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From: Timothy Schader on 19 Jun 2010 08:10
Please tell me what the differences are between all the DVD downloads at the
following link. What is contained on each disk/iso?

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-dvd/

Thanks!
Tim
From: Eero Volotinen on 19 Jun 2010 08:20
2010/6/19 Timothy Schader <tschader(a)gmail.com>:
> Please tell me what the differences are between all the DVD downloads at the
> following link. What is contained on each disk/iso?
> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-dvd/

Well, they contains all Debian software. Mainly you just need first
one, if you can access (fast) internet.

It's a bit hard to list contains of all DVDs.

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From: Huang, Tao on 19 Jun 2010 09:20
look for the listing in the mirror directory hierarchy.
go up one level and you'll find

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/list-dvd/

btw, the first disc contains the installer and the most frequently
used packages.

Do not post to multiple mailing list.
and this question is totally irrelevant to debian-project.


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On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Timothy Schader <tschader(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Please tell me what the differences are between all the DVD downloads at the
> following link. What is contained on each disk/iso?
> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-dvd/
>
> Thanks!
> Tim


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From: Klistvud on 19 Jun 2010 09:30
Dne, 19. 06. 2010 14:13:51 je Eero Volotinen napisal(a):

> Well, they contains all Debian software. Mainly you just need first
> one, if you can access (fast) internet.
>
> It's a bit hard to list contains of all DVDs.

I'll second that. There are roughly about 25 *thousand* packages in
Debian, so it's more practical to search them by name on the Debian
site than it is to list them in extenso. Anyhow, as already said, you
just need the first DVD in order to install a pretty complete Debian
system, with Gnome desktop and all. If you happen to need any exotic
packages (such as, say, ndiswrapper, or some wireless firmware, or the
like), and do have a working Internet connection, the installer will
download them for you on-the-fly. If you don't have a working Internet
connection, you'll have to download such packages beforehand, from the
Debian site (search 'package name'). It's advisable to provide a
working Internet connection to the Debian Installer if at all possible,
though. It makes things *so* much easier...

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From: Alan Chandler on 19 Jun 2010 10:50
On 19/06/10 12:52, Timothy Schader wrote:
> Please tell me what the differences are between all the DVD downloads at
> the following link. What is contained on each disk/iso?
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-dvd/
>
> Thanks!
> Tim

As others have implied, but not implicitely said, Debian comes with lots
of packages, so the DVD or CD sets contain all of them.

In order to do a basic install you normally just need the first CD of
the set (or first DVD - just as a bit more included).

If you have an internet connection, you don't even need the full CD, and
that is where the Netinst or Business Card CD's come in. They get
started enough to connect to the internet and the rest of the stuff
needed is downloaded.

Once your system is up and running (and connected to the internet) you
add and remove packages on the fly from repositories on mirrors around
the world.

So you only need the remaining CDs or DVDs if you are not, and never
will be, connected to the internet.

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