> Hi listers > > I would like to go about to prepare a stripped down installation cd with > barely needed packages only. Where should I start and which is the best > distro to base it. It is not planned as a new distro but to help me and > others in setting up certain special purpose servers. >
Debain would be obvious choice as it will let you minimal install, then add your packages. Hack the install scripts. To make it still simpler, make initrd with fdisk, tar etc. Boot with initrd, partition the disk and untar al the files. A literally NO QUESTION ASKED installer. Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
