installing with xfce and a custom partition

[Barry]

Thanks, Mike. Before I didn't want to risk OKing the auto partitioning,
esp. since back buttons seem to be history. 

Anyway, after okaying the selection of the disk, there's a popup with an
option on the bottom left to set your own layout, and I'm under way.
And, alas, no package selection.  

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