Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mi, 12 sep 12, 02:28:48, lee wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> writes: >> > >> > You can press (Ctrl+)Alt+F1 to get a console :p >> > >> > (SCNR) >> >> Wasn't that F3? And then you try to start a web browser and it says >> "command not found". Not even less is available, only more, which I >> otherwise never use :( Then try to burn a CD or something ... Emacs? >> Command not found ... joe ... command not found ... vi ... command not >> found ... vim ... command not found ... I don't remember what works, >> nano maybe? Or pico? Or what? find ... command not found ... shit :( Now >> what? ls -laR | more, yuck q ... tab tab y ... hmmm ... > > That was a joke, sorry if it wasn't obvious :)
I know :) >> > I'm guessing Debian's Installer would need quite some rework to >> > enable it to work on an already running (possibly live) system. >> >> Lots of packages would have to be added, I guess. When you think of it, >> the installer just boots a kernel and runs a minimal system and mainly >> the installer on it. If some more packages were added, we could have at >> least a good choice of editors and lynx. >> >> There's the GUI installer as well. I never tried it, but why can't they >> just add seamonkey or another GUI browser and some program that can burn >> CDs/DVDs? Because they want to keep the disk images small? > > I was suggesting to enable d-i to work from inside Debian Live. I know that, too :) You suggested it might be difficult, so I suggested to do it the other way round ... -- Debian testing amd64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ehm6vg9b....@yun.yagibdah.de