... > > >> OK, I went back to Debian's net-installer. I installed into the ext4 > > >> partition that was made by Ubuntu's installer. Everything went good from > > >> here. I was able to boot up Debian (froze at its text login screen > > >> though) and Mac OS X. Now, I need to install X and all that GUI stuff. > > >> ;) > > > > > > Hmm, I must be blind. I can't seem to find any X11, XFree86, Xwhatever, > > > etc. packages for GUI stuff. Also, is this net installer really limited > > > compared to regular Debian installer for 64-bit non-Mac PCs? Am I > > > expecting too much from an old PowerBook G4? :( > > > > > > > As I remember, there is software components selection during Debian net > > install. I recomend you select lxde desktop during installation. > > Hmm, I don't remember debian-8.7.1-powerpc-netinst.iso's text based > installer asking me which desktop manager or anything to download and > install. It only installed the base stuff. I will have to try again. :(
So, I just retried. It never asks me what to install with this net installer. After installing the base system, then I saw that customization of additional packages. Weird. I wonder why I didn't get those before. -- Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Phil./Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | E-mail: phi...@earthlink.net/a...@zimage.com \ _ / If crediting, then please kindly use Ant nickname ( ) and AQFL URL/link.
