On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > > so in order to quantify exactly what should be on the minimal install set : > > - support install from optical media > - support install from usb disk > > - install as native platform > + install to Xen domU > + install to kvm VM > > - Functional on post-install > + firstboot ( for hooks etc that people put in ) > + yum with the standard centos repos > + sshd > + selinux > + functional dhcp client > + functional ipv6 stack + ipv4 stack > + iptables and ip6tables A list from my kickstarts : + ntp + wget and/or links + rsync + telnet (as a test tool) > Questions; > > * What else should added in ? > > * Should we remove some more excess ? > > * what is the thinking on lsb state for this media ? > > * Finally, I am conflicted on the idea of dropping the gui installer > completely. On one hand, we could claw back serious disk space - on the > other hand, it drastically changes the install experience. Tbh, the > install experience is a bigger deal. But worth pointing out. And the problem that the text interfance does not support LVM (at least in 5, I don't know if they added that in 6) and there are problably other features that are only in the GUI interface. Regards, Tim -- Tim Verhoeven - tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com - 0479 / 88 11 83 Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. (Linus Torvalds)