[Tfug] Limited Installation

[Robert Zeigler]

I haven't looked at sarge, but... if it's like woody, only the first
disk is absolutely essential.
In fact, if you're looking for a very minimal install, a net install is
really quite painless, provided the installer is happy with your network
card (most cards are fine). This will let you grab what you want and
only what you want for a very minimal system.
Generally, when I install Debian, I have a minimal install disk, and do
a net install. If the images are already out of date for an official
release, they will be shortly, and after you install, you always end up
having to update anyway... why not just grab the updated packages from
the get-go? :)

Robert

Jim Secan wrote:
> At 12:02 PM 6/8/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> 
>>I'd go ahead and just download a full CD image from debian.org... 
>>Hopefully you have good bandwidth... Otherwise you may enjoy trying a 
>>Network Install
> 
> 
> "Network Install" doesn't sound very enjoyable!  I've only got 384kbps
> SDSL, and it looks like I need to download several (10?) iso images.  Not
> attractive either.  Is anyone selling Debian 3.1 on CD sets yet?
> 
> Jim
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