The installer gives choices for different levels of installs, and for partitioning. Of course you can always add packages later too. Try it.
As in the past, upgrading a RHEL-based minor release can be done in place but upgrading major releases (e.g. 7 -> 8) need fresh installs. Dave On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 07:59:00PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote: > Typically, a minimal install for a workstation is some window manager and > bare bones utilities. Assuming one wants either a fully functional > workstation or a server, how does one move from the bare bones to what one > wants? > > On previous major release SL installs (and current Ubuntu LTS initial > install -- after that, one seems to be able to get to later major releases > without doing a full install, merely upgrade in place), I get to install > "packages" I want from the base distro, and then I expand from the other > repos. A bare bones install seems as it might not have the packages one > wants. > > Also, does a bare bones install allow for manual partitioning of a drive > (both "hard" and SSD)? > > Yasha Karant > > On 6/22/21 4:11 PM, Dave Dykstra wrote: > > It worked for me just now to use > > download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os > > and select a minimal install. > > > > Dave > > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 05:48:10PM +0000, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote: > > > I found the repo url. But no go on the install via the boot iso. It > > > failed to retrieve an rpm after having retrieved several, glib2 in > > > particular. Probably, download infrastructure is in a state of flux (?). > > > I'll try again later in the week. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov > > > <owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> on behalf of Teh, > > > Kenneth M. <00000864eace5c83-dmarc-requ...@listserv.fnal.gov> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:34 PM > > > To: Yasha Karant <ykar...@gmail.com>; scientific-linux-users > > > <scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov> > > > Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability > > > > > > I tried the boot iso but it does not have a built-in list of mirrors. I'm > > > stuck at the installation source. I need a url, either a specific repo > > > or a url. Please post if anyone knows one. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov > > > <owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> on behalf of Yasha > > > Karant <ykar...@gmail.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:06 AM > > > To: scientific-linux-users <scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov> > > > Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability > > > > > > Would those who have a spare machine (or more) and who install Rocky EL > > > 8.4 please comment to this list. Some of the questions that might need > > > to be answered are below. > > > > > > How easy was manual disk partitioning? > > > > > > How easy was selection of options, including the use of those from > > > ElRepo et al that are standard repositories of often needed "addons" not > > > available from the base distro? > > > > > > How easy was it to maintain non-systems areas that might be needed > > > (e.g., /home , /opt , /usr/local )? > > > > > > Do applications that are needed and function under SL still function > > > (perhaps with later release versions) on Rocky EL 8.4? > > > > > > After running Rocky EL 8.4 for a bit with a real load of typical > > > applications and uses (and users as well), how stable is this distro? > > > > > > My understanding from previous postings to this list is that the > > > problems are not just with a clone port of EL 8, but intrinsic to the > > > RHEL 8 from IBM RH. > > > > > > Yasha Karant > > > > > > On 6/22/21 8:45 AM, Dave Dykstra wrote: > > > > https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-8-4-available-now > > > > > > > > Dave > > > >
