On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:28:43 +0100, KatolaZ wrote in message <20181216122843.2lg34abliiena...@katolaz.homeunix.net>:
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 07:08:10AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > g4sra via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Media partitioning, formatting > > > > > Configure mountpoints > > > > > Install Bootloader > > > > > Install Kernel, Modules & Firmware > > > > > Install Shell & package management software > > > > > Configure console > > > > > Configure network > > > > > Boot > > > > > > > > > > Discuss... > > [cut] > > > > > I'm not sure how minimal your preinstall would be, but what I've > > found difficult in the old days was finding the right device > > drivers, figuring out which packages to install to get them, enough > > network configuration to be able to download them, and, in the > > *really* old days, guessing the monitor geometry I need to get X to > > work. > > > > It was annoying to have to have to figure these thing out after > > install time whem the installer had already found answers that > > worked for it. > > :D > > You see: in just two emails we have come from a *minimal* base > installation (a shell with a kernel, a bootloader, and a working > dpkg/apt) to a fully-functioning network server (an ssh server with > configurable keys!) ..you may have missed my installer ssh server purpose: a *minimal* base installation made up by a shell with a kernel, a bootloader, a working dpkg/apt and a ssh server, ready for stage 2: customise the installed OS to purpose. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
