Ok since my first post wasn't very appreciated or something so here is a list with the absolutely bare minimum for RH 8 to install a virtual server that boots and run. This will give you a system that boots up and that you can do ls in and that is about it. :P
46.9MB rpms in 65 packages making for a 195.8MB install. basesystem-8.0-1.noarch.rpm bash-2.05b-5.i386.rpm bdflush-1.5-21.i386.rpm binutils-2.13.90.0.2-2.i386.rpm chkconfig-1.3.6-3.i386.rpm cracklib-2.7-18.i386.rpm cracklib-dicts-2.7-18.i386.rpm cyrus-sasl-2.1.7-2.i386.rpm cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.7-2.i386.rpm db4-4.0.14-14.i386.rpm diffutils-2.8.1-3.i386.rpm e2fsprogs-1.27-9.i386.rpm filesystem-2.1.6-5.noarch.rpm fileutils-4.1.9-11.i386.rpm gawk-3.1.1-4.i386.rpm gdbm-1.8.0-18.i386.rpm glib-1.2.10-8.i386.rpm glib2-2.0.6-2.i386.rpm glibc-2.2.93-5.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.2.93-5.i386.rpm grep-2.5.1-4.i386.rpm info-4.2-5.i386.rpm initscripts-6.95-1.i386.rpm iproute-2.4.7-5.i386.rpm iputils-20020124-8.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.5-6.i386.rpm libacl-2.0.11-2.i386.rpm libattr-2.0.8-3.i386.rpm libelf-0.8.2-2.i386.rpm libgcc-3.2-7.i386.rpm libstdc++-3.2-7.i386.rpm libtermcap-2.0.8-31.i386.rpm libuser-0.51.1-2.i386.rpm mingetty-1.00-3.i386.rpm mktemp-1.5-16.i386.rpm modutils-2.4.18-2.i386.rpm mount-2.11r-10.i386.rpm ncurses-5.2-28.i386.rpm net-tools-1.60-7.i386.rpm openldap-2.0.25-1.i386.rpm openssl-0.9.6b-29.i686.rpm pam-0.75-40.i386.rpm passwd-0.67-3.i386.rpm patch-2.5.4-14.i386.rpm pcre-3.9-5.i386.rpm perl-5.8.0-55.i386.rpm perl-Filter-1.28-9.i386.rpm popt-1.7-1.06.i386.rpm procps-2.0.7-25.i386.rpm psmisc-20.2-6.i386.rpm redhat-release-8.0-8.noarch.rpm sed-3.02-13.i386.rpm setup-2.5.20-1.noarch.rpm shadow-utils-20000902-12.i386.rpm sh-utils-2.0.12-3.i386.rpm sysklogd-1.4.1-10.i386.rpm SysVinit-2.84-5.i386.rpm termcap-11.0.1-13.noarch.rpm textutils-2.0.21-5.i386.rpm util-linux-2.11r-10.i386.rpm vixie-cron-3.0.1-69.i386.rpm which-2.14-1.i386.rpm words-2-20.noarch.rpm xinetd-2.3.7-2.i386.rpm zlib-1.1.4-4.i386.rpm Note the absence of rpm, vi, ftp, wget etc. The system boots and runs. One error message when it boots /etc/rc3.d/S56xinted: line 35: [: =: unary operator expected But besides that everything else works. It might be possible to make it little more smaller BUT then you will get a system so crippled that it pretty much will be unusable IMHO. - Eje --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
