My long term goal is a "minimal" install -- my precise definition of
"minimal" to be specified.
Constraints when accomplishing this goal:
1. the installer will be on a USB flash drive.
2. the installation target will also be a USB flash drive.
The underlying purpose is having a Debian system available
to any machine capable of booting from a USB flash drive.
This implies installing Grub to MBR of the flash drive.
Two Questions:
Section B.4.10. "Package selection" says in part "You can also choose to
install no tasks, ... We recommend always including the standard task."
I need to know what is installed when no tasks are specified
and when the standard task is specified.
Section B.4.11. "Boot loader installation" covers when/where Grub is
installed. I'll always install to _*A*_ MBR. I need to force the
installer to ask which device is target. It is unclear to me.
I note that
https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=preseed.cfg#CA-92ec8c7fca7565142e8daa9b11114577891ee95c_56
says "d-i grub-installer/choose_bootdev select manual". But I do not see
anything similar in Section B.4.11.
