[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Fri Apr 20 14:17:10 UTC 2007
Update of /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
In directory finlandia:/home/users/joey/Projects/Web/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
Modified Files:
dwn-2007-05.wml
Log Message:
multiarch dvd
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2007-05.wml 2007/04/20 07:37:37 1.31
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2007-05.wml 2007/04/20 14:17:08 1.32
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@
packages will vanish and only continue to exist as transitional packages to
give users a sensible choice of TeX stuff.</p>
+<p><strong>Debian 4.0 CD Usage.</strong> Joey Hess <a
+href="http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/tour_of_the_Debian_4.0_CDs/">\
+explained</a> that etch consists of 331 CD and DVD images in total but 324 of
+them are only rarely needed. Of the remaining 7 images the most important one
+is the <a
+href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/multi-arch/iso-dvd/">\
+multi-architecture</a> DVD that boots on 32 and 64 bit x86 systems as well as
+on powerpcs. It will detect the architecture and automatically boot the right
+one. Enough software is included to install a nice desktop even without
+network access.</p>
+
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