Bob Proulx wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > Installation iso on a CD or flash drive as desired. ( target iso > > size is ~100MB, smaller if possible) > > AFAIK Debian CD#1 is the smallest fully standalone install supported. > But at the time that you are committed to booting from cdrom then > might as well commit to a fully populated cdrom. In for a penny, in > for a pound. I am sure there are contributed installation media that > are smaller and standalone. Anyone could put in the effort to create one.
Tom H poked me that the netinst image can be used without a network. It is 168M and much smaller than the full CD#1. I just did an install test using it in Expert mode and was able to verify that it is indeed possible to use the smaller netinst image on a system without a network. Using Expert mode and manual selections it was possible to install and avoid seeing any errors. At this point I can only assume that it is possible to use netinst image with the appropriate preseeds for an automated installation. I haven't tried it. Seems like it should work okay. Thanks Tom for the prodding! :-) > > What is intentionally not installed at this point is any network > > connectivity, > > You could add "iface eth0 inet manual" to the /etc/network/interfaces > file after install as a local customization. I don't really see the > point though. If you don't want networking then don't attach a > network cable to the system. My test installation without any network did not need any special configuration at this point to operate without a network. The resulting small installation consumed 356M of disk space with the default installation. There are opportunities to remove packages to make this even smaller. But that isn't bad for a general default. Bob
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