Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > >> > I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect >> > everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still >> > requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? >> >> Run a pre 5 series install and it is straightforward to hold size down >> >> There are lower thresholds one cannot go below and still stay >> with current updates. My article on 'tiny centos' provides >> 'slimming scripts' to trim away coherent sets to taste while >> still satisfying dependencies >> http://www.owlriver.com/tips/tiny-centos/ > > Thank you! Since I also want to make a tiny flash-based centos, I'll > look into this! Timny, flash-based? I recently bought an 8GB USB key for a netbook distro instal, and we have two here at work for some of our rackmounts that have no DVD reader. > >> Just because one is familiar with >> hammers does not mean one should be shaving cats with one > > That depends, in part, on how much one dislikes cats. > > Shaving pissed-off tomcats is best done with welding gloves and apron, > and a hammer. Um, that may not work, he says, thinking of his friend in the US northwet with a full-sized cougar.* ObDiscllosure: cat lover; likes dogs ok, otherwise I'd suggest grooming your dog with a hammer. mark