Debian 11 isolinux AMD64 USB 32GB source

[John Conover]

Is Debian 11 isolinux AMD64 USB 32GB source available?

Help would appreciated,

John

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

Post by John Conover
Is Debian 11 isolinux AMD64 USB 32GB source available?

Hi John,

32GB source? All of the source for Debian 11 is available:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/latest-oldstable/source/iso-dvd/
lists 18 DVDs.

I'm not sure what you mean by 32GB here though: there is a 16GB medium image
which is made by using jigdo to build the image from a mirror, a BluRay
disk and a double-layer BluRay disk size both also made using jigdo.

It's possible that you have purchased media where someone has simply written
a smaller image to a 32GB stick.

Be aware that the final point release of Debian 11 should take place this
coming weekend on/around 31st August 2024. CD, DVD and other size images will
be produced at that time. This will be the last major point release as
Debian 11 moved to LTS support from 14th August.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater

Post by John Conover
Help would appreciated,
John
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[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Post by John Conover
Is Debian 11 isolinux AMD64 USB 32GB source available?

I am not aware that there was a 32 GB ISO of Debian 11 for amd64.
Maybe you mean the 16 GB ISO ?
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/amd64/jigdo-16G/

Whatever, there is no counterpart for this image in
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/source/
This shortcomming might be worth complaining at the debian-cd mailing
list:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/

I guess that the source ISO for the next larger binary ISO contains all
the source packages of the 16 GB ISO:
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/source/jigdo-bd/debian-11.10.0-source-BD-1.jigdo


Have a nice day :)

Thomas

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Post by Thomas Schmitt
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/amd64/jigdo-16G/
Whatever, there is no counterpart for this image in
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/source/
This shortcomming might be worth complaining at the debian-cd mailing
list

It comes to me that there is probably no 1:1 relation between the
volumes of a binary ISO set and the volumes of the volumes of the
source set for the same medium type. That would be because the different
size of source and binary packages and because the source sets cover
all architectures together.

https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/amd64/jigdo-dvd/
offers 19 binary ISOs.
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/source/jigdo-dvd/
offers only 18 source ISOs.

So the lack of a "16 GB" source ISO can be justified by the fact, that
"16 GB" does not constitute a full binary set and thus is not a candidate
for a source set, which has to be a full set in any case.

Post by Thomas Schmitt
I guess that the source ISO for the next larger binary ISO contains all

Although this guess might still be correct, above considerations open
enough room for the contrary to let me state that only a complete
source set guarantees that you got all source packages from which a
particular binary ISO was made.

The most compact source set is
https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/11.10.0/source/jigdo-dlbd/
which offers two volumes.
But due to the latency bottleneck of Jigdo download maybe you get served
faster if you download simultaneously a set with smaller volumes, so
that your jigdo-lite processes form a larger crowd at the Debian mirror
server.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas