30 Mar
2015
30 Mar
'15
1:38 a.m.
Robert Peters composed on 2015-03-30 14:11 (UTC+1000):
Felix Miata wrote:
> function on tty[1-6] in 80x25 mode (with no DE
installed)? All my installs
> are HTTP minimal from netboot[1], after which I apt-get update and apt-get
> install mc', create /etc/apt/99local containing
> APT::Install-Recommends "0";
> APT::Install-Suggests "0";,
> adjust sources if necessary or desired, then
apt-get or aptitude install
> whatever DM/DE I want or need. The installation result is lean, upgrades
> quicker, and doesn't have a menu loaded with apps I've never used or wanted.
> [1] included on installation cmdline:
tasks="standard" vga=791 video=1024x768@60
I like the idea of installing that way. Can you point
me to details
on how to do it?
Not really. "Details" depend on distro, and whether using a boot.iso[1], or
starting directly from an already installed bootloader. "Included on
installation cmdline" text above was copied and pasted from a working Grub
Legacy stanza (out of menu.lst), but could be typed as cmdline appendage if
booting from burned media. My primary distro is openSUSE, but all my
installations are on multiboot systems. Various instructions can be found
e.g. on:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Network_installation
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/171
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Boot.iso_install
[1] such as mini.iso from
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/installer-amd64/current/i…
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