[CentOS] What is the minimum ISO to build a server?

Thu Sep 4 00:23:51 UTC 2008
Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org>

chuck wrote:
> Can I use the - CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso 
> <http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/centos/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-netinstall.iso>  
> or CentOS-5.2-i386-LiveCD.iso 
> <http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/centos/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-LiveCD.iso> ?  
> Or all of the ISO's?

Often I just use the first CD (out of the regular set of install CDs).

http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/centos/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-1of6.iso

Choose "customize package groups" (or whatever is the name of that 
option) and then unselect all package groups except Base.

This will give you a relatively "minimal" system. If you want to install 
anything after that, just do a "yum install".

-- 
Florin Andrei

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