On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 07:46 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: > ervin wrote: > > Just installed FC 7 ... works well on my Desktop however I need a set > > of minimal installs .... in other distributions it's a choice in the > > install process .... maybe I miss something here ... > > > > Where do I find the easy way through to a min install?? > > > I was thinking on this very issue this am, while out for my post-dawn > stroll. > > I sometimes want to build an appliance, typically a server with one > fuction, maybe a backup server, a print server, a firewall, or just a > basic Linux system to help rescue a broken Windows. > > > I generally use Debian for the purpose because > 1. The installer will run (or did last time I had such a small machine) > in 64 Mbytes. > 2. It only needs about 4-500 Mbytes of disk. > 3. There's an enormous array of software in its repo, over 18500 at last > count. > 4. It supports almost any hardware I can find: I've run it on Sun > Sparc64, oldworld Powermacs (and could have run it on my Mac Classic if > I had the mind) I've just downloaded 3 DVD images )I got a little > carried away) which I intend to run on my virtual mainframe. > > I'd quite like to be able to use Fedora, but until I can create a very > small install image on a small system, that's impractical. ---- you can 'unclick' every group in the installer or even easier is to create a kickstart that just installs @base... --- begin ks.cfg --- # Install a fresh system rather than upgrade an existing system install # Perform the kickstart installation in text mode text # Sets the language to use during installation lang en_US.UTF-8 # Sets the language(s) to install on the system #langsupport en_US # Sets system keyboard type keyboard us # auto mouse #mouse # grub bootloader --location mbr # Reboot at the end poweroff # Run Firstboot firstboot --enable --reconfig # Start in runlevel 5 #xconfig --startxonboot --defaultdesktop=KDE # Sets up the authentication options for the system authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 # Sets the system time zone timezone America/Phoenix # Configures network information for the system network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp # Sets the system's root password to "whatever" rootpw password # Specifies how the GRUB boot loader should be installed bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb quiet" # Removes partitions from the system, prior to creation of new partitions clearpart --all --initlabel part swap --recommended part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100 part / --fstype ext3 --size 1024 --grow # Package Selection %packages --resolvedeps --ignoremissing @base # personally, I would probably add these... #@admin-tools #@text-internet #emacs # Post-installation Script %post # import RPM key(s) rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora #rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras --- end ks.cfg --- adjust as necessary Craig
