[ale] tux magazine

Paul Cartwright paul_tbot at pcartwright.com
Thu Nov 10 06:17:57 EST 2005


On Thu November 10 2005 1:41 am, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> It's not a 14 CD install. ?Those 14 CD's contain the the binaries
> for multiple architectures to include at least ia32, m68k, sparc,
> ppc and mips that I can recall.

so I downloaded a bunch of stuff I'll never use
>
> > Simply because some (few?) people want *everything* all at once.
> > ?I think most people use the Debian net-install CD (one small CD
> > iso) that does a base install and then only downloads the extra
> > things you want/need.
>
> You are correct. ?Most with experience with Debian and a reasonably
> good net connection use the net-install CD.

I have a fantastid bellsouth DSL connection, that probably would be the 
way to go..
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