What goes into default Debian?

Posted Feb 22, 2021 7:58 UTC (Mon) by zblaxell (subscriber, #26385)
In reply to: What goes into default Debian? by mathstuf
Parent article: What goes into default Debian?

Fine, "if they are stuck at a shell prompt during or at some point after completing a default install..."

What goes into default Debian?

Posted Feb 22, 2021 13:52 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

That's what rescue Live CDs are for. Guiding someone at a shell prompt is not my idea of a fun day over the phone. At least with a Live CD, they can share their screen and maybe even let me SSH in to help with the problem.

What goes into default Debian?

Posted Mar 1, 2021 14:02 UTC (Mon) by zblaxell (subscriber, #26385) [Link]

That only works if they can attach a live USB to the host (I'm assuming you don't mean a literal CD, there haven't been CD drives in new hardware for a decade), and that the live USB doesn't suffer from the same problem that needed shell commands to fix or work around.

Sometimes you don't get to pick the target support environment.