Re: minimal installation (was: A long rant on Debian 9)
On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:22:46 +0100
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:04:47 -0400, Dan Norton wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400
> > Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > jpff composed on 2018-05-07 12:34 (UTC+0100):
> > >
> > > > Felix Miata wrote:
> > >
> > > >> My Debian installations are all net installs that include
> > >
> > > >> tasks=standard
> > > >> base-installer/install-recommends=false
> > >
> > > >> on the kernel cmdline. I get nothing I don't need installed
> > > >> that way. Xorg and whatever else I need I get with apt* once
> > > >> booted normally.
> > >
> > > > That looks interesting; it attemts to answer my deep problem
> > > > about no X, xdm, xterm etc.
> > >
> > > > My problem nowis I do not know where/how to apply this. I have
> > > > not seen any mention of a kernel command line in the net
> > > > install. More please!
> > >
> > > I'm not up to speed on the conventional HOWTO for answering this.
> > > I rarely use conventional installation boot media. Virtually all
> > > my installs are in multiboot environments. This enables
> > > installation booting by using a bootloader already present on the
> > > system, by loading an installation kernel and initrd, complete
> > > with the parameters mentioned, plus several others, such as
> > > network configuration, and leaving off quiet and splash=silent.
> > >
> > > IME, virtually any distro's installation media when its presence
> > > first appears on screen allows for some method of appending
> > > parameters to the kernel cmdline. It may be an "e" key, or an ESC
> > > key, or an up or down arrow key, or a function key, and likely
> > > will suggest how when its screen first paints.
> >
> > That "kernel cmdline" phrase is a point of confusion. By editing
> > the "Install" item in the netinst menu, I can change:
> >
> > linux /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- quiet
> >
> > ...to this, all on one line:
> >
> > linux /install.amd/vmlinuz vga=788 --- tasks=standard
> > base-installer/install-recommends=false
> >
> > Is that going to result in a minimum installation?
>
> Leave off tasks=standard for more minimalness.
>
This is getting exciting. Will I still get a command line?
> (base-installer/install-recommends=false doesn't do anything. The base
> system is always installed without Recommends:).
>
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