On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 22:20 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 01/12/2014 10:10 PM, Darod Zyree wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know why an Anaconda Kickstart installation deploys more rpm > > packages than a manual "basic" installation? > > > > In both cases the following package groups were installed/used according > > to anaconda-ks.cfg in root home directory: @core, @server-policy, > > @workstation-policy > > what ones are more or which ones are missing ? > > also compare the anaconda-ks.cfg left behind on both attempts, are you > sure the %packages section looks identical ? > My kickstart installation does 397 RPM packages. A manual installation does 217 RPM packages. My kickstart installation uses only an OS repository; no updates, epel or anything like that for this test. This repository was created using rsync and centos 6.5 iso. Kickstart package list: %packages @core @server-policy @workstation-policy Which is the same as choosing the "minimal" installation type during manual anaconda as shown in the /root/anaconda-ks.cfg file after the manual installation is completed.