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Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection menu

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On 4/30/2018 3:00 AM, Alan Tu wrote:
> Hi, I'm playing with Debian 9.4 stretch on other architectures via the
> QEMU emulator (eventually for security research.) I can't figure out
> how to handle the numerical software selection menu in the _text_
> installer.
> 
> I managed to install Debian x86 inside QEMU, using the newt installer.
> However, I'm having trouble getting the newt installer to run on
> emulated MIPS (I only see a Go Back button at language selection,
> that's a separate problem.)
> 
> I can get the text installer to launch via passing
> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text as a kernel parameter, and right now my objective
> is to get Debian installed inside emulated MIPS via the text
> installer.
> 
> The challenge is the Software Selection menu, with items 1-11 with
> items like desktop environments, print server and SSH server.
> 
> I played with this for several hours yesterday on the x86 installer,
> and I could not figure this out. I tried entering numbers separated by
> a space at the prompt, entering ? at this prompt. I tried passing
> tasks?="ssh-server, standard"
> tasksel:tasksel/first?="ssh-server, standard"
> with or without a space after the comma. I looked at preseed files to
> get the right variables.
> 
> I read all about boot parameters. No matter what I did, desktop and
> print-server were installed on x86.
> 
> I used the newt installer to get x86 Debian installed. But I'm having
> trouble with newt installer on MIPS right now.
> 
> At the Software Selection menu in the text installer, with typical
> numerical options 1-11, how do I make the selection of ssh-server and
> standard?
> 
> Thanks in advance. I beat my head on this problem for several hours
> yesterday, and I'd appreciate a helpful hint.
> 

You simply input eatch desired numbers seperated by spaces:

10 11

will only install package number 10 and 11

-- 
John Doe

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stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection menu Alan Tu <8libra@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 03:10 +0200
  Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection  menu john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-30 08:50 +0200
    Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection menu Alan Tu <8libra@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 12:10 +0200
      Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection  menu john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-30 12:50 +0200
        Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection menu Alan Tu <8libra@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 15:00 +0200
          Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection  menu john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-30 17:10 +0200
            Re: stuck at Debian's text installer numerical Software Selection  menu john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-30 21:50 +0200

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