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authorJoey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>2006-01-03 18:17:58 +0000
committerJoey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>2006-01-03 18:17:58 +0000
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@@ -119,19 +119,7 @@ which can start up &debian; and/or your existing system.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
-Load the newly installed system for the first time, and make some
-initial system settings.
-
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem arch="s390"><para>
-
-Open a ssh connection to the new system.
-
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
-
-Install additional software (<firstterm>tasks</firstterm>
-and/or <firstterm>packages</firstterm>), at your discretion.
+Load the newly installed system for the first time.
</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -154,24 +142,18 @@ you load the new system for the first time.
</para><para>
-Upon loading the new base system, <classname>base-config</classname>
-supervises adding users, setting a time zone (via
-<classname>tzsetup</classname>), and setting up the
-package installation system (using <classname>apt-setup</classname>). It then
-launches <classname>tasksel</classname> which can be used to select large
-groups of related programs, and in turn can run <classname>aptitude</classname>
-which allows you to choose individual software packages.
+To tune the system to your needs, <classname>tasksel</classname> allows you
+to choose to install various predefined bundles of software like a Web
+server or a Desktop environment.
</para><para>
When <classname>debian-installer</classname> finishes, before the
first system load, you have only a very basic command line driven
system. The graphical interface which displays windows on your monitor
-will not be installed unless you select it during the final steps,
-with either <classname>tasksel</classname> or
-<classname>aptitude</classname>. It's optional because many &debian;
-systems are servers which don't really have any need for a graphical
-user interface to do their job.
+will not be installed unless you select it with <classname>tasksel</classname>.
+It's optional because many &debian; systems are servers which don't really
+have any need for a graphical user interface to do their job.
</para><para arch="not-s390">