The RedHat Customization Guide for RedHat 9.0 says the following: <snip> You can also specify which packages not to install from the default package list: @ Games and Entertainment -kdegames <snip> I read that as: "If you want to NOT install a package then put a '-' in front of it and it will not install. I want to NOT install a bunch of packages that are not needed on my system. The appropriate section of my ks.cfg file looks like this: %packages --resolvedeps @ dns-server @ compat-arch-support kernel grub ntp -apmd -ash -aspell-da -aspell-de -aspell-en-ca -aspell-en-gb -aspell-es <snip - a whole bunch more - snip> For some reason the installer installs everything anyway. I'm working with RedHat Enterprise Linux ES. The documentation for Kickstart on Enterprise does not seem to exist, but I'm assuming that the RedHat 9.0 is virtually the same. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! Mac McClellan Sr. Network Engineer Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. 75 West Center Street Provo, Utah 84601 801-437-7295