[CentOS] Minimal install for CentOS 5?

David Hrbáč hrbac.conf at seznam.cz
Fri Dec 7 08:48:22 UTC 2007


Karanbir Singh napsal(a):
> Secondly, the best way to do a minimal install is to just get the
> netinstall iso from the 5.1/isos/ directory, run a normal graphical
> install, and deselect all options from the 'Tasks to install' screen,
> select customise now option, then deselect everything from the next
> screen as well. It should give you a minimal install, with just enough
> packages to have a booting system, network and a functional sshd server.
> Once installed, you can then carry on adding packages with yum.

And you can extend Karanbir's way by using kickstart, where you can
remove far more packages. Some hints: bluez*, up2date, wireless-tools,
wvdial, pcmcia-cs, etc. It all depends on the needs.
David Hrbáč



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