----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Ronnquist via Dng" <dng@???>
To: <dng@???>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [DNG] No-Internet Devuan Installer?


> 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".

Thank you, you answered a question I was about to ask

>
> Ralph.

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