On 05/20/2010 04:38 PM, Kahlil Hodgson wrote:
On 05/21/2010 12:55 AM, Digimer wrote:
Run revisor as you've both discussed.
My goal is to create a much smaller DVD, more than anything.
I think the smallest you can get away with for a non-graphical install is something like
%packages @base @core kernel anaconda isomd5sum %end
You can specify only "@core" if you want the smallest possible install. You can specify only "@base" if you want the "minimal" installation. You don't need to specify the other packages. kernel will always be installed. anaconda and isomd5sum (and other deps) will be included unless you're using a recent version of revisor with the reuseinstaller plugin.
The Fedora 'spins-kickstart' package has the kickstart files used to build their live-cds. The %packages sections in those files will give you some insight into what a black art this can be.
Theirs is messy, but it's not usually that bad. The system-config-kickstart tool on Fedora can be used to set this up with a GUI if you prefer.