On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:53:29 -0500, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Monday 03 March 2008 3:44:54 pm Beartooth Sciurivore wrote: >> Didn't anaconda use to include an option to do a minimum install? [...] >> I don't know whether the feature is feasible, much less why or >> why not; but I'd sure be glad of *some* easier way. > How about starting with one of the live CDs? Less to trim, easier to > update and you can then add various bits and pieces to fit within your > space budget. I did that last week using the Live KDE version of F8, and > it went very well. Hmmm .... I *think* I tried that ... I tried so many things that I've not only forgotten why I gave upon which, but even what all I tried. Otoh, I was wondering last night whether I ought to try it again ... > I should point out that space isn't a problem here -- I've got a 320 GB > hard drive and had plenty of space for Fedora. I was just trying to cut > down all of the time spent installing, upgrading and then maintaining a > bunch of stuff that I don't need and don't use. IOW, the feature would be welcome, if it were to (re)appear, in more places than just among early adopters of tiny machines. I remember I tried EeeDora first of all; the deviser of it had obviously put a lot of work into it, and I've been seeing more than I want of how much that really was. I'm pretty sure the trouble there, once I got the right version, was that his minimum wasn't my minimum. It seems several of the minimalist distros -- Knoppix, DSL, and several others -- still use a kernel that's not compatible with the hardware in the EeePC. But EeeDora was made from F8. At this point, I'm down to where I can hardly remove half a dozen apps without getting a dependency requirement I'm not willing to live with. Pretty soon I'll have to start not only removing one at a time, but rebooting every time. Stay tuned. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 8; Alpine 0.99999, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2.0.3, Epiphany 2.20, Opera 9.24, Firefox 2.0 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
