-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAku85OMACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyD2mACgzB8UK5UU87R8qnUi9JpW89+7 LVIAn39Edg1WTRwuXkeD6QRTltqm+8au =pexo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
