Dan Norton composed on 2018-05-12 17:47 (UTC-0400):
> Now, I want to update and upgrade and start to slowly add packages, but
> my network ignorance is getting in the way.
> Tried to run "/sbin/ifconfig -a" but ifconfig is not found.
Deprecated over a decade ago, and finally dropped from basic
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:
> >
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
>
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 i
On Mon, 7 May 2018 18:24:04 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
> Dan Norton composed on 2018-05-07 18:04 (UTC-0400):
>
> > On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400 Felix Miata wrote:
>
> >> IME, virtually any distro's installation media when its presence
> >> first appears on screen allows for some method of
On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:37:16 -0400, Dan Norton wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:22:46 +0100
> Brian 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 wrote:
> > >
> > > > jpff composed on 2018-05-07 12:34 (UTC+
On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:22:46 +0100
Brian 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 wrote:
> >
> > > jpff composed on 2018-05-07 12:34 (UTC+0100):
> > >
> > > > Felix Miata wrote:
> > >
> > > >> My Debian
Dan Norton composed on 2018-05-07 18:04 (UTC-0400):
> On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400 Felix Miata wrote:
>> 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
> That "kernel cm
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:
>
> > jpff composed on 2018-05-07 12:34 (UTC+0100):
> >
> > > Felix Miata wrote:
> >
> > >> My Debian installations are all net installs that include
> >
> > >> tasks=standard
On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400
Felix Miata 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
Dan Norton composed on 2018-05-07 17:47 (UTC-0400):
> Felix wrote:
> "My Debian installations are all net installs that include
> tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false
> on the kernel cmdline."
> What's the kernel here? The one for the installer, right? We need to
> pass
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
Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-31 16:22 (UTC-0500):
> Perhaps there is a way to do this with a CD/DVD boot parameter and I'm
> not aware of it... I wish there was a way to be presented with a more
> complete list of options at install time. On some installations with
> small disks I really d
On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 01:42:13PM -0500, Pepper Orlando wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try again this evening.
>
> I may still need some help fighting the dependancy issues. When I tired to
> remove some of the base packages (exim, etc) I ran into the same sort of
> pr
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:42:13 -0500, Pepper Orlando
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try again this evening.
>
> I may still need some help fighting the dependancy issues. When I tired to
> remove some of the base packages (exim, etc) I ran into the same
Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try again this evening.
I may still need some help fighting the dependancy issues. When I tired to
remove some of the base packages (exim, etc) I ran into the same sort of
problems that Michael did when trying to remove gcc-3.3-base.
My goal is to
> 1024x768, it seems to be fast enough). Even doing just this seems to take
> up about 235 MB according to df -h. I'm guessing there's far more installed
> than I really need.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help with this matter.
In spite of the rant you just got about how ultra-minimal the basic
Pepper Orlando wrote:
Hi, I'm new to Debian, I'm coming from the bloated world of RedHat.
Basiclly, I'm interested in using debian to run a very basic web surfing
machine. I would like to use a fanless VIA EPIA motherboard and keep a
very minimal install of Debian on a CompactFlash card interfac
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 08:42:40PM -0500, Pepper Orlando wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Debian, I'm coming from the bloated world of RedHat.
> Basiclly, I'm interested in using debian to run a very basic web surfing
> machine. I would like to use a fanless VIA EPIA motherboard and keep a very
> minimal
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 08:42:40PM -0500, Pepper Orlando wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Debian, I'm coming from the bloated world of RedHat.
> Basiclly, I'm interested in using debian to run a very basic web surfing
> machine. I would like to use a fanless VIA EPIA motherboard and keep a very
> minimal
Hi, I'm new to Debian, I'm coming from the bloated world of RedHat.
Basiclly, I'm interested in using debian to run a very basic web surfing
machine. I would like to use a fanless VIA EPIA motherboard and keep a very
minimal install of Debian on a CompactFlash card interfaced via an IDE-to-CF
a
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:46:04 -0400,
Ashley Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> actually, and thank you all for your help, i found a guy willing to
> turn his minimal floppy distro into a compact floppy installation..
..cool, url?
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actually, and thank you all for your help, i found a guy willing to turn his
minimal floppy distro into a compact floppy installation..
so thanks again for the help you offerred,i appreciate it i really do, but i
think this problem is fixed
later,
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on Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 07:20:38PM -0400, Ashley Graham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> hello friends,
>
> i am trying to get a debian system on an old laptop i have copped from
> a friend; it is rather old, but i couldn't give up the chance to
> install linux on something else.
Since online informa
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 01:32:29 +0200,
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 07:20:38PM -0400, Ashley Graham wrote:
> > hello friends,
> >
> > i am trying to get a debian system on an old laptop i have copped
> > from a friend; it is rather
On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 07:20:38PM -0400, Ashley Graham wrote:
> hello friends,
>
> i am trying to get a debian system on an old laptop i have copped from a
> friend; it is rather old, but i couldn't give up the chance to install linux
> on something else.
>
> the system is a compaq contura 430cx
hello friends,
i am trying to get a debian system on an old laptop i have copped from a
friend; it is rather old, but i couldn't give up the chance to install linux
on something else.
the system is a compaq contura 430cx, it has a floppy drive ONLY. no cd-rom,
no network (it had a pcmcia modem th
Some what recently, Friedemann Schorer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote about minimal installation
>:) Hi all :-)
>:) I'd like to install Debian on an old 486 machine which only has a
>:) little 500 MB HDD. Is it possible to install a really _minimal_
>:) system from de
Hi all :-)
I'd like to install Debian on an old 486 machine which only has a
little 500 MB HDD. Is it possible to install a really _minimal_
system from debian disk and CD's (e.g. a preformed profile), which
runs only the services that are really needed and then can be
upgraded ? I tried it bef
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