----- Original Message -----
From: Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Basic Install
> :>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...
>
Yes, but it still installs a lot of stuff by default that may not be needed.
You could copy the files to a hard drive and edit the comps file-
the files listed under "base" are what are installed by default. There is a
HOWTO somewhere about editing this file.
Hoyt
