This is fun, I like it because it uses debootstrap and you potentially end up with a cutting-edge system. But I wonder if it's possible to toughen it so it drops breadcrumbs and checks for those as it goes along. For those of us with unreliable networks where everything isn't likely to get done at once. I got up to choosing software, lxde, web server, etc, then everything went dead. Restarted and it went back and partitioned the SD again, got up to about the same place and died again. My new SD boots to a very basic system with no network. Since I think I can muddle through by doing dpkg -i downloaded debs on usb devices until I get network I'll probably continue.
But if it could recognize waypoints from a partial install like make does it would save time for those of us with imperfect networks. Could these use make?
I decided to give it one more shot and it got through the downloads without stopping, now it's installing. A newer than I've ever seen Debian on my first ever new laptop, always bought fixer-uppers before. 50% done, unpacking. Finished, works better than most of the messes I get into. At least I'm not sinking time into trying to improve Stretch which accomplishes nothing. Highly recommended.
But if it could recognize waypoints from a partial install like make does it would save time for those of us with imperfect networks. Could these use make?
I decided to give it one more shot and it got through the downloads without stopping, now it's installing. A newer than I've ever seen Debian on my first ever new laptop, always bought fixer-uppers before. 50% done, unpacking. Finished, works better than most of the messes I get into. At least I'm not sinking time into trying to improve Stretch which accomplishes nothing. Highly recommended.