[svlug] Debian rc2 CD's Retail Availability

[Karsten M. Self]

on Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 05:08:57PM -0800, Akbar S. Ahmed (akbar501 at dslextreme.com) wrote:
> Hi Bill
> 
> William R Ward wrote:
> >Even if such a store exists, which I doubt, you're probably better off
> >downloading the minimal CD or floppy disks and doing a network install.
> >	http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst
> >
> >This way, you won't be installing twice all the packages that have had
> >security updates since the CD image was made.
> 
> The thought of a local retail store was wishful thinking, but I thought 
> I'd see if there was one.
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm leaving for India for a few weeks where a network 
> install is not as easy as it is here.

 1. Buy a set of install disks.

 2. Create and populate an apt-proxy mirror on a system you're taking
    with you, and install from this as your apt source.


Peace.

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