On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:04:47 -0400, Dan Norton wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400 > Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > jpff composed on 2018-05-07 12:34 (UTC+0100): > > > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > > >> 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. > > > > > That looks interesting; it attemts to answer my deep problem about > > > no X, xdm, xterm etc. > > > > > My problem nowis I do not know where/how to apply this. I have not > > > seen any mention of a kernel command line in the net install. More > > > please! > > > > I'm not up to speed on the conventional HOWTO for answering this. I > > rarely use conventional installation boot media. Virtually all my > > installs are in multiboot environments. This enables installation > > booting by using a bootloader already present on the system, by > > loading an installation kernel and initrd, complete with the > > parameters mentioned, plus several others, such as network > > configuration, and leaving off quiet and splash=silent. > > > > IME, virtually any distro's installation media when its presence > > first appears on screen allows for some method of appending > > parameters to the kernel cmdline. It may be an "e" key, or an ESC > > key, or an up or down arrow key, or a function key, and likely will > > suggest how when its screen first paints. > > That "kernel cmdline" phrase is a point of confusion. By editing > the "Install" item in the netinst menu, I can change: > > linux /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet > > ...to this, all on one line: > > linux /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- tasks=standard > base-installer/install-recommends=false > > Is that going to result in a minimum installation?
Leave off tasks=standard for more minimalness. (base-installer/install-recommends=false doesn't do anything. The base system is always installed without Recommends:). -- Brian.