Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-11 Thread Nitebirdz
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Monte Milanuk wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:22:40 -0700 (PDT) > From: Monte Milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: minimalist installs > > > Ditto!! The other part I was looking f

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Monte Milanuk
0 (EST) > From: Fernando Lozano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: minimalist installs > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Thomas! > > > > > First and foremost, is there a decent way to 'strip' > RedHat > > > down

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Fernando Lozano
Hi Thomas! > > First and foremost, is there a decent way to 'strip' RedHat > > down to the bare minimum? > > I made the best experiences (RHL 5.2/RHL 6.2) with using the custom install > mode, deselecting *all* packages (that will leave a bare bone system to > install), install the system, boot

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Werner Puschitz
I'm working right now on a kickstart based installation but before that I was running a script after a RH6.2 server installation. Due to security reasons I have to justify each package I install on our production servers. E.g. documents and development packages have nothing lost on a secure produ

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:22:39AM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > If you use the --excludedocs option, or delete the subdirectories of > > /usr/doc, you can cut down a lot more. You can get it under 100M. > > Hm, correct me, if I'm wrong - but

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:22:39AM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > If you use the --excludedocs option, or delete the subdirectories of > /usr/doc, you can cut down a lot more. You can get it under 100M. Hm, correct me, if I'm wrong - but the latter would lead to inconsistencies with rpm, wo

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread hanfam
Hi, If you search the web there are some truly minimal installs designed to be firewalls on old machines. If you want to use an old box basically as a dumb terminal, you can also install an old version of slackware it allows you to choose exactly what it installs. I set up an old 486 machine with

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 05:06:59AM -0700, Monte Milanuk wrote: > [...] > > First and foremost, is there a decent way to 'strip' RedHat > > down to the bare minimum? > [...] > > I made the best experiences (RHL 5.2/RHL 6.2) with using the custom instal

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 05:06:59AM -0700, Monte Milanuk wrote: [...] > First and foremost, is there a decent way to 'strip' RedHat > down to the bare minimum? [...] I made the best experiences (RHL 5.2/RHL 6.2) with using the custom install mode, deselecting *all* packages (that will leave a bare

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Nitebirdz
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Monte Milanuk wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 05:06:59 -0700 (PDT) > From: Monte Milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: minimalist installs > > Hello, > > Well, after my hardware debac

Re: minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 05:06:59AM -0700, Monte Milanuk a ecrit: > > First and foremost, is there a decent way to 'strip' RedHat > down to the bare minimum? There are a variety of reasons > to do so, from installing on minimal hardware i.e. a 486 > for firewall or home control projects, security

minimalist installs

2001-04-10 Thread Monte Milanuk
Hello, Well, after my hardware debacle, I am linux-less for a while, until I get a house bought up here and get my computers moved in and set up again. So in the meantime, I figure I have a good time to ask some of the questions that I have been wondering about but have been too busy to ask. Fi