Will Mengarini wrote: > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/ > lists many ISOs, but all have graphic desktops, so none would fit on > a 650 MB CD-ROM, of which I have lots; I don't have larger media. > The situation for the amd64 architecture is identical.
> A livecd is what a sysadmin needs for troubleshooting borked disks, > I'm not sure the debian live disks are intended as a general purpose rescue system. Also a rescue disk won't usually require bleeding edge kernels or package versions: For now, you can try this talking rescue CD, based on debian testing, that includes only command line stuff, AFAIK. http://iavit.org/~bats/ (You may easily find and remove the speech module from the kernel.) I don't see the package list, but the author writes that he is open to additional suggestions. hth -- Joel Roth
