I've used it under both Linux and Windows (yes, Jigdo runs on Windows). Successfully. Actually, worked better "just trying it" than reading the instructions might have suggested.

I debated switching order for those statements (jigdo vs. install ISO(s)). And I probably should have mentioned the [link|http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/|netinst CD installer] which is based on a 150 MB small CDROM image.

Then again, dbootstrap and [link|http://www.knoppix.org/|Knoppix] or [link|http://www.lnx-bbc.org/|LNX-BBC] ... or even [link|http://www.toms.net/rb/|tomsrtbt], do fine for a chroot install (covered in the standard installation instructions, I might add).

Which gets me to a point I've had absolutely no success in trying to impart on our departed friend Addison: there's more than one way to install Debian. Don't fixate on one. Find one that works for you. And be a little fscking flexible already.

Jigdo or ISO: bog vanilla. Standard. Tested. Most people are familiar with it (for those not familiar with the differences: both are essentially the same, but jigdo (the JIGsaw DOwnload) tries to speed things by assembling images from the Debian mirror archive used to distribute package updates rather than from a small number of (usually) outdated and (always) overloaded ISO mirrors).

Netinst or chroot: much more flexibility, less to download, and once you've tried 'em once or twice, likely easier to deal with.