On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 09:10:21PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 08:40:12PM -0800, joseph > >lockhart wrote: > >> i am wondering if anyone has found or created a > >> terminal only version of debian (similar to the > >slax > >> frodo) or if such a thing could be installed from > >the > >> net install. let's just say that it is for special > >> purposes though i would like to have things like > >lynx, > >> finch, ircii, mpc, and so forth > > > >just don't install the "Desktop" task. > > > >then install whatever you want. > > > >A > > thank you for the quick reply, i was kind of wanting > to avoid the netinstall just because of bandwidth > issues on older boxes that i had thought to use it on. > however i do appreciate the input > This has nothing to do with whether you use netinstall or not, but what tasks you select during installation. You can install from any media you want and when the installer runs tasksel, it will ask you to determine how the machine will be used (mail server, file server, print server, desktop etc). If you select desktop, you will get X. If you don't, you won't. simple A
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