On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:22:46 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> 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. > This is getting exciting. Will I still get a command line? > (base-installer/install-recommends=false doesn't do anything. The base > system is always installed without Recommends:). >