On Sun, 6 May 2018 18:09:12 -0400 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> John composed on 2018-05-06 21:51 (UTC+0100): > > > How do I get a working computer? I can ssh in from elsewhere but > > that is not what I need. And I need wifi. > > My Debian installations are all net installs that include > > tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false > > on the kernel cmdline. I get nothing I don't need installed that way. > Xorg and whatever else I need I get with apt* once booted normally. > How do you get that on the kernel cmdline? My guess is that when the net-install medium boots, showing the menu which grub displays, you edit and append "tasks=..." to the line that starts "linux" right? - Dan