Re: can't choose packages sarge installer daily build
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:56:58PM +0100, Sebastian Ley wrote:
> Am Fr, den 14.11.2003 schrieb Andre Sodermans um 22:42:
> > Everything worked fine, except I ran out of space on
> > my harddisk (not your problem, I know), which is a
> > 256MB SSD. I was wondering if there is a way I can
> > choose packages like in woody so I can install the
> > bare minimum.
>
> Debian-Installer only installes the bare minimum, called the
> base-system. It consists of the packages on which the developers agree
> that every Debian system must have to be functioning.
>
> It seems that base has grown a bit since woody, so I'm sorry it does not
> fit onto your hard disk anymore. I suppose there is not much you can do
> about it.
According to the Installed-Size: fields, base is more like 86Mb. I'd be
astonished if it was over 256Mb. Perhaps something else is going on?
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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