On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Han Boetes wrote: > Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ainsi parlait andre : > > > If you do a network install from the internet then i would do a > > > really minimal install without even kde because it takes a > > > looong time. > >
Depends how close you are to your mirror. When you are 100Mb away, it is about as fast as writing the images to CD and doing a CD install. > > Not more than downloading the full ISO containing the packages. > > Anyway, any install should always be minimal, with just urpmi. > > I suggested to create a mini-iso that contains only the files just to do > that some time ago. Maybe I should suggest it again. Preferably one > that keeps working from release to release so you can use to same iso > to install 9.1 9.2 10.0 etc. Use the first ISO of any release (we assume the user would have at least one recent copy of Mandrake on CD) and when you get to package selection, unselect everything, you will then be asked for a "minimal with X", "minimal with urpmi", or "truly minimal, no urpmi", obviously choose the 2nd one. IMHO, a minimal ISO with current kernel and enough of DrakX to show what hardware was successfully detected would be more useful, as it might enable more people to test betas/RCs on their hardware, without any of the complications or bandwidth of actually installing or running it. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
