an observation, and question

[Gregory Nowak]

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On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:49:13AM -0500, John G. Heim wrote:
> For instance, I have a little computer that is intended for you to build  
> your own wireless router.

Yes, a Soakris (spelling) machine if I remember right. One of those is
on my own wish list.

> I think the trick is to install just the base system. During a debian  
> install, a page comes up where you check off which groups of packages you 
> want to install. You can uncheck everything, even the base packages and 
> then your install will take only about 300 Mb of disk space. Even with a 
> dialup connection it doesn't take 24 hours to download 300 Mb.

Hmmm, I don't remember such a page. When I installed it, it was a
simple text interface, 1 for yes, 2 for no, and numbers on other pages
for configuration options, such as partitioning disks and so forth. I
don't recall seeing a page with checkboxes of any sort during the
install. I got the iso I used from:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/debian-504-i386-netinst.iso

Greg


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