Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-07-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:42 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Pace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received the script and ran it creating an autoinst.xml file. But what I > can't figure from the documentation on autoyast is where to place that file, > or how to get yast to read it at

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-07-25 Thread Mark Pace
Never mind - found it! On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Mark Pace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received the script and ran it creating an autoinst.xml file. But what I > can't figure from the documentation on autoyast is where to place that file, > or how to get yast to read it at install tim

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-07-25 Thread Mark Pace
I received the script and ran it creating an autoinst.xml file. But what I can't figure from the documentation on autoyast is where to place that file, or how to get yast to read it at install time. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Michael MacIsaac
Mark, > Novell Technical Support considers systems that have Base pattern packages "missing" as problematic for support and updates. So, I can't recommend doing that at all. OK, good to know. If the books are ever updated we'll either rip that section out, or add strong warning words. Thanks. "

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:09 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > Is there a concise, newbie-friendly autoyast guide? No, which is one reason why I wrote the script to generate one for people. There is a very good document on AutoYaST, but i

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael MacIsaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What I use, during install, is based on the "z/VM and Linux on IBM >> System z: The Virtualization Cookbook" is: > > Then, Marian Gasparovic did a lot of work to document how to f

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Adam Thornton
On Jun 20, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Mark Post wrote: That certainly cuts things down quite a bit, but there's more reductions to be had with a little bit of work, or the use of an AutoYaST installation file. In the future, we're hoping to cut down even more on cross-package dependencies, but (here co

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Michael MacIsaac
> What I use, during install, is based on the "z/VM and Linux on IBM > System z: The Virtualization Cookbook" is: Then, Marian Gasparovic did a lot of work to document how to further pare it down. See section 7.5.5 for complete details (book is on linuxvm.org/present). But the bottom line is that

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:52 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I use, during install, is based on the "z/VM and Linux on IBM > System z: The Virtualization Cookbook" is: That certainly cuts things down quite a bit, but there's more reductions

Re: (MCOS: 16.7323) Linux guest on a diet

2008-06-20 Thread Tom Duerbusch
What I use, during install, is based on the "z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook" is: Software Default Detail Selection Search “redbooks” Actions, Select Accept Accept all other