Hi! * Eddy Petri??or <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com> [060801 17:16]: > There is preseeding which should automate installations for as many > cases as you may want. But, OTOH, I think it would be useful to add > some means to select at boot time one of "newbie scheme", "mail server > scheme", "desktop scheme" ... etc. > > This way, it would be really easy to put on the splash screen > soemthing like "Type <<fast install>> for a fast and simple desktop > installation" - which should install a desktop newbie system. > > Note that, generally the defaults chosen in the installer are prety > decent and in most cases you will need to adjust questions' priority > minimal level that needs to be shown. Actually I was planing to create such a "Debian Desktop" image since CeBIT (we created a nice preceeding DVD there), and later, if it has proven stable and usefull, come back to you guys. Sadly I never had time to do it :( > That's why automated partitioning exists (question for others, is > "automated paritioning in free space" an option currently present in > partman?). Hmmm... Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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