I'm just wondering, are grml packages initially installed by aptitude?
He means the initial hard drive install:
Grml2hd does a "copy all" operation. There was discussion months ago, check archives, or view /usr/sbin/grml2hd. The running CD-ROM copies itself to the hard drive leveraging chroot for mods. (We prefer grml2hd over grml2usb for usb devices > 2 GB or so.)
From there you have a very normal Debian system, so aptitude just works.
The hard drive can boot like a live CD with hardware autodetection but is still normal Debian. That is a huge advantage over distros like Puppy, Dyne, and even Damn Small Linux which uses outdated kernels (2.4.x last I looked) and software. Grml offers very up-to-date packages.
Run 'deborphan' to remove unnecessary packages from your system.
Mika: Add deborphan to the end of grml2hd?
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