[email protected] wrote: > >I may be wrong but I think Debian: >- develops its own Debian Installer for installation, traditional way >- has adopted Calamares for installation, the way Ubuntu has initiated >it in the past. That is: non bothering non-technical users with setup >questions they don't understand and basically copying a >live-distribution to a hard disk, with a pre-determined setup, without fuss. > >So I would say that if a user finds that Calmares is not satisfying >their needs, they would rather use the traditional Debian Installer >instead. I think nowadays (it's a welcome addition), it's also included >in the live Debian distributions...
Exactly. The live installation options in Calamares are *easy* for a simple installation, but also incredibly limited in flexibility. For wider choices, we very much recommend using d-i instead. It's still not *hard*, but you might need to actually think about your installation. If you really want to see all the options, run d-i in expert mode. It takes a long time... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
