> No, definitely not. Using another tool in the %post section to remove > packages is (other than by automation) no different at all from > installing a minimal install via kickstart and then running a simple > script to use yum or rpm to remove the packages. You have not used > *kickstart* to select the packages... you have accepted whatever > kickstart would give you and then trimmed "manually." You mean i've taken a diverse set of tools and adequately accomplished the task you suggested? Sounds like the right way to me :) > You are no farther ahead than we. Note, for example, that you will need > the full 570MB of space available for this install, even if you then > trim it down to 200MB. You could not install onto a 256MB flash card, > for example, or even onto a 512MB flash card. I never claimed I was farther ahead - you said it was impossible, I disagreed. :) > Care to try again? You have no idea how happy I'd be if you succeed, but > sadly (AFAIAC) your first attempt is most definitely not a success. If you really want to try again - all you need to do is add an installclass to anaconda. Go read up on the installclasses - I think you'll see that's all that is necessary. -sv