smaller system

WipeOut wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Nov 28 13:48:30 UTC 2003


Vano Beridze wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have one question
>
> Why Fedora installer with everything turned off installs the following 
> package:
> reiserfs-utils
> or
> hesiod
> or
> ....
>
> When I turn off everything I need a system that is minimal (knows how 
> to boot and find devices)
>
> This is the freedom of Gentoo.
>
> I would be very happy to apply this word to Fedora in this situation.
> Of course I can remove all the unnecessary packages but why should I 
> bother myself
> finding those packages?
>
> I would be glad to hear your comments about that.
> Maybe in Fedora Core 2
> we will have the ability to install truely minimal system.
>
There has already been a major discussion about having a minimal install 
actually be minimal..

For those type of installs I use Trustix Secure Linux 
(http://www.trustix.net).. The minimum install is about 90MB..

Later..





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