RE: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-07 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 12:01 10/7/2003, you wrote: Wouldn't it be just as easy for them to create yet another option called "bare minimum" or "bare bones" or something like that which includes only the packages required to have a bootable system? From there the user could add whatever packages they wanted. It is proba

RE: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-07 Thread Chris W. Parker
Rodolfo J. Paiz on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:51 AM said: > It comes down to the fact that Red Hat has to make the installation > easy for millions of users and they do their best to make a > generally-pleasing approximation of "minimal." Then they leave each > use

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-07 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 11:07 10/7/2003, you wrote: OK, I have managed to install only 365 megs directly with RH8 distribution. That is without perl,sendmail, openssl, openssh and some other garbage but with gcc and kernel headers. After I have succesfully copiled and installed latest versions of perl, openssl, php,

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-07 Thread Sasa Stupar
Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: At 03:11 10/5/2003, you wrote: Anyway I'll try to make minimum with custom setup from RH8 and with ignoring dependiences. Will see how it works. Ignoring dependencies is not usually a good idea. A product "depends" on another for a reason usually... OK, I have managed

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-05 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 03:11 10/5/2003, you wrote: Anyway I'll try to make minimum with custom setup from RH8 and with ignoring dependiences. Will see how it works. Ignoring dependencies is not usually a good idea. A product "depends" on another for a reason usually... -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-05 Thread Sasa Stupar
Michael Fratoni wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 05 October 2003 03:25 am, Sasa Stupar wrote: > Did you even look at the RULE page that someone suggested to you? > That is exactly what RULE does: allow you to install a Red Hat Linux system into older hardware, or an

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-05 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 05 October 2003 03:25 am, Sasa Stupar wrote: > > Did you even look at the RULE page that someone suggested to you? > > That > > > > is exactly what RULE does: allow you to install a Red Hat Linux > > system into older hardware, or any har

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-05 Thread Sasa Stupar
> Did you even look at the RULE page that someone suggested to you? That is exactly what RULE does: allow you to install a Red Hat Linux system into older hardware, or any hardware with less memory (down to 6MB RAM in some cases), and install a much smaller set of packages than Anaconda usually

Re: RULE (branch of former 'Minimal install RH8?')

2003-10-04 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 04 October 2003 07:49 pm, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 01:40:48AM +0200, R Sánchez wrote: > > What it IS: > > * A project that makes avaidable an installer which picks > > those apps from your original redhat iso's. > > > > Rea

Re: RULE (branch of former 'Minimal install RH8?')

2003-10-04 Thread R Sánchez
it's still... Reven - Original Message - From: "Ed Wilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:49 AM Subject: Re: RULE (branch of former 'Minimal install RH8?') | Copyright issues - NO. Trademark issues - YES, if you call t

Re: RULE (branch of former 'Minimal install RH8?')

2003-10-04 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 17:49 10/4/2003, you wrote: Copyright issues - NO. Trademark issues - YES, if you call the result Red Hat Linux. It's simply not Red Hat Linux. From what I've read, it is a very valuable project to a lot of people, but the result is not Red Hat Linux. But Ed... nobody is calling the result "R

Re: RULE (branch of former 'Minimal install RH8?')

2003-10-04 Thread Ed Wilts
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 01:40:48AM +0200, R Sánchez wrote: > There's a lot being said about RULE, and I regret the fact that most > of the things said are pointed out by people who don't know what RULE > is. [snip] > What it IS: > * A project that makes avaidable an installer which picks > thos

RULE (branch of former 'Minimal install RH8?')

2003-10-04 Thread R Sánchez
There's a lot being said about RULE, and I regret the fact that most of the things said are pointed out by people who don't know what RULE is. What it is NOT: * A distro * A distro that takes packages made by Redhat and cracks them to fit their own logo. What it IS: * A project that tests which l

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-04 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 15:13 10/4/2003, you wrote: On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 03:04:08PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > Did you even look at the RULE page that someone suggested to you? That is > exactly what RULE does: allow you to install a Red Hat Linux system into > older hardware, or any hardware with less memory (

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-04 Thread Ed Wilts
On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 03:04:08PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > Did you even look at the RULE page that someone suggested to you? That is > exactly what RULE does: allow you to install a Red Hat Linux system into > older hardware, or any hardware with less memory (down to 6MB RAM in some > ca

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-04 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 11:29 10/4/2003, you wrote: L. K. Pierce wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:17, R Sánchez wrote: Wasn't there some type of distro proyect that was precisely a RedHat adaptation for minimal systems? Yes, it's called RULE. http://www.rule-project.org Yes, that's nice but I would like that guys fro

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-04 Thread Sasa Stupar
L. K. Pierce wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:17, R Sánchez wrote: Wasn't there some type of distro proyect that was precisely a RedHat adaptation for minimal systems? Yes, it's called RULE. http://www.rule-project.org Yes, that's nice but I would like that guys from Redhat make a minimal insta

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-03 Thread L. K. Pierce
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 11:17, R Sánchez wrote: > Wasn't there some type of distro proyect that was precisely a RedHat > adaptation for minimal systems? > Yes, it's called RULE. http://www.rule-project.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/ma

Re: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-03 Thread R Sánchez
]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 4:16 PM Subject: RE: Minimal install RH8? | You'll need gcc, kernel headers and some dev libs, and some other packages. | | -Original Message- | From: Sasa Stupar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:16 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-03 Thread Jason Staudenmayer
You'll need gcc, kernel headers and some dev libs, and some other packages. -Original Message- From: Sasa Stupar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Minimal install RH8? Hi! I am thinking of making a fresh install o

Minimal install RH8?

2003-10-03 Thread Sasa Stupar
Hi! I am thinking of making a fresh install of RH8 with minimal option (476 megs). Then I myself to compile and install PHP, Apache2, Squid, Samba, Wu-ftp. The question is if I will be able to compile all this with the software which is allready installed with this minimal instalation or I will