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!
And thank you all who pointed me at the non-free installer files. I will
try that later today with luck
On Sun, 6 May 2018, Felix Miata wrote:
> John composed on 2018-05-06 21:51 (UTC+0100):
>
>> How do I get a working computer? I can ssh in from elsewhere but that
>> is not what I need. And I need wifi.
>
> 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.
>
> I don't use WiFi.
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