Outside of doing a genhd and creating your own comps.xml file (complicated, but getting easier), you can either start with --no-base and add packages back in, or keep base and remove packages you don't want: %packages -remove_this -and_this I remove packages, but do end up with a large packages section full of removals. It's been a while since I've done it, but if you play with it, I have been able to whittle an install down to just under 100 rpm's. -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 3:55 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Installing minimal number of packages Shabazian, Chip wrote: > You still get base. A truly minimal install would be > > %packages --no-base > > But that would result in a largely unusable system, so you need to add > packages back in from that point. > > NOTE: I have not tested this on FC6, but expect it to be the same. > > Is there not a happy medium somewhere in betwen? I definitely want a stripped system that includes rpm, and basic functionality but I don't want X, or lots of bulk. Doing --no-base and adding back all the packages just to make it function correctly seems tedious to get correct. If that is the best way, can someone give me an example of what they add back? Michael Michael _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
