On Mon 07 May 2018 at 19:53:51 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2018-05-07 23:22 (UTC+0100): > > > On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:04:47 -0400, Dan Norton wrote: > > >> On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: > > >> 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. > > NAICT without starting an installation now, including it causes at least one > installer question to be bypassed. I don't remember seeing asked whether or > which bootloader to install or where to install it in a long time, if ever, > but > my memory today is noticeably short of 100%.
I guess you are talking about d-i's "Install" menu entry. With "tasks=" no tasks are installed and the bootloader questions are still asked. I am not relying on memory. > > (base-installer/install-recommends=false doesn't do anything. The base > > system is always installed without Recommends:). > > Doing that, > > APT::Install-Recommends "false"; > > showed up in > > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00InstallRecommends > > two minutes before > > /etc/apt/sources.list > > on my last Stretch installation, and likely all the rest at least in recent > years. My point was that the base system packages doe not act on Recommends:. If there are no tasks, the preseed option install-recommends=false has nothing to do during the installation. What happens on the installed system is a different matter. -- Brian.
