i want to create a kickstart cd that contains ONLY the rpms that i need to install my system (gnome/etc), and no packages that i don't want (say text based internet, print support). what i need to do: figure out the dependencies for everything and have them available have the boot loader specify the kickstart file on the cdrom automatically this is all for a rescue cd for my mother in case her system takes a crap and i can't ssh in or get out to her to fix it. all she should have to do is turn the computer on adn pop that cd in, everything else is automatic. all responses will be documented and formed into a howto for future use. -d +( duncan brown : duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )+ +( linux works for me : www.linuxadvocate.net )+ -------------------------------------------------- Understatement of the century: "Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones" - Linus Torvalds, August 1991 --------------------------------------------------