[PLUG] Specifying a minimalist/instuctional/??? Linux install

[Nat Taylor]

If you're committed to debian, maybe make a live cd, with the packages you
want, selecting the debian-installer as an option...

http://live-systems.org/build/

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> Larry Brigman wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Larry Brigman wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> ....
> >>>> My preferred method don't install rather than don't run.
> >>>>
> >>> To do that will typically require some knowledge about how the
> installer
> >>> operates to reduce your packages set to a bare minimum.   Even there,
> >>> the best method for being able to repeat this process is to set up a
> >>> configuration file and do a network install.
> >>
> >> I have a physical constraint - I only have dial-up. I purchase
> >> the complete set of stable (have both Squeeze and Wheezy). I've
> >> asked related questions on debian-user. One reply was to
> >> investigate using debootstrap or multistrap (I'm leaning to the
> >> later).
> >>
> >
> > I was thinking that you need to do multiple computer set ups - the
> > education computers.
> > Get one figured out then you will either need to clone the drive or set
> up
> > a temporary
> > network to install the others.  The other choice here is to move the
> > install and the config
> > file to a USB device for the install.
>
> I've work out another method influenced by interim goals I've had
> along my journey.
>
> I'm learning the art creating/using preseed files. I've set aside
> a laptop for experimenting with various configurations. I got
> tired of manually entering the same information repeatedly. Once
> suggested, that logically led to considering scripted installs
> using debootstrap or multistrap.
>
>
> >
> > Maybe I think too much like a programmer or test engineer.  If I have to
> do
> > it more that
> > twice, I'm going to find a way to automate and document it at the same
> time.
> >
>
> I spent many years in engineering support. That's the way I think.
>
>
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