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CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> wrote:

>Both CD 1 and 2 contain the OS, although most basic and normal =
installations=20
>can be installed using only CD1. I believe some packages are on the =
second=20
>cd. Also, the miniinst is only for helping fix an installed base system.=
 It=20
>is a "system-on-a-disk" if you like.

The mini.iso certainly contains all the necessary for an installation
including compatibility libraries, man pages and documentation.

CD1 includes everything on the mini.iso plus loads of the common =
packages.
CD2 has a 'live filesystem' and more packages.

John.