>Cause first I need to know what are those essential packages! after >that, as you and other guys said I can use kickstart to picking up >them. I use this in rhel 5 right before I list the extra packages I want such as tar/openssh etc... %pre #!/bin/bash yum groupinfo base | perl -we 'my $in_mand = 0; while (<>) { $in_mand =0 if /\s+default packages/i; print if $in_mand; $in_mand = 1 if /\s+mandatory packages/i; }' > /tmp/package_base_mandatory %end %packages --nobase @ Core %include /tmp/package_base_mandatory dhclient irqbalance logwatch mailx microcode_ctl net-snmp net-snmp-utils net-snmp-devel nfs-utils ntp openssh-clients openssh-server postfix readahead screen tar vim-common vim-enhanced yum yum-priorities -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines