On 5/03/20 4:32 am, Cichas wrote: > Hello guys, > sorry if this is documented somewhere but today I decided to ask here as > it is something fundamental I cannot understand. After 20 years I > decided to try Debian again (as VM for start). I am installing it from > debian-10.3.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso. As it is in remote location with > problematic Internet access I wanted to do offline install. After > several attempts I figured out that it is not possible to install SSH > server from "Install" menu (text mode) if I will do it as offline > install without allowing to use mirror. Which makes no sense. If I have > Internet access then I can do easy apt-get update && apt install > openssh-server so no need to install it from install menu. But when I > have no Internet then I will end with machine without any remote access > and no easy way to fix that. I have checked the ISO image and SSH server > should be on it > (/pool/main/o/openssh/openssh-server_7.9p1-10+deb10u2_amd64.deb) so > that's also not reason why it is not offered to install it without > allowing mirror. > > Software selection screens: > Offline (not selecting the mirror): > https://paste.pics/207074a621d7329f025a519e8d835363 > Online: https://paste.pics/a5401240d365799e2b7768e009c8dec8
When you say offline, do you just mean that you're not selecting a mirror? Or do you mean that you're not connected to the Internet at all? I could see that it might decide not to bother with networking software if there's no network - but I haven't done a CD-only installation in years; I normally use netinst. And when you say it's remote - do you mean you're connecting to it remotely somehow, or just that it's a long way from the rest of the world, but you're still sitting in front of it? Richard
