Re: Wanted: an internet free minimal Debian install
On 3/11/13, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>> > Tom H poked me that the netinst image can be used without a network.
>> > It is 168M and much smaller than the full CD#1. I just did an install
..
>> That is how I always install, I never install more packages than what
>> is on the netinst cd till after a reboot.... I guess I figured everyone
>> knew.
>
> I think that ex-pats coming from other distros don't realize this
..
> But until I tested it I had always thought that the netinst image
> _required_ a network in order to set up the sources.list mirrors. The
> normal netinst install path does complain about not having it if there
> is no network available. But those complaints can be either ignored
> or the expert path walked through to avoid it.
>
> I think most of us using the netinst image would go ahead and set up
> the network sources.list with basic values if nothing else and then
> never see any errors from the installer. Boot to the newly installed
> 360M system and then adjust sources.list as we desired.
Perhaps there's a marketing opportunity:
Instead of "netinst.iso" perhaps "damn-thats-minimal.iso"
And the business card (~80MiB?) "firetruckingly-tiny.iso"
??
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