Debian, Netinstall, and packages

[Big Calhoun]

Quick question...is there a resource that shows what packages are available with regards to the various installation messages and ISOs?

I completed a netinstall using the TFTPBOOT.GZ package on the Debian mirrors. Decompressed that into the TFTP directory of my working FC4 install and had my computer up and running in a little over 2 hours (complete net install).

When I did the netinstall, I opted for everything but it hardly seems like 15,000 packages. I downloaded the 14 ISOs but haven't used them because I was able to do the net install. I was also comtemplating getting the DVD but I think I read that doesn't even come with all the packages.

So I was just wondering if there was anything that tells you what packages are available depending on you install method.

[jobezone]

Quick question...is there a resource that shows what packages are available with regards to the various installation messages and ISOs?

I completed a netinstall using the TFTPBOOT.GZ package on the Debian mirrors. Decompressed that into the TFTP directory of my working FC4 install and had my computer up and running in a little over 2 hours (complete net install).

When I did the netinstall, I opted for everything but it hardly seems like 15,000 packages. I downloaded the 14 ISOs but haven't used them because I was able to do the net install. I was also comtemplating getting the DVD but I think I read that doesn't even come with all the packages.

So I was just wondering if there was anything that tells you what packages are available depending on you install met

Both the netinstall, and the DVD or CD's install, give you the same acess to the same amount of packages in the debian repositories. Open aptitude or synaptic, and check the number of packages available, it should list many, many of them that you haven't installed.