
>> multiple iso files. Three for DVDs and a whole load if you want CDs. Are
>> these stand alone images or are all of them needed for a full install ?
>
> There are *A LOT* of Debian packages, so many that they don't fit on a single
> DVD.  If you have a reasonably fast Net drop, what you should do is get the
> Debian net-install CD.  That's a relatively small ISO that includes only the
> most basic tools--everything else you install is downloaded from the Debian
> mirrors when you "apt-get install $FOO" or use aptitude or use tasksel.
> You'd only download the full CD/DVD collection if you had to install Debian
> on a box with no Net or extremely pitiful Net.  HTH,

Thanks Matt, Anthony and Hans. Did I miss anyone?

-- 
Bob Holtzman
The most dangerouos aren't the ones who don't know.
They're the ones who don't know that they don't know.