Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > It will be usefull for those who with to walk around with a CD drive and > need to install servers. the only issue with that is what / how would you define 'servers'. Its easier to work with something like a package list of what would be considered reasonable to have on a default install, then remove the option to make installtime package selections and deliver only that raw package manifest thats been pre-selected. > Preferably with support for things like XFS. One the basic system is up > one can pull in everything else. Apache, mysql and the lot are all > things that can be pulled in once the basic installation is done. ok, xfs is venturing into centosplus lands... > But iptables, ntpd, sshd are however things I considere part of the core > installation. How about you work out a list, we can then all argue over it, whatever packages get onto the list then can pose a potential manifest to work with ? > I guess that would be a significantly small CD to be around for future > releases as well. yup, I am trying to automate things as much as possible, so once we have something in the grinding machine, it should stay there. - KB