On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 07:49:27AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Christopher> I'd like a trivial way to install a minimal upgradable > Christopher> system -- say everything required to boot and run > Christopher> apt-get, and nothing else -- but the ubuntu-minimal > Christopher> package (+ a kernel) seems to have far more in it than > Christopher> that. > > Me too.... debootstrap on either Debian unstable or Ubuntu dapper > installs *heaps* more than that.
Depends on what your definition of "required to boot" is, I guess. But you can easily --include and --exclude packages with debootstrap to get exactly the right level of minimalism. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
