[CentOS] truly minimal install

Wed Jun 25 14:11:51 UTC 2008
Milton Calnek <milton at calnek.com>

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Karanbir Singh wrote:
| David Hláčik wrote:
|> My question is, which way i will achieve really minimum install
(with yum).
|> So far, i have during install unchecked all packages , then
customized
|> groups and removed everything including base system.
|> As a result my CentOS install was 800MB , which is still to much
for us.
|> Value around 300 - 400 MB is OK.
|
| do a bunch of 'yum erase' runs postinstall to remove whatever you dont
| need ?
|
If you can generate a list of packages you don't need, you can
prevent them from being installed in kickstart by listing them with
a -. ie:

%packages
...
- -evolution

I found a vmware image that someone else produced. It's centos 5.1,
but perhaps you could tweak that image to meet your needs.

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Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.)
milton at calnek.com
306-717-8737

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