:>Hello All.......
:>
:>I'm curious too know, if some could give me an idea of what would be the
:>minimum install to get a basic system up and running..
? Depends on what you call "basic". There are "mini" and "micro" linux
distributions out there which fit on two floppies or so... No X, no user
programs, etc...
You will come rather near to "smallest possible Mandrake install" if you
choose: "manually choose packages" and disable everything you can - AFAIK
it will install some core system even if you disable everything. No idea
what this would be good for, but it's your system...
:>What i'm after is too do a system from the ground up installing just the
:>progs that i want on the system, recompiling them as i install them
:>etc......
Install your "basic system", log-in and type
"rpm -qia>/tmp/installed-progs.list"
in a terminal. This will give you list of installed packages+some info
To find out what you have on your CD, type:
"rpm -qip *>/tmp/all-progs.list" in "RPMS" directory.
>From now on - it is up to you...
Recompiling programms under Linux is a breeze - I am afraid it will not
teach you much. It cannot hearth you either. Recompile a kernel - this is
a cute expirience. Other than that... Well, my sugestion is - try working
with a system for some time. Find out where the documentation is :
man/info/HOWTO/FAQ/dejanews...
Sooner or later you will find a small program which "would be much better
if it only could do X". Well, this is the program you want to work on. In
the meantime, learning C,C++,perl or basically any other programming
language is a Good Thing (TM).
:>Basically I'm doing this out of a combination of curiousity, and to get
:>a more in depth working knowledge of linux in general.....
Take care - Linux is a bad desease. The more you know the more you will
want to learn. And once you are hooked... .-)
may Tux be with you.
Denis
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