When I recently wanted a *truly* Minimal Debian 8 system (so I could study systemd from the ground up), I installed from the "netinst" CD, with the Ethernet Cable disconnected.
It gave me Exactly what I was looking for, took little space, and I (after fixing /etc/apt/sources.list) was able to add a few items (i.e. Emacs and lynx), and still have fun with it. Does that help? Kenneth Parker On Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 4:09 PM Gdsi <gds...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi all. > On my disk is a little free space at which I wish put another Debian, and > with its command line. > A few times I tried doing it but always there was a excess , as the > installer don't say exactly what is into minimal inst-ion, and I'm afraid > there's kernel only. > If I shall not be setting check marks for additional components, will be > there: 'apt', man pages and some editor? > Thank. > >