On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:38:13 -0500, Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How can I do a minimum Debian system installation, which will have all > my peripheral configured, including the X and the monitor. >
It depends on what you understand for "minimum" > Previously, I was always having trouble to get a minimum working system. I > have to choose "Desktop system" in order for X and the monitor configured > properly. But this setting leech too many packages than I really need, the > next thing after installation I would remove them one by one. > > I'm glad that current Debian AMD64 release's "Desktop system" doesn't have > much excessive packages, but the problem is that I don't have X either. > It was a painful experience to get it working, but after reboot, my X > won't start any more -- the whole system will freeze up. > > Somebody please help. Thanks a lot. > The fastest way is to make a debootstrap from an existing linux installation (or live-cd, i recomend you debian from scratch for this). Or use the sarge netinstall with base system. This will install just the base system (and a few crap packages, but just a few). Now, with aptitude or apt-get install the packages you want. To install the X, i recommend you to install your favourite window manager and xserver-xfree86, and a few fonts (transcoded 75 and 100 dpi). If you need something more you can install it later with apt. Aritz BEraza [Rei] -- Aritz Beraza Garayalde [Rei] ___________________________________________ [ WWW ] http://evangelion.homelinux.net [jabber] rei[en]bulmalug.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]