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Re: Installation Input required

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On 05/05/2017 04:49 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> [snip]
> This question was asked often enough to cause the existence of
>   https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#not-all-images
> which says
>   "We don't store/serve the full set of ISO images for all
> architectures, to reduce the amount of space taken up on the mirrors.
> You can use the jigdo tool to recreate the missing ISO images
> instead."
>
>
> The advantage of Jigdo for the DVD mirror servers is that the bulk
> of data can be fetched from Debian servers which provide packages.
> Jigdo loads a compressed ISO image with lots of holes and then loads
> all the package files which fit exactly into the holes.

That eases problems for Debian servers, I don't see an advantage to me.

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Installation Input required Ashok Inder <ashoka.inder.dev@gmail.com> - 2017-05-05 11:00 +0200
  Re: Installation Input required <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-05-05 11:20 +0200
    Re: Installation Input required Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-05-05 20:50 +0200
  Re: Installation Input required "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-05-05 11:50 +0200
    Re: Installation Input required Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-05 15:20 +0200
      Re: Installation Input required Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-05 16:10 +0200
      Re: Installation Input required "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-05-05 16:20 +0200
      Re: Installation Input required David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-05-05 17:50 +0200
      Re: Installation Input required Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-05-05 19:50 +0200
  Re: Installation Input required Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-05 15:20 +0200

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