On Wed 14 Jun 2017 at 08:50:18 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/13/2017 01:10 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > >On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:51:10 -0500 > >Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > > > >Hello Richard, > > > >>netinst iso. I had never experimented with just how much could > >>be done with netinst without any internet connectivity. > > > >Probably not a lot. See; https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ Internet > >connectivity is expected to exist.
Well, it sort of depends where you draw the line between internet and Internet connectivity. Fifteen years ago I played about with a private partial mirror where the source of the debs was via commuternet, ie Zip/Jaz disks transported from my Janet-connected office. The "internet" was a cat5 cable. > I'm wishing I had discovered the netinst iso years ago. > *NOTE BENE* Up until about a year ago I had only dial-up. The only > practical installation path that met my needs was purchasing > complete DVD sets. I spent many hours trying to coerce Debian into > doing a minimalist install. What parameter are you actually minimising? > If I had succeeded, I suspect the result > would have been close to netinst WITHOUT internet connectivity. But > I've learned a lot. Does it make any difference to the resulting package list whether you install using netinst or a stack of DVDs? I had assumed that you could deselect all the options in the "Software selection" screen whichever way you installed, and end up with the same thing, a system with ~248 packages installed. Cheers, David.