Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-12 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? Run a pre 5 series install and it is straightforward to hold size down There are lower

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-12 Thread m . roth
Brunner, Brian T. wrote: I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? Run a pre 5 series install and it is straightforward to hold size

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-07 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
On Tuesday 06 July 2010, Niki Kovacs wrote: You might consider one of those fine super-lightweight distributions like Slitaz or Tiny Core, both excellent. I'd like to second the recommendation for Slitaz. Of all the small distributions, it's the one I find most impressive:

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-06 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 07/05/2010 03:06 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? Prepare a kickstart file using

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-06 Thread Niki Kovacs
Stephen Harris a écrit : I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? You might consider one of those fine super-lightweight distributions

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-06 Thread Niki Kovacs
Stephen Harris a écrit : I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) With CentOS 5.5, select [*] Customize Package Selection, and then in the following screen, deselect everything, even [*] Base. You still get a

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-06 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/06/2010 09:16 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: Stephen Harris a écrit : I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) With CentOS 5.5, select [*] Customize Package Selection, and then in the following screen, deselect

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-06 Thread Keith Roberts
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Niki Kovacs wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net Subject: Re: [CentOS] Smallest install? Stephen Harris a écrit : I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just

[CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-05 Thread Stephen Harris
I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? -- rgds Stephen ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Stephen Harris wrote: I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is there any way of doing an even smaller install? Run a pre 5 series install and it is straightforward

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-05 Thread Stephen Harris
On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 06:33:57PM -0400, R P Herrold wrote: There are lower thresholds one cannot go below and still stay wih current updates. My article on 'tiny centos' provides 'slimming scripts' to trim away coherent sets to taste while still satisfying dependencies

[CentOS] Smallest install?

2010-07-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Stephen Harris wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 06:33:57PM -0400, R P Herrold wrote: There are lower thresholds one cannot go below and still stay wih current updates. My article on 'tiny centos' provides 'slimming scripts' to trim away coherent sets to taste while still