On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:14:19 +0100
aitor <aitor_czr@???> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 24/2/22 21:39, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote:
>
> >> Isn't that exactly what
> >> https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera/desktop-live/
> >>
> >> and
> >> https://files.devuan.org/devuan_chimaera/installer-iso/
> >> devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_desktop.iso and
> >> devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_i386_desktop.iso
> >>
> >> do?
> > And you'd need to burn the packages of all extra software you want
> > (e.g. *-dev) + dependecies - in case that you want to install them
> > later. Might turn out that you need a copy
> > ofhttp://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/dists/chimaera-* of whatever
> > architecture you want to use. Don't know how big a copy of one
> > architecture might be, but I guess you should use BD instead of
> > DVD.
>
> Only the netinst image requires network connection. This image
> contains just the minimal amount of packages to install the base
> system; from thereon the remaining packages are installed over the
> internet.
>
> For your purpose, Steve, the desktop installer-iso mentioned by
> golinux might be the best choice. As a complement, cd2, cd3 and cd4
> contain more packages sorted by popularity. So labeled images are
> entirely optional and play the role of a local repository that can be
> added with "apt-cdrom add". Hence, they aren't meant to boot.

.. and nowadays there is the "pool1" ISO that includes the 5000 "most
popular" packages. That's double of desktop ISO which merely includes
the 2500 most "popular packages".

Ralph.