On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:06 PM, inode0 <ino...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Susan Baur <su...@cdl.edu> wrote: >> This thread leads me to ask, is there any guidance by RedHat or others on >> what the absolute minimum package set is for a RHEL 5.4 server. It seems as >> if the @base group includes lots of extras that may be necessary in some >> instances but not in most (like redhat-lsb). How do you determine what >> packages go onto your servers and which ones are "safe" to not install even >> though they may be in base? Research? Trial and Error? Asking this list like >> Chris did? :-) > > Kickstart with %packages --nobase and add/subtract to taste.
As inode0 and Mr Jerrido said if you want to update the system afterwords: %packages --nobase yum should give you the minimal needed to get add stuff. If you want to ssh into it, you might add openssh-server ( i forget if its in the @core list or not). > John > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > -- Stephen J Smoogen. Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
