On Tuesday 26 September 2006 11:34, krishnakant Mane wrote: > hello rony, jtd mehul and all other friends. > I tried to install debian from 3.1 rc 2. the problem is that I > want to select 2.6 kernel and also want to get the menu for > selecting the packages I want to install. > the main problem is that I can either select the kernel or with > debconf-priority=medium, get the menu. > but I want to do both the things. I also want to make choices for > packages to be installed and also have 2.6 kernel install which > does not happen by default.
At boot prompt "expert26" will allow u to do almost everything manually which is a pain "linux26" will install linux-2.6.8-1-i386-3. Once base installation is complete u can run tasksel and select broad categories of apps or select manual package selection to select packages manually. I do a base install then apt-get remove netatalk xxx yyy zzz which removes netatalk xxx yyy zzz packages. Then apt-get install a b c which installs a b and c. Most of the time it's just cloning some installation which imeans using cp. > can some one give me the proper conbination of the command line > parameters to be passed? I have started the installer more than 15 > times but could not figure it out. > by the way if at all I think of buying the debian cds, should I buy > all the 14 cd set? or else the first 4 will suit the need? > I want to make one server setup and one work station setup with > modest packages like office and related tools, cd writing, firefox > evolution etc. Select desktop this will install all the regular desktop stuff. Then apt-get install k3b dvd+rw-tools cdrdao dvdrip <other packages u need> download libdvdcss2 debs and save them someplace. dpkg -i /someplace/libdvdcss2* Buy all 14. Particularly if u are planning a customised knoppix. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
