Exploring the Debian installer
The Debian Installer does an excellent job of "delivering maximum
functionality for the widest possible audience".
I wish to do very customized installs.
They might be described as "minimalist - think not requiring anything
beyond a IBM PC/XT or PC/AT.
Also, when exploring options, I may do multiple installs from scratch in
a single day.
My introduction to Linux was Debian Squeeze. I found preseeding could
handle the many of my needs.
[1] Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be
preseeded?
Also, at the time, it was suggested that exploring debootstrap would be
valuable for some of my applications. I need to re-read the debootstrap
documentation.
To better frame questions I should ask myself when reading that
documentation, I need some ideas of the installer's what, why, and how.
Due to bandwidth constraints, I have always used DVD1 of the appropriate
release.
[2] What source modules should I be looking at?
At this time I do not believe I need to go any deeper that the code that
asks the user questions and launching appropriate routine in response.
TIA
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