As suggested, try %packages --nobase --excludedocs This will slim fit your deployment, but be sure to specify which packages you want to install on system... Regards Pablo -- Pablo Iranzo Gómez (http://Alufis35.uv.es/~iranzo/) (PGPKey Available on http://www.uv.es/~iranzop/PGPKey.pgp) -- Postulado de Boling sobre la Ley de Murphy: Si se encuentra bien, no se preocupe. Se le pasará On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Gary Thomas wrote: > Michael DeHaan wrote: > > Gary Thomas wrote: > >> I'm trying to use anaconda+kickstart to load up a deeply > >> embedded platform. This device will never need nor use > >> selinux, so I want to figure out how to keep it from > >> ever being installed, whatsoever. > >> > >> How do I make this happen in the kickstart file? > >> > >> Note: this is such a resource limited platform that simply > >> installing the "selinux-policy-targetted" RPM takes around > >> 5 hours! Hence my desire to never even try. > >> > > > > Just add "selinux disabled" in your kickstart and it will not be enabled > > and will not be doing anything. > > > > There isn't a lot of overhead in terms of extra storage to worry about > > AFAIK. > > > > The policy shouldn't be being applied if don't turn selinux on (either > > in enforcing mode or permissive). I could be wrong about this however, > > have you tried disabling SELinux in your kickstart for starters? > > Yes. I have "selinux --disabled" in my kickstart and I start > anaconda with "selinux=0" (don't believe the documentation on > this one - trust the code). It still loads the selinux packages > and the loader/anaconda still tries to do stuff with selinux, e.g. > from my install log: > 12:38:33 WARNING : Failed to create /etc/selinux/config: Read-only file system > 12:38:33 WARNING : Failed to create /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/customizable_types: Read-only > file system > etc. > > BTW, my embedded kernel also is tuned for no selinux support, > so even if the packages are installed, nothing happens (they > just get in the way IMO) > > I have found that I can simply remove "selinux-policy-targetted" > in my kickstart packages and this makes things much better. > > %packages > @base > -selinux-policy-targeted > %end > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Thomas | Consulting for the > MLB Associates | Embedded world > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
