Small problems with Sarge net-install

[Art Edwards <edwardsa@icantbelieveimdoingthis.com>]

I have used the Sarge net-install CD to build several machines and I'm 
pretty impressed. I have one problem that I will state now and a couple 
of recommendations.

I was building a cluster node and did not want a /home directory 
(mounted from the head node via automount). During the base-config, I 
chose a root password but chose not to make a normal user account. As a 
result, I believe I was unable to choose either shadowed passwords or 
md5 hashing. shadowing is easily turned on, but I'm not sure how to turn 
on md5. Any insight?

My recommendations are:

1. libc6-dev should be part of the standard installation. It includes 
all of the standard header files (stdio.h, for example).
2. ssh should also be part of any installation.

Art Edwards