Karanbir Singh wrote: > 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. > Isn't kickstart enough for servers? Unless it's your first server, it's easy enough to specify ks=http://ks.example.com/ks?server Maybe, if there's a CD image, it could have an interactive ks, one that makes an otherwise non-default package selection? There does not need to be a separate CD, if the first CD in the set has the capability. _I_ would be content with a so-called server install that has just enough CentOS to get networking up and allow me to install more stuff. How hard is this? yum install this that theother If I want to script customisation and I don't want to use kickstart, it's not hard to do it on first boot: one script could reconfigure yum, install standard and non-standard packages, add users, whatever. It's not really so different whether it's done via ks or later. I've never really understood the point of a so-called server CD. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)