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| author | Richard Atterer <atterer> | 2004-11-01 14:36:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard Atterer <atterer> | 2004-11-01 14:36:41 +0000 |
| commit | e71b1ae8ef078ff24239ec4d3f3480e5eedc0add (patch) | |
| tree | 4ff6350bbe9b19788b70892c016fea69a0972489 /english/CD/netinst | |
| parent | 016cd4d907a7ec082df314b5e56e49dcdc9fb496 (diff) | |
Added explanation/FAQ: What are netinst images?
CVS version numbers
english/CD/faq/index.wml: 1.41 -> 1.42
english/CD/netinst/index.wml: 1.31 -> 1.32
Diffstat (limited to 'english/CD/netinst')
| -rw-r--r-- | english/CD/netinst/index.wml | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/english/CD/netinst/index.wml b/english/CD/netinst/index.wml index 151d4c4f993..8136a52d6a0 100644 --- a/english/CD/netinst/index.wml +++ b/english/CD/netinst/index.wml @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ #use wml::debian::cdimage title="Network install from a minimal CD" #include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/info" +<p>A "network install" or "netinst" CD is a single CD which enables +you to install the entire operating system. This single CD contains +just the minimal amount of software to start the installation and +fetch the remaining packages over the Internet.</p> + <p><strong>What's better for me - the minimal bootable CD-ROM or the full CDs?</strong> It depends, but we think that in many cases the minimal CD image is better - above all, you only download the packages @@ -30,10 +35,8 @@ connection. This may be through a PCMCIA adapter on laptops. Internal <if-stable-release release="woody"> <h2>Unofficial net install images for the "stable" release</h2> -<p><strong>NOTE: Homepages on people.debian.org were disabled after -the <a href="$(HOME)/News/2003/20031121">break-in</a>, -some links will not work until the homepage owners set up their pages -again.</strong></p> +<p>Unfortunately, only "unofficial" images (by some Debian developers +rather than the CD team) are available for the stable release:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/">\ |