[aclug-L] Re: Project suggestion

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, the trick to Debian is knowing what you need and what is fluff.
None of the pre-defined "tasks" will work nicely for an extremely
small situation.  You have to select a good set of packages manually.
You can do this by carefully reviewing the descriptions of each
package.

Obvious candidates that you can deselect are:

 * The development system (gcc, binutils, as86, kernel-source, etc)
 * TeX
 * Emacs
 * tk
 * anything X-related, unless you really want X on it.  In that case, 
   use fvwm2 for your wm and avoid anything gnome-related
 * manpages
 * documentation

In general, the stuff in "base" in dselect has to be there.  Some
stuff in standard you can remove.  Some you can't.  If you try to
remove it with the underscore, it will complain if other things depend 
on it.  Just cancel the removal by hitting a cap X at the dependency
resolution screen.  look for anything that looks like it's not going
to be needed on your system.

Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 2.1  New copy.
> .  By the by; I have the following cd's burned 2 copies of debian 2.1, red 
> hat 6.1,
> mandrake 6.1.  I'd have more, but I ran out of cd's (blank)  I should have 
> then
> available for the nest saturday deal.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> > Which distro are you using?
> >
> > Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > What am I doing wrong, I am trying to set up a minimal x system (fit in a 
> > > 100mb
> > > hd)
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > John Goerzen wrote:
> > >
> > > > This is not the case with Debian, I have made a Debian install use
> > > > less than 40 MB on the first run.  You can load a minimal set right
> > > > off the bat.
> > > >
> > > > -- John
> > > >
> > > > Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > I know they are already out there, but if you have low hard drive 
> > > > > space,
> > > > > like most non-rich people do (older computers ) To solve dependencies,
> > > > > you must first install stuff with the development packages, then once
> > > > > installed, remove the development packages, and then install the rest 
> > > > > of
> > > > > the stuff.  This is the only way to make linux with x-windows to fit
> > > > > under 600M. X windows installs with just 24.3 meg, but, it's
> > > > > dependencies cause you to load an additional 242 meg in development
> > > > > software!
> > > > >
> > > > > I was also wondering, is there a listing of what each package is on 
> > > > > the
> > > > > disk, other than the actual install program.  Something you could just
> > > > > pull up and sort through, or pull up on an editor?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   
> > > > jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> > > > Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       
> > > > www.debian.org |
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > > > The 740,071st digit of pi is 1.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > |
> > Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org 
> > |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > The 584,857th digit of pi is 8.
> 
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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