an observation, and question

[John G. Heim]

Huh... I can't explain that.  Maybe they got rid of it in the newer 
installers. That would strike me as strange though.

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: an observation, and question


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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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