I tried it on a MacPro G5 (64-bit) with the "netinst" CD. At the
"boot:" prompt I entered "install desktop=xfce", then answered the
usual questions and watched it happily install xfce.
So that works.
I have an xfce-CD1 CD that I intend to try with "install
desktop=gnome" and see which d
OK,
Sounds great!
I'll give it a try on a couple of old Macs over the weekend.
Enjoy!
Rick
On Mar 7, 2013, at 12:16 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:49:54AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
# cat /proc/cmdline # in the F2 console during the installation
ro ramdisk_size=10
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:49:54AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
># cat /proc/cmdline # in the F2 console during the installation
>ro ramdisk_size=10240 desktop=kde --
>
>It installed kde as expected.
>
>I'm not sure what the "--" is all about. It was not present when I
>installed with the "
On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 01:46:06PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the
powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot option
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 01:46:06PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>
>>Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the
>>powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to
>>specify a default task. Rick, what happens
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
The following desktop environments are available:
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the
powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to
specify a default task. Rick, what happens if you try with kde CD#1
right now? Does it actually do KDE, or d
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>The following desktop environments are available:
>>>gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>
>>The following desktop environments are available:
>>gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome.
>>If you prefer a different one, append
>>"des
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>
>>To be honest, it may be too late for Wheezy, but I guess it depends on
>>how big the changes would be.
>
>I'm quite impressed with the effort you-all have put in on isolinux
>and grub for x86.
>
>The yaboot bootloader for PowerPC doe
On Feb 26, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Basically, we put a lot of effort in for the isolinux-based x86 boot
menus to give the options here. I've added code to debian-cd to
convert those same menus into grub format for UEFI x86 booting. AFAIK
none of the other arches have that suppor
On Feb 27, 2013, at 3:25 AM, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
On 27/02/13 06:04, Rick Thomas wrote:
Is it as simple as appending something like "desktop=xfce" to the
boot
command line?
Actually yes, that should work; the install media for GNU/Hurd and
kFreeBSD are doing exactly this.
So I trie
Hi,
On 27/02/13 06:04, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Is it as simple as appending something like "desktop=xfce" to the boot
> command line?
Actually yes, that should work; the install media for GNU/Hurd and
kFreeBSD are doing exactly this.
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
ste...@pyro.eu.org
--
To UNSU
Is it as simple as appending something like "desktop=xfce" to the boot
command line?
If so, maybe it could be as simple as adding a couple of sentences to
the text in /install/boot.msg ...
I'll see if that works. If it does, I'll suggest some wording for the
message.
On Feb 26, 2013,
Rick Thomas wrote:
>
>With the amd64 netinst CD I have found a spot in the maze of helpful
>"expert" options offered when the CD first boots that lets me choose
>which Desktop Environment will be installed later on by tasksel. This
>is really nice because it means I don't have to have a sepa
With the amd64 netinst CD I have found a spot in the maze of helpful
"expert" options offered when the CD first boots that lets me choose
which Desktop Environment will be installed later on by tasksel. This
is really nice because it means I don't have to have a separate (and
much larger
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