> On Mar 23, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > > Catherine Gramze wrote: >>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Particularly where you have encountered it where it takes you past the >>> point >>> of no retreat before you discover that you need a network driver, so that >>> you >>> have wiped your old install and cannot continue to install your new one. >>> >> How about the last time I installed Debian using a netinst dvd? > > Sorry, what? There's no such animal as a netinst dvd... The netinst is > a minimal-ish (small) CD-sized image that just contains the installer > and the (very limited) base system. The DVDs we make are much more > complete.
When you burn the netinst iso to a dvd, because you can't buy blank cds anymore in any local stores, you have a netinst dvd. I can't remember the last time I saw a cd in the wild.