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> When I try and install from the CD / FTP Archive, the smallest
> installation I get is around 95MB.
> 
> Would anyone be kind enough to get me started as to how I can
> make my installation with the bare minimum of files please?

Selecting individual packages might bring that down to about
80MB.  You may as well let it run through the installation at
that size, then go back and take out what you don't want.  Some
things are _always_ installed initially, like it or not, but
can be removed later.

Do an rpm -q -a to see which rpm's you've got, and then do
rpm -q -i <package> to get info on each one, and decide
whether it's something you're going to need.  rpm -e the ones
you're sure you can do without.

If you're hellbent on minimalism, you might wipe out large
amounts of docs and stuff like that as well.

-Dan

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On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Darren Mackay wrote:

> Would anyone be kind enough to get me started as to how I can
> make my installation with the bare minimum of files please?

You could check the list of installed rpm's in your 95MB installation with
'rpm -qa | sort | more'. To get more information about an installed rpm,
just ask it like 'rpm -qi wu-ftpd-2.4.2b17-2'. To get a list of files
included an installed rpm ask it 'rpm -ql wu-ftpd-2.4.2b17-2'. To query
in which rpm a file is included, do it like 'rpm -qf /bin/tcsh'. 
To remove an installed rpm do it like 'rpm -e wu-ftpd-2.4.2b17-2'. After
deleting nonsense rpms create a list of installed packages as 
'rpm -qa | sort > mysetup.txt'. 

To make it easier for the next equal setup, create a kickstart setup file.
Never had time enough to make a kickstart config file, but like to hear
more information, if someone has it. 

Jussi

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> > Would anyone be kind enough to get me started as to how I can
> > make my installation with the bare minimum of files please?

If you really want minimal, see the linux-on-one-floppy:

http://www4.pisoft.it/~andreoli/mulinux.html

It is a good example of a small system, and includes
e-mail, a web browser (lynx), ...

For a gateway/router, you dont need a hard disk.

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wine for drinking -- this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.