Index: trunk/packages/invirt-autoinstaller/common/usr/lib/xen-tools/debian.d/98-install-base-system
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--- trunk/packages/invirt-autoinstaller/common/usr/lib/xen-tools/debian.d/98-install-base-system	(revision 2116)
+++ trunk/packages/invirt-autoinstaller/common/usr/lib/xen-tools/debian.d/98-install-base-system	(revision 2117)
@@ -21,4 +21,12 @@
 installDebianPackage ${prefix} ubuntu-standard
 
+# For Debian, there is no metapackage, but we can pull in the
+# equivalent based on package priority
+#
+# (On Ubuntu Hardy, this will additionally pull in libdns32, libisc32,
+# and nfs-common, which seems fairly benign
+installDebianPackage ${prefix} aptitude
+chroot ${prefix} aptitude install '~prequired|~pimportant|~pstandard'
+
 #
 # Log our finish
Index: trunk/packages/invirt-autoinstaller/debian/changelog
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--- trunk/packages/invirt-autoinstaller/debian/changelog	(revision 2116)
+++ trunk/packages/invirt-autoinstaller/debian/changelog	(revision 2117)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * Serial consoles are supposed to run at 115200 baud, not 115300.
+  * Install a more complete base system on Debian.
 
- -- Evan Broder <broder@mit.edu>  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:44:27 -0500
+ -- Evan Broder <broder@mit.edu>  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:29:07 -0500
 
 invirt-autoinstaller (0.0.9) unstable; urgency=low