I tell you, this decision to remove the package selection is simply asinine. Its purpose can only be to tout to the least knowledgable of our community. The ability to pick packages is one of the most important to me. It maybe a great distr. but this is not a minor inconvenience to me. -Lox On Saturday 08 November 2003 03:37 pm, Jaroslaw Kowalski wrote: > Too big. I want it like 150 MB not 500 MB. > > Jarek > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron Konstam" <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:37 AM > Subject: Re: Minimal installation > > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 12:03:05AM +0100, Jaroslaw Kowalski wrote: > > > 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? > > > > > > Jarek > > > > Under custom installation there is a minimum install option. Check it > > and see how big an installation it predicts. > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > > Aaron Konstam > > Computer Science > > Trinity University > > 715 Stadium Dr. > > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
