On Wednesday 22 March 2017 14:53:24 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/22/2017 09:28 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 March 2017 14:05:28 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> The results of the 6 installs I intended to run: > >> [the only variable being which DE related boxes checked] > >> [space used reported by gparted] > >> 1. None > >> CLI installed taking ~.92 GB > >> 2. Only top entry checked (asking for unspecified desktop) > >> Gnome installed taking ~3.59 GB > >> 3. Top entry *and* Gnome checked > >> Gnome installed taking ~3.59 GB > >> 4. Top entry *and* MATE checked > >> MATE installed taking ~2.65 GB > >> 5. Gnome only checked > >> Gnome installed taking ~3.59 GB > >> 6. MATE only checked > >> MATE installed taking ~2.65 GB > >> Tests 1-6 were run were run from a flash drive copy of DVD1. > > > > Thanks, Richard. And are you able to confirm that, by default, the top > > entry is checked, and you have to uncheck it to achieve option 1? > > That is correct. > > HOWEVER that line of thought is why I included my 1st paragraph on the > "educational" problems encountered. > <quote> > My "educational" failure was in attempting to create a preseed.cfg file > so the tests would require minimal hands on attention. I wanted the > tasksel screen to appear. I did not succeed. Instead the installer went > on its merry way installing Gnome in ~3.67 (not the ~3.59 GB of other > runs). <end quote> > > I've never used netinst and don't know if my failed preseed.cfg might > resemble it.
Thank you. I prefer facts to alternative facts or guesses! I must play around with net install when I have got both time and a suitable platform! In all this talk of Debian being the universal operating system, and helping newbies, no mention has been made of the Live CD installation method, which I should have though was ideal for those who want their hands held. That perception may be false, but is why I barely go near it! I use Knoppix when I want a Live CD and the net install disk when I want to install Debian. Lisi
