I remember installing Linux like that during the (early?) 90s. It took about two days of answering endless questions ("Do you want Klingon fonts?")
I much prefer what we get nowadays.
I much prefer what we get nowadays.
Remember, this was back in the days were on Windows you'd carefully archive any CDs or diskettes that came with your computer to have a chance to reinstall it and Linux just worked (sometimes, it wasn't always that easy back then.)
Are you sure there wasn't also an option to just install a typical server or desktop application set, or just install everything? :)