On Ma, 10 apr 12, 13:01:48, Curt Howland wrote: > Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org> wrote: > > No, the businesscard image has never contained the Debian > > base system; it has always required a network connection to > > download and install Debian. > > Please go find a Woody Business Card image and try it. > > Business Card images since Woody all refuse to continue unless they > can get a network connection to the repositories. Woody's did not, and > would provide an exceptionally minimalist environment. It wasn't > (drum-roll please) "The Debian Base System", but it was a working > Linux install.
'base' in the Debian context has a very specific meaning. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but it specifically includes packages with: Essential: yes (of course) Priority: required Priority: important (and all their dependencies) You can build an even smaller system, but at that point you may question whether you really need Debian or if you should go for a specialized distro (like OpenWRT, etc.). Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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