On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 02:48:55AM +0900, Bret Busby wrote: > > Hello. > > In the message below, is the part > > "In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now > also be directly used without prior installation. The special images > used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and > netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 > architectures only." > > I have been to the Debian web site, and the web page at > http://www.debian.org/distrib/ , does not include any reference to "live > images", that can be run without being installed. > > That web page, with the heading and title, "Getting Debian", refers only > to installable versions of Debian 5. It says > "If you simply want to install Debian, these are your options:" > but no mention is made, of anything like > "If you want to run Debian without installing it, you do this:" > > I note that the paragraph above, from the announcement message below, > saya that the "live images" are special images, indicating that they are > not the same as standard installable images. > > Are "live images" of Debian 5, available? > > If so, how do we get them? > > Thank you in anticipation. > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0-live/
or any of the mirrors that hold CD images. You'll get a .iso file which you'll need to burn to a blank CD. HTH, AndyC > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:58:48 -1100 > From: Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <toli...@debian.org> > To: debian-annou...@lists.debian.org > Subject: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released > Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:59:15 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-annou...@lists.debian.org > > <snip> > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-announce-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
