You may want to take a look at http://www.owlriver.com/tips/tiny-centos/. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Bards1888 Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:31 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Minimal server install and a few other questions..... Johnny Hughes wrote: >On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 22:08 +1000, Bards1888 wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>I was wondering what is the smallest install that anyone has managed >>with 4 (4.2 to be precise) ? I'm looking at a machine running as a VPN >>in a DMZ, so I'm going to remove/NOT INSTALL things like gcc, X, etc. >>I'm planning on putting this on a 1gb USB stick and booting from it. >> >> > >I have removed items after install and gotten down to about 550 mb on a >CentOS-4 install. > > > >>That reminds me, was there going to be a 1 CD server install image ? >> >> >> > >Yes, we are working on trimming it to fit on a 700mb disc and to have >the same packages for x86_64 and i386. > > > >>The other thing I noticed is that if I install on x86_64 I get around >>400mb in /usr/lib *and* /usr/lib64, is this entirely necessary ? >>Especially if I dont want the 32bit stuff ? How can one tell which >>packages are responsible for the libs in /usr/lib/ ? I tried a random >>filem from that directory; >> >>[root at services lib]# rpm -q --whatprovides libOggFLAC.so.1 >>flac-1.1.0-7 >>[root at services lib]# rpm -qa | grep -i flac >>flac-1.1.0-7 >>[root at services lib]# rpm -qi flac-1.1.0-7 >>Name : flac Relocations: (not relocatable) >>Version : 1.1.0 Vendor: CentOS >>Release : 7 Build Date: Tue 22 Feb 2005 >>10:56:45 EST >>Install Date: Wed 13 Apr 2005 11:50:50 EST Build Host: >>guru.build.karan.org >>Group : Applications/Multimedia Source RPM: flac-1.1.0-7.src.rpm >>Size : 707386 License: LGPL/GPL >>Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sun 27 Feb 2005 06:37:33 EST, Key ID >>a53d0bab443e1821 >>Packager : Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at centos.org> >>URL : http://flac.sourceforge.net/ >>Summary : An encoder/decoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec. >>Description : >>FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC >>is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of >>the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form, >>flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac, >>a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for >>various music players (the xmms plugin is in a sub-package). >> >> >>I cant see an 'arch' in there anywhere, however on the Centos DVD I >>found flac for both i386 and x86_64. >> >> >> >you need to add this line to the .rpmmacros for the user that you want >to see both arches for: > >%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch} > > > >>So why are there rpms for both archs with the x86_64 build ? >> >> >> > >because that is how the upstream provider releases it .. and we follow >suit. > >The real reason is so that people can have things like openoffice.org >and festival and plugins for mozilla, etc ... these do not build in >x86_64 mode. > >You can run both i386 and x86_64 stuff on the x86_64. > >once you make the above change to .rpmmacros, you can do: > >rpm -qa | grep i386 >(to see i386 packages) > >and > >rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep i386` >(to remove i386 packages) > >when installing via yum, if you want to ensure only the x86_64 package >gets installed, do: > >yum install iptraf.x86_64 > >and NOT > >yum install iptraf > >(just an example) > > > >>Thanks in advance. >>_______________________________________________ >>CentOS mailing list >>CentOS at centos.org >>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >> >>_______________________________________________ >>CentOS mailing list >>CentOS at centos.org >>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> As usual Johnny, you are a gentleman. Thanks for your help. 550mb sounds great. Was that minus X, development (gcc et al) ? Is there any way at install time to ensure that no i386 packages are installed ? Thanks again. Bards. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos