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I've got my server hosted at theplanet, and I'm trying to get them to do a minimal install of RHEL5 (64bit). Here's what anaconda-ks.cfg shows:

install

url --url http://192.168.0.2/RHES5-x86_64

key --skip

lang en_US.UTF-8

.

.

.

selinux --enforcing

timezone --utc America/Chicago

bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda,sdb

# The following is the partition information you requested

# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed

# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is

# not guaranteed to work

#clearpart --linux --drives=sda

#part /boot --fstype ext3 --onpart sda1

#part / --fstype ext3 --onpart sda2

#part /data --fstype ext3 --onpart sda5

#part swap --onpart sda3



%packages

@core

Now, I would guess this would install a minimal number of packages. However, rpm -qa | wc -l gives a total of 614 packages installed. Going through the install.log, I see packages related to sound, dvd rw, bluetooth, printing, XOrg packages, etc. Reading online a bit, I'm seeing that a minimal install should be more like 250-280 packages.

Any thoughts on how to strip this down further?

Thanks!

redhat installation rhel5

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2

I've got my server hosted at theplanet, and I'm trying to get them to do a minimal install of RHEL5 (64bit). Here's what anaconda-ks.cfg shows:

install

url --url http://192.168.0.2/RHES5-x86_64

key --skip

lang en_US.UTF-8

.

.

.

selinux --enforcing

timezone --utc America/Chicago

bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda,sdb

# The following is the partition information you requested

# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed

# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is

# not guaranteed to work

#clearpart --linux --drives=sda

#part /boot --fstype ext3 --onpart sda1

#part / --fstype ext3 --onpart sda2

#part /data --fstype ext3 --onpart sda5

#part swap --onpart sda3



%packages

@core

Now, I would guess this would install a minimal number of packages. However, rpm -qa | wc -l gives a total of 614 packages installed. Going through the install.log, I see packages related to sound, dvd rw, bluetooth, printing, XOrg packages, etc. Reading online a bit, I'm seeing that a minimal install should be more like 250-280 packages.

Any thoughts on how to strip this down further?

Thanks!

redhat installation rhel5

share|improve this question

edited 4 mins ago

Michael Hampton♦

176k27321651

asked Oct 9 '09 at 9:03

NeilNeil

71115

add a comment | 

I've got my server hosted at theplanet, and I'm trying to get them to do a minimal install of RHEL5 (64bit). Here's what anaconda-ks.cfg shows:

install

url --url http://192.168.0.2/RHES5-x86_64

key --skip

lang en_US.UTF-8

.

.

.

selinux --enforcing

timezone --utc America/Chicago

bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda,sdb

# The following is the partition information you requested

# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed

# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is

# not guaranteed to work

#clearpart --linux --drives=sda

#part /boot --fstype ext3 --onpart sda1

#part / --fstype ext3 --onpart sda2

#part /data --fstype ext3 --onpart sda5

#part swap --onpart sda3



%packages

@core

Now, I would guess this would install a minimal number of packages. However, rpm -qa | wc -l gives a total of 614 packages installed. Going through the install.log, I see packages related to sound, dvd rw, bluetooth, printing, XOrg packages, etc. Reading online a bit, I'm seeing that a minimal install should be more like 250-280 packages.

Any thoughts on how to strip this down further?

Thanks!

redhat installation rhel5

share|improve this question

edited 4 mins ago

Michael Hampton♦

176k27321651

asked Oct 9 '09 at 9:03

NeilNeil

71115

install

url --url http://192.168.0.2/RHES5-x86_64

key --skip

lang en_US.UTF-8

.

.

.

selinux --enforcing

timezone --utc America/Chicago

bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda,sdb

# The following is the partition information you requested

# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed

# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is

# not guaranteed to work

#clearpart --linux --drives=sda

#part /boot --fstype ext3 --onpart sda1

#part / --fstype ext3 --onpart sda2

#part /data --fstype ext3 --onpart sda5

#part swap --onpart sda3



%packages

@core

share|improve this question

edited 4 mins ago

Michael Hampton♦

176k27321651

asked Oct 9 '09 at 9:03

NeilNeil

71115

share|improve this question

edited 4 mins ago

Michael Hampton♦

176k27321651

asked Oct 9 '09 at 9:03

NeilNeil

71115

edited 4 mins ago

Michael Hampton♦

176k27321651

edited 4 mins ago

Michael Hampton♦

176k27321651

asked Oct 9 '09 at 9:03

NeilNeil

71115

asked Oct 9 '09 at 9:03

NeilNeil

71115

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You need to add --nobase to your %packages stanza, like this:

%packages --nobase

That'll mean you really need to know what you are doing though, as only the absolute minimum of packages will be installed. You need @core if you do this, and probably some more packages too. If you add --nodocs (or --nodoc, I'm not sure), you'll even skip installing the %doc section of individual RPM's, saving even more space.

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You need to add --nobase to your %packages stanza, like this:

%packages --nobase

That'll mean you really need to know what you are doing though, as only the absolute minimum of packages will be installed. You need @core if you do this, and probably some more packages too. If you add --nodocs (or --nodoc, I'm not sure), you'll even skip installing the %doc section of individual RPM's, saving even more space.

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You need to add --nobase to your %packages stanza, like this:

%packages --nobase

That'll mean you really need to know what you are doing though, as only the absolute minimum of packages will be installed. You need @core if you do this, and probably some more packages too. If you add --nodocs (or --nodoc, I'm not sure), you'll even skip installing the %doc section of individual RPM's, saving even more space.

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answered Oct 9 '09 at 9:22

wzzrdwzzrd

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You need to add --nobase to your %packages stanza, like this:

%packages --nobase

That'll mean you really need to know what you are doing though, as only the absolute minimum of packages will be installed. You need @core if you do this, and probably some more packages too. If you add --nodocs (or --nodoc, I'm not sure), you'll even skip installing the %doc section of individual RPM's, saving even more space.

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answered Oct 9 '09 at 9:22

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%packages --nobase

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answered Oct 9 '09 at 9:22

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answered Oct 9 '09 at 9:22

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answered Oct 9 '09 at 9:22

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