On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 10:21:06 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: Andrew M.A. Cater's bluray suggestion is a good one. Most everything of what you want should be in the image. An alternative method with more than 3 DVDs is at
https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick > to put a sock in this discussion, I have, in fact, gone to one or two > locations where there was *NO* Internet at all because the person who > wanted an accessible computer had no idea that in this day and age a > network connection is a virtual requirement to do anything useful. > They were quite happy to have a standalone system that could play > insertable media, write and print things, etc. They thought even such > things as electronic mail and basic Web-browsing were above their > capabilities. They soon discovered they were wrong ... but thereby > hangs another tail. The end user had a portable networking device that > could be plugged in and activated on demand, but there were no drivers > or other software components that were required in order to get it > working. With a net install setup, I'd've exhausted the poor person's > data cap in a matter of minutes, which is why I try to come prepared > with installation media of all sorts, an yes, once in a while I get > somebody whose machine, particularly a newer laptop, has no removable > rotating media capability. They leave CD-DVD drives out of a lot of > new laptops now in order to save space. They're cheap enough, so it's > not a cost saving the manufacturers are after. >
