On Mon, 7 May 2018 18:24:04 -0400 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dan Norton composed on 2018-05-07 18:04 (UTC-0400): > > > On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: > > >> 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.... > > > That "kernel cmdline" phrase is a point of confusion. > > It shouldn't be. The kernel cmdline is the starting element of every > Linux boot. The kernel may go by various names in different > environments and distros, but it's still the Linux kernel that > originates from the kernel.org project whether named linux or > vmlinuz-numericalgobbledegook or some random string (here, every most > recently installed kernel prior to first use acquires two > symlinks: /boot/vmlinuz, and /boot/vmlinuz-cur). > > > 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? > > Other than the .amd part, it's what happens here. It should for you > too. :-) > > A n00b might rather leave off > base-installer/install-recommends=false. I don't think I've ever > tried it that way. I'd be leery of something from Gnome getting > installed. ;-) Yeah, that would be at cross purposes, wouldn't it?