Fedora Server Spin

[Horst H. von Brand]

Matthias Saou <thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net> wrote:
> seth vidal wrote :
> > okay this is insane. This is a server install. Let's have a single cd of
> > almost nothing.

Yep.

> > A server install should be @Core, openssh-server, yum and that's pretty
> > much it.

Need a bit more...

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> > ultra-clean - as servers should be. Then when you install a service
> > package you can enable the service and you know that your server is
> > setup properly: Only things you need are enabled.

> Sounds pretty much like I'd expect it to be too :-)

As default install, totally agree. But not as the final selection of
packages on the CD(s).

> I wouldn't mind a few client applications, though, especially the few
> which would allow debugging any kind of failure to install packages
> using yum. So that would possibly mean an HTTP client to check outgoing
> port 80 connectivity, or maybe just the "telnet" client.

Better netcat (nc(1)).
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