Minimal installation

[WipeOut]

Gene C. wrote:

>On Saturday 08 November 2003 18:03, Jaroslaw Kowalski wrote:
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>>Hi all!
>>
>>I'm planning to install a minimal version of fedora and then manually
>>(perhaps using apt to handle dependencies) remove some packages that I
>>don't need. The key here is the disk usage.
>>
>>I want my install to be as small as:
>>
>>kernel
>>glibc
>>basic file utilities (ls, cat)
>>rpm + apt
>>
>>Of course I would need all rpms that are dependent on these + anything
>>required for fedora to work.
>>
>>My question is: has anyone tried it? How low can you go in terms of disk
>>space used?
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>The RELEASE-NOTES says that a Minimal install requires 520MB of disk space ... 
>do not believe it.  While this may be to amount used once the install is 
>complete, the actual install requires somewhere between 600MB and 650MB.  You 
>might be able to reduce this with some playing with kickstart.
>
>Dependencies pull in lots of stuff which is not really needed.  I have seen 
>some X packages and even devel packages get pulled in because of errors in 
>dependencies (Requires).
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>
Wouldn't something like Trustix (min 70-90MB) be the solution to a small 
installation??

I don't think RH or FC were really designed to be minimaly installed 
distros.. Especially now that you can't customise the package 
installation.. :(

Just a thought.. :)

Later..