I've done many of the same type of installs. If you want to perform this type
of install and exclude items, you need to select 'expert' install and make
sure individual pkg selection is marked.
Jim
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hello
experts > > My initial impression of the installation of Mandrake 7.1 was very
> positive. I was eagerly interested in testing XFREE86 4.0, Netscape
> 4.73 and some new additions of KDE.
>
> I tried to istall the new kernel 2.2.16 and screwed up so I had to
> reinstall.
>
> My Internet connection is broadband fast-ethernet and a LAN. That
> explains why I have downloaded the whole of Mandrake to a harddrive
> partition, and install from there. This LAN is used by a large
> collection of students from a local technical college with special
> interest in computer science and tele-communications. One of my sons was
> once visiting such a student while he was sniffing the LAN to collect
> passwords. So I try to stay completely secured.
>
> I choose to exclude GNOME, other window-makers, all web servers, all web
> administration, all databases, emacs and xemacs. The installation was
> going on while i did other things and only controlled now and then.
> To my fine surprise the installation program happily installed SAMBA,
> gnome webmin and other stuff. I was pissed off and jumped out of the
> installation and reinstalled 7.0.2
>
> The installation program seems to be a hacking c-code, i.e. the
> c-functions are not waiting for a confirmation that the messages sent
> are really succesfully written.
>
> I started using REDHAT 3.0.3, and I am accustumed to choose what I want
> to install and not to be treated by a omnipotent BILL GATE structure
> that tries to sell me things I don't want.
>
> Try something similar to SuSE, that is keep the old installation for
> those who wants full control.
>
> Keep the evolution alive - allow for differences.
> guran
