Installing debian 3.1 sarge

[rangalo]

Dear friends,

I want to install Debian 3.1 Sarge, what I want is
basic OS + KDE + some developing libraries (SDL, opengl), perl, python

I have partitioned my slave drive like this

hdb1 - Windows XP FAT32
hdb2 - 2.0GB ext3 /root
hdb3 - 500MB swap (for 192 MB RAM)
hdb4 - 500 MB ext3 /home

Now, I have a few questions

1) is this space ok for what I want namely basic os, desktop(kde) and developer stuff as mentioned ?

2) The machine where I am going to install debian is not connected with thee internet so

How can I use cds to install different things ?

3) how many of the installation cds should I burn ?

thanks in advance,
Hardik

[sether]

hdb2 - 2.0GB ext3 /root

I assume you mean the "root" partition rather than /root

1) is this space ok for what I want namely basic os, desktop(kde) and developer stuff as mentioned ?

This is most likely enough. If it is not, you'll know pretty quickly. I have Debian 3.1 system with GNOME and several other large applications installed, and my /usr partition is filled up to about 1GB. It should be fine, but the only way to find out is to try it.

2) The machine where I am going to install debian is not connected with thee internet so

How can I use cds to install different things ?

In the post install configuration (also known as base-config) this should be configurable, if I recall correctly. If not, you can always run

# apt-cdrom add

with the CD-ROM you wish to use in the drive. Look at the apt-cdrom man page for more information. Alternatively, you can edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the CD-ROM as a source manually. There should be a commented out source for CD-ROMs, or at least a description in the manual.

3) how many of the installation cds should I burn ?

I'm pretty unsure about this. I would just burn the first or maybe the first and second CDs and see how far that gets you. You could always manually fetch all of the .deb's you want and put them all on one CD, but that would be quite tedious.