Mike C. wrote: >> >>> I have been told that netinst is capable of the fine control >>> of *initially* installed packages that I desire. Besides > >> netinst should work. > > > It isn't so much that the netinst or biz card image will give you fine > control, such as Gentoo, but that it installs only the base system or just > the installer. Any packages beyond that have to be selected and then > downloaded from the internet.
If I interpret correctly what I read at gentoo.org and on the Wikipedia page, it is overkill. But first I've got to get netinst working to determine if it attempts to do what *I* want. > > "*What is the difference between the netinst and the business card images?* > The netinst image contains the installer and the base system. It will allow > you to install a very basic system from the CD; any other packages you > might want to install have to be downloaded from the internet. > > The business card image is smaller than the netinst image to fit on > business-card sized cds. It does not contain the base system, but only the > installer: even the base packages need to be downloaded from the net." > Install via wifi is supported, "but with some restrictions." I presume > those restrictions are that in order for the install to work over wifi, > there must be a driver that supports your wireless card in the kernel > image. I believe my my wireless card is supported. Someone over on the Debian list has recommended I run a couple of diagnostics to confirm. > > This was the problem I ran into when I attempted to do a Debian Lenny > netinstall over wifi on my Thinkpad T40 a few years ago. There was a recent bugfix in testing (I've misplaced the reference) for problems doing netinst over WiFi. > > "The network install assumes that you have a connection to the Internet. > Various different ways are supported for this, like analogue PPP dial-up, > Ethernet, WLAN (with some restrictions)," > > Most public wifi hotspots, free or not, do use a captive portal page that > requires the user to accept their terms& conditions of use. Which would > require the use of a browser. Which is not yet installed. Nary a terms nor conditions page ;) > > The bad news is that nobody on the PLUG list has done this specific type of > install successfully. Nor, I'm beginning to suspect, has anyone on the Debian list. I suspect a set of constraints which are individually acceptable, but my combination ... ;/ >The good news is that you have the opportunity to > figure it out, document it and contribute something to the Linux community! > :-) I suspect "document" is a very key word. I predict an eventual bug report against some portion of the documentation. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
