minimal install
Martin Olsson
mnemo at minimum.se
Wed Sep 8 14:58:57 UTC 2004
Last time I checked (in FC2) the minimal install was unfortunately
heavily bloated. On the other hand, when I did the 'install everything'
everything worked right away including, usb keyboard (whichs hangs in
suse), flatscreen at 1280x1024 and sound.
regards,
martin
Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been an avid Linux user for a long time now, but must say that I
> have been using Mandrake most of that time. That was because I thought
> that it was a little more cutting-edge than Red Hat. Now it seems that
> the price of that cutting edge was that things do not always work as
> good as you would like.
>
> Anyway, I am very eager to try Fedora and see if it is more stable and
> compatible with various other applications.
>
> I would like to know if someone could either tell me some of the
> specifics, or direct me to some documentation on the Fedora installer.
> I want to learn how things are done.
>
> For example I would like to know where in the Stage2.img is the list of
> install types and install messages that you see when it is running.
>
> I would like to see what file Fedora uses to define what the "minimal"
> install is, or "Server" install list of packages because I need the
> absolute smallest install + XWindows and the smallest (simplest) window
> manager.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
> Thanks,
> Lonnie
>
>
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