[sclug] I'm looking at seven reasons not to download Debian...

[Simon Heywood]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:18:46PM +0000, Antony Bartlett wrote:
> So where do I get the base system install from, please?  Debian.org 
> seems to be awash with different ways of getting the software and 
> different places to get it from, but I still don't think I saw that one.

Just the first CD should do; that contains the installer and essential
packages. Other packages can be downloaded from your favourite mirror by
apt when required. I tried out the beta 2 of sarge (the forthcoming new
release) the other day and that came in a 100MB CD image.

S.