On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 10:36 AM Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Christoph Prokop wrote:
> > Is it on purpose only DVD1?
>
> Yep. Stated by Andrew M.A. Cater in
>   https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/yvwb9cz42+gxr...@einval.com
>
> > > [...] the number of DVDs was [...] reduced for Debian 11. Whereas
> > > for Buster we made the first three .iso images, for Bullseye there is
> one:
> > > the others can be built using jigdo.
>
> That would be
>
>   https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dvd/
>
> .jigdo and .template files are to be used as described in
>   https://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#how
>
> I wrote a wiki article how to get to a Live Debian, install jigdo-lite
> on it for the time it is running, and use it to download one or more
> Jigdo ISOs:
>   https://wiki.debian.org/JigdoOnLive
> Maybe you find inspiration in there if riddles arise ...
>
>
> > This Site lists 1-5 (but i am not sure who provides theses isos):
> > Is this even an official mirror?
> > http://debian-cd.inspire.net.nz/current/amd64/iso-dvd/
>
> Hard to say. Maybe they are just nice and did the jigdo work for you.
>
> If you can afford the bandwidth to download the ISOs and to discard them
> if they are bad, then check the downloaded ISOs by the checksums in
>   https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dvd/SHA256SUMS
> and/or
> <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dvd/SHA256SUMSand/or>
>   https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dvd/SHA512SUMS
> I.e. _not_ by the checksums on debian-cd.inspire.net.nz .
>

My advice, verify the checksums _without fail_, especially jigdo.
No matter how good you believe your internet service to be, nor how much
excess capacity your platform has.


>
> A cautiously mistrusting downloader will want to verify the checksum
> files by their .sig files and a run of gpg --verify.
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
>

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