On 1/12/07, David Lutterkort <dlutter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 12:27 -0600, Mike McGrath wrote: > On 1/12/07, David Lutterkort <dlutter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 10:34 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > > The thing we are missing is some sort of agreement on what the server > > spin should be: I think everybody agrees that the minimal install you > > describe should be possible. The question is: what does the admin do > > afterwards ? If they install whatever they need over the newtwork why > > bother with a server spin to begin with ? We can just fiddle with @core > > a little and give them a kickstart file that produces the minimal > > install. > > Whats the difference between a minimal install and the 'single cd' spin? I would hope that a minimal install leaves some room on a single cd to be filled with useful things, e.g. things that aren't strictly in a minimal install but commonly used like cron or an smtp daemon. > > But what about a customized comps file ? Is that desirable for a server > > spin ? Absolutely; and to arrive at that we do need to talk about > > including TurboGears and lots of other packages that people use on their > > servers. > > > > We'll never appeal to everyone with the Server CD but we could stick > some common tools on there as we need. Honestly though I think the > 'single' CD is really what most of the server guys are looking for > anyway. What exactly is the use case here ? How is this single CD install much better than a boot CD that kicks you into a networked install ? What common tools do you envision for the server spin ? It sounds like this would be more a system rescue CD. David
How about we get an idea oh how much media space a "only essential" spin takes, and work from there to vote on additional packages up to the 650MB mark. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
