Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.
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 so much flexibility,
>so if it is to be done, it has to be done brute force. Fortunately,
>brute force works in this case.
OK, cool!
>All that's necessary to allow people to set the preferred desktop at
>install time is to add the following couple of sentences to /install/boot.msg
>:
>
> The following desktop environments are available:
> gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome.
> If you prefer a different one, append
> "desktop=<your choice>"
> E.g. to do an expert install with the xfce desktop
> environment, type
> "expert desktop=xfce"
> at the "boot:" prompt.
>
>Would it help if I submit a wishlist bug report? If so, which package?
The message there comes from debian-cd, so I'm simply adding it now.
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