Minimal installation
WipeOut
wipe_out at onetel.com
Sun Nov 9 12:22:35 UTC 2003
Gene C. wrote:
>On Saturday 08 November 2003 18:03, Jaroslaw Kowalski wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all!
>>
>>I'm planning to install a minimal version of fedora and then manually
>>(perhaps using apt to handle dependencies) remove some packages that I
>>don't need. The key here is the disk usage.
>>
>>I want my install to be as small as:
>>
>>kernel
>>glibc
>>basic file utilities (ls, cat)
>>rpm + apt
>>
>>Of course I would need all rpms that are dependent on these + anything
>>required for fedora to work.
>>
>>My question is: has anyone tried it? How low can you go in terms of disk
>>space used?
>>
>>
>
>The RELEASE-NOTES says that a Minimal install requires 520MB of disk space ...
>do not believe it. While this may be to amount used once the install is
>complete, the actual install requires somewhere between 600MB and 650MB. You
>might be able to reduce this with some playing with kickstart.
>
>Dependencies pull in lots of stuff which is not really needed. I have seen
>some X packages and even devel packages get pulled in because of errors in
>dependencies (Requires).
>
>
Wouldn't something like Trustix (min 70-90MB) be the solution to a small
installation??
I don't think RH or FC were really designed to be minimaly installed
distros.. Especially now that you can't customise the package
installation.. :(
Just a thought.. :)
Later..
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