On 05/20/2010 04:38 PM, Kahlil Hodgson wrote: > On 05/21/2010 12:55 AM, Digimer wrote: >> 3. Run revisor as you've both discussed. >> >> My goal is to create a much smaller DVD, more than anything. > > I think the smallest you can get away with for a non-graphical install > is something like > > %packages > @base > @core > kernel > anaconda > isomd5sum > %end You can specify only "@core" if you want the smallest possible install. You can specify only "@base" if you want the "minimal" installation. You don't need to specify the other packages. kernel will always be installed. anaconda and isomd5sum (and other deps) will be included unless you're using a recent version of revisor with the reuseinstaller plugin. > The Fedora 'spins-kickstart' package has the kickstart files used to > build their live-cds. The %packages sections in those files will give > you some insight into what a black art this can be. Theirs is messy, but it's not usually that bad. The system-config-kickstart tool on Fedora can be used to set this up with a GUI if you prefer.