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Linux a la Carte -> RedHat/Mandrake + kickstart file
Linux a la Carte -> RedHat/Mandrake + kickstart file
Posted Mar 11, 2004 9:53 UTC (Thu) by one2team (guest, #7316)Parent article: Linux a la Carte
This has been possible for a long time for RedHat-based systems using the full CD set and distributing a kickstart floppy alongside that specifies what packages or group of packages to install
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Linux a la Carte -> RedHat/Mandrake + kickstart file
Posted Mar 11, 2004 10:33 UTC (Thu) by diegor (guest, #1967) [Link]
The same thing was possible also with the old Progeny distribution. The problem is having a lot of CD even if you want to make a stripped down installation. And often grafical configuration program of distribution required you to install a lot of things.This happens becouse often program in distribution are compiled with everything in, and so you get a lot of dependecies problem if you try to remove some library.
For what I see, the kickstart can help, but is not the solution.