On Mon, Oct 06, 2025 at 03:28:24AM +1100, Lister wrote: > > > On 5/10/2025 21:47, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Maybe you find something useful under > > https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib > Thank you! This filled some gaps for me. I'll reach out to them since I > have a few images that are newer. > > > It is unclear how much they are verified independently of their > > contributors. > Noted. > > > debian-1.3.1-binary-i386.iso > > is bootable by an El Torito floppy emulation image named > > /boot/resc1440.bin > Now that brings back memories! > > > It would be interesting to learn more about the early release formats > > of Debian. > > Were there floppy sets ? Were there always ISOs for download ? >
Someone in Germany burnt me gold CDs for 1.2 - I don't think there were any prior versions. 1.3 came on a properly made "Oficial" [sic] version that was released. My copies are with Steve McIntyre :) > > For interest's sake, it looks like Debian 0.93 didn't come on a CD either: > > $ ls -lh > total 193M > 19K Jun 9 2013 10:53 debian_0.93r6_meta.sqlite > 3.8K Jun 9 2013 10:53 debian_0.93r6_meta.xml > 296 Jun 9 2013 10:53 Debian-0.93R6.sh > 195M Jun 9 2013 10:53 Debian-0.93R6.tar > > This looks to match what's shared on archive.org (minus the screenshots). > > I feel old now > > Thanks! >
