Installing Debian 9.1 minimal

@scottalanmiller said

I like CentOS' installer. It is just complex enough to do what you need, but clean and simple to make it all go quickly.

And it's GUI based which is awesome.

(slinks back into hiding)

I may be the only one here that likes the tui based CentOS installer better than the default one.

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

I'm liking Debian more and more as I use it. However the install process has a ridiculous number of screens.

Do you like Debian or distros that makes debian more enjoyable?

I like Debian itself and its logical standards. Not sure that any other distro makes it more enjoyable

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

I'm liking Debian more and more as I use it. However the install process has a ridiculous number of screens.

Do you like Debian or distros that makes debian more enjoyable?

I like Debian itself and its logical standards. Not sure that any other distro makes it more enjoyable

Deepin Linux

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

I'm liking Debian more and more as I use it. However the install process has a ridiculous number of screens.

Do you like Debian or distros that makes debian more enjoyable?

I like Debian itself and its logical standards. Not sure that any other distro makes it more enjoyable

Deepin Linux

That's a desktop. We are talking about minimal servers here.

black3dynamite

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

I'm liking Debian more and more as I use it. However the install process has a ridiculous number of screens.

Do you like Debian or distros that makes debian more enjoyable?

I like Debian itself and its logical standards. Not sure that any other distro makes it more enjoyable

Deepin Linux

That's a desktop. We are talking about minimal servers here.

So you preferred debian minimal over ubuntu minimal?

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

I'm liking Debian more and more as I use it. However the install process has a ridiculous number of screens.

Do you like Debian or distros that makes debian more enjoyable?

I like Debian itself and its logical standards. Not sure that any other distro makes it more enjoyable

Deepin Linux

That's a desktop. We are talking about minimal servers here.

So you preferred debian minimal over ubuntu minimal?

I'm getting there. It's cleaner and less weird.

black3dynamite

Is Debian minimal smaller than CentOS/Fedora minimal?

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

Is Debian minimal smaller than CentOS/Fedora minimal?

Pretty sure by a bit. Maybe Jared has the specs in front of him.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@black3dynamite said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

Is Debian minimal smaller than CentOS/Fedora minimal?

Pretty sure by a bit. Maybe Jared has the specs in front of him.

Nope.

black3dynamite

scottalanmiller

606MB, that's pretty small.

Mike Davis

For those wondering how much space you save using the minimal install vs the typical install that Vultr does, here you go:
(note, this is after a unifi controller install: https://mangolassi.it/topic/14601/how-to-install-the-ubiquiti-unifi-controller-on-debian-9-1 ) Thanks for @JaredBusch for both his guides.

minimal install:

root@unifi:~# df
Filesystem                 1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev                          240480       0    240480   0% /dev
tmpfs                          50432    1060     49372   3% /run
/dev/mapper/unifi--vg-root  19745212 2174736  16544428  12% /
tmpfs                         252144       0    252144   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                           5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                         252144       0    252144   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/vda1                     240972   37023    191508  17% /boot
tmpfs                          50428       0     50428   0% /run/user/1000
root@unifi:~# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         504292      316456        7988         624      179848      174336
Swap:        524284        2108      522176

Vultr typical Debian install:

root@unifi:~# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev              241052        0    241052   0% /dev
tmpfs              50432     1660     48772   4% /run
/dev/vda1       20614932 20598552         0 100% /
tmpfs             252144        0    252144   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs               5120        0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs             252144        0    252144   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs              50428        0     50428   0% /run/user/0
root@unifi:~# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         504292      301768       52416        5452      150108      184188
Swap:             0           0           0

As you can see, it's the difference between being able to use a 20GB VM and not.

black3dynamite

@mike-davis said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

For those wondering how much space you save using the minimal install vs the typical install that Vultr does, here you go:
(note, this is after a unifi controller install: https://mangolassi.it/topic/14601/how-to-install-the-ubiquiti-unifi-controller-on-debian-9-1 ) Thanks for @JaredBusch for both his guides.

minimal install:

root@unifi:~# df
Filesystem                 1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev                          240480       0    240480   0% /dev
tmpfs                          50432    1060     49372   3% /run
/dev/mapper/unifi--vg-root  19745212 2174736  16544428  12% /
tmpfs                         252144       0    252144   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                           5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                         252144       0    252144   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/vda1                     240972   37023    191508  17% /boot
tmpfs                          50428       0     50428   0% /run/user/1000
root@unifi:~# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         504292      316456        7988         624      179848      174336
Swap:        524284        2108      522176

Vultr typical Debian install:

root@unifi:~# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev              241052        0    241052   0% /dev
tmpfs              50432     1660     48772   4% /run
/dev/vda1       20614932 20598552         0 100% /
tmpfs             252144        0    252144   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs               5120        0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs             252144        0    252144   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs              50428        0     50428   0% /run/user/0
root@unifi:~# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:         504292      301768       52416        5452      150108      184188
Swap:             0           0           0

As you can see, it's the difference between being able to use a 20GB VM and not.

Vultr doesn't use swap too.

Emad R

@jaredbusch

I love Debian very customized 20 + installation steps... said no one ever.

black3dynamite

@emad-r said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@jaredbusch

I love Debian very customized 20 + installation steps... said no one ever.

Debian does include an automated install.

travisdh1

@emad-r said in Installing Debian 9.1 minimal:

@jaredbusch

I love Debian very customized 20 + installation steps... said no one ever.

I like options. It's not like you're going to go through all 20 steps for every installation once you have a base image setup, at least I'd hope not.