On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:07 PM, MJang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 13:43 -0500, inode0 wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ed Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Bill Nottingham wrote: >> >> In the meantime, "%packages --nobase" in kickstart should solve your >> >> needs - if you're trying to install a large group of servers, you >> >> absolutely should be using kickstart. >> > >> > I, and likely everyone else on this thread, absolutely are using kickstart. >> > But to be honest, I haven't actually taken a serious look at --nobase. I >> > will. And sectool is a step in the right direction, though it sure doesn't >> > look like it will be ready for RHEL6 either. >> >> While --nobase seems to come up a lot in this thread, and it is what I >> use, it isn't really anything all that special. Either you use >> --nobase and add a bunch of things we mostly find useful or you don't >> use --nobase and remove a bunch of things we mostly find not useful. > > I know I've mentioned it in a different part of the thread, but I think > that's the benefit of a Red Hat version of the Ubuntu JeOS (= "Just > enough Operating System) installation - it's a starting point with > virtually no services included by default. > > Include just those packages that would come with a --nobase Kickstart.
I don't think that gives you a useful starting point. It isn't any more useful to me to have to figure out all the things I need to add, actually it is easier to figure out which I can delete. One thing I wish people would understand is the massive effect on the world a little bit of effort on their part can produce. An option in between would save a lot of people a lot of effort figuring out which packages to toss or which packages to add. Security aside, this is a sad waste of human energy. John _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
