On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:49:10 +0100 Kai Grossjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Beretta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > How in God's name is it an obstacle? Who the hell needs all 13 CD's? > > Are you planning on installing every single binary package there is? > > I don't know about you, but the idea of > > - buy CD 1 via mail order > - wait a week for it to arrive > - start Debian installation > - want to install application X > - find out which CD contains application X > - buy CD Y via mail order > - wait a week for it to arrive > -... > > doesn't sound too exciting for me. Especially the "wait a week" bits.
Yes, but why in the hell would you do that, either? Why wouldn't it
be:
- buy CD 1 via mail order
- wait a week for it to arrive
- start Debian installation, which then completes itself over the network
after the base system is installed.
> So, *if* somebody decides to buy via mail order, *then* surely
> anything but "the full set of all CDs" doesn't make sense.
If you have some commitment to doing everything the hard way,
sure, I guess.
-c
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