On 9/27/07, Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look at www.thinstation.org. They have a thinstation-o-matic where you > can make these images over the net. In our use, we download the > thinstation source and make images locally. > > I think one big way they make the image smaller is the use of busybox. > That alone must account for many MB. > > > > > > Our TODO: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/KIWI-LTSP-Tasks > > > > It is shrinking at a rapid pace, so slimming down would be targeted > > very soon. You can check this and suggest the packages that could be > > dropped. > > > > https://forgesvn1.novell.com/viewsvn/kiwi-ltsp/trunk/kiwi-ltsp/ltsp/suse-10.3/config.xml?view=markup > > Am I correct in that the build is from sources, not from an installed > OpenSUSE? >
The kiwi uses distribution packages, no compiling. That XML file is the configuration used that tells kiwi what packages need to be installed in the image. Cheers -J -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
