I tried it on a MacPro G5 (64-bit) with the netinst CD. At the
boot: prompt I entered install desktop=xfce, then answered the
usual questions and watched it happily install xfce.
So that works.
I have an xfce-CD1 CD that I intend to try with install
desktop=gnome and see which desktop
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:49:54AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
# cat /proc/cmdline # in the F2 console during the installation
ro ramdisk_size=10240 desktop=kde --
It installed kde as expected.
I'm not sure what the -- is all about. It was not present when I
installed with the netinst CD
OK,
Sounds great!
I'll give it a try on a couple of old Macs over the weekend.
Enjoy!
Rick
On Mar 7, 2013, at 12:16 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:49:54AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
# cat /proc/cmdline # in the F2 console during the installation
ro
On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 01:46:06PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the
powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot
On Feb 26, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Basically, we put a lot of effort in for the isolinux-based x86 boot
menus to give the options here. I've added code to debian-cd to
convert those same menus into grub format for UEFI x86 booting. AFAIK
none of the other arches have that
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
To be honest, it may be too late for Wheezy, but I guess it depends on
how big the changes would be.
I'm quite impressed with the effort you-all have put in on isolinux
and grub for x86.
The yaboot bootloader for PowerPC doesn't have
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
The following desktop environments are available:
gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome.
If you prefer a different one, append
desktop=your
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
The following desktop environments are available:
gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome.
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the
powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to
specify a default task. Rick, what happens if you try with kde CD#1
right now? Does it actually do KDE, or
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
The following desktop environments are available:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 01:46:06PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the
powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to
specify a default task. Rick, what happens if you
On Feb 27, 2013, at 3:25 AM, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
On 27/02/13 06:04, Rick Thomas wrote:
Is it as simple as appending something like desktop=xfce to the
boot
command line?
Actually yes, that should work; the install media for GNU/Hurd and
kFreeBSD are doing exactly this.
So I tried
Hi,
On 27/02/13 06:04, Rick Thomas wrote:
Is it as simple as appending something like desktop=xfce to the boot
command line?
Actually yes, that should work; the install media for GNU/Hurd and
kFreeBSD are doing exactly this.
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
ste...@pyro.eu.org
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To
Rick Thomas wrote:
With the amd64 netinst CD I have found a spot in the maze of helpful
expert options offered when the CD first boots that lets me choose
which Desktop Environment will be installed later on by tasksel. This
is really nice because it means I don't have to have a separate
Is it as simple as appending something like desktop=xfce to the boot
command line?
If so, maybe it could be as simple as adding a couple of sentences to
the text in /install/boot.msg ...
I'll see if that works. If it does, I'll suggest some wording for the
message.
On Feb 26, 2013,
With the amd64 netinst CD I have found a spot in the maze of helpful
expert options offered when the CD first boots that lets me choose
which Desktop Environment will be installed later on by tasksel. This
is really nice because it means I don't have to have a separate (and
much larger)
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