On Friday 04 January 2008 16:09:11 Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote: > Hi, > > even if the package management on openSUSE 10.3 is faster it still > showed its issues during the last days to me :-( > Please note that installing a Linux workstation worked fine for me but > what I wanted to do is ".
is.....? > So it should only contain what's really necessary for a Xen DomU and can > be extended easily to be a web-/mail-/or whatever server. > > So I tried to install into a directory to create a package list with the > software installer. > Summary: it seems to be impossible > > 1. > my local system is de_DE and therefore the de_DE pattern extensions are > always added (what's not wanted in that case). > The QT software manager has no option to change that, while it seems > that the ncurses one provides a pattern selector for locales. > > 2. > my local system has an nvidia gfx card (and it has the nvidia repository > added) so the software manager always chooses the nvidia drivers. > The same for all other kernel modules or packages which provide these > magic hw keys. But languages and graphics drivers can be deselected, no? > 3. > never start a selection with too many patterns enabled since you will > never get rid of them w/o creating looping dependencies Can't you disable the whole pattern from the "Patterns" menu? > 4. > there are more strange conflicts which came up all the time. > For example trying to remove dirmngr only brings up conflicts for > packages dirmngr "requires", while those are still being marked for > installation. > > Sorry, that I can't easily create distinct bugreports for those but can > only tell my experiences with all that. > > So basically what I wanted to achieve is: > "creating a minimal (but usable) Xen image" Can't you just install a xen guest? That will not have a default language, not install the nvidia driver (unless you force it) and you can select a minimal install. Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
