Re: [MLUG] bare minimum fedora 7 install

[nowlind <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I know that Ubuntu and Debian are good distos but I am just stuck on 
rpms.  I know it is a hang up of mine.

Daniel Nowlin
DataCenter



shawn parker wrote:
> there is a base group package set in fedora 7 as well, but if you try
> to install just that it breaks. at least the last time i did it.
>
> the thing is, though, that ubuntu and debian are quick and easy to
> install and provide me with a functional bare-bones system out of the
> box. i don't need to "hack" the installer to make it work.
>
> :)
>
> On 6/14/07, Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, shawn parker wrote:
> >
> > > this is why i dislike fedora, and even red hat, now. they removed the
> > > one feature that i always used, the "minimal install" option. i won't
> > > use them outside of work.
> > >
> > > now, you _have_ to install a lot of bloat into the system unless you
> > > want to spend hours customizing.
> > >
> > > my suggestion, ubuntu server or debian.
> >
> > Looking on the Centos5 distro I've got here, there's still a 'Base'
> > group, but it's marked as not being user visible.  I bet that you could
> > hack it into a kickstart file on a floppy or USB stick and get the same
> > results, though.
> >
> > %packages
> > @base
> >
> >
> > --dlloyd
> >
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