KickStart fedora core 3 minimal exclude @base group
by Matt Higgins
I am attempting a minimal fc3 install <500 MB, I was shooting for
<200MB. Looking at the @core package group from comps.xml. My
calculations show this group to be about 130MB and its description tag
reads "<description>Smallest possible installation</description>".
However the "Minimal Install" from the installer is about 530MB. With
some research it looks like, the minimal install is not just @core but
also @base and @dialup. I can easily exclude @dialup by setting the
uservisible tag to true and unselecting this package group. When I try
the same for @base it does not show up in the package selection list?
So my questions are these
1. Is it possible though some ks syntax to exclude a default package
group from my kickstart config ? i.e. -@ PackageGroup ? If this were
possible I may be able to try -@base and -@dialup
leaving only @core.
2. Is it possible to not use any package group at all and simply
select the packages I want ? In this case I would just list out all
the rpms in the @core group and thats it .. possibly some extras.
3. Is there a way to create your own core package group.. this would
sever the same purpose as number 2 but possibly make it more flexible.
Note I know you can create your own extra package groups my goal is to
modify the existing @core group.
Some other things to note.. I would like to
have the kickstart totally unattended. I basically have the install
unattended with PXE,TFTP,NFS,DHCP but .. I need to tweak the packages.
-Matt
19 years, 3 months
networking howto wanted
by Duncan Lithgow
Hi all,
After searching for a bit i decided I didn't know what I was searching
for and certainly wasn't finding it.
I have one nice computer and one old one. I want to be able to use this
nice one from the old one. I don't know what that type of networking is
called so i haven't been able to find out how to do it.
A couple of links would really help me out here.
cheers, Duncan
19 years, 3 months
moving to linux
by Ron Watson
I just installed fedora 2, the fedora 3 anaconda would crash when it
looked at my
partitions, put in 2.6.9, then updated last night to 2.6.10.... I have
fat32 and ntfs
partitions, w98 and w2k installed but oopsie, i told it to put the boot
loader on
main disk and w2k won't load. tried to mount them and doesn't know about
ntfs.
How do I add ntfs support to kernel or restore the windoze boot loader
to "C:"?
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Nisi potestatam dabis, non habebunt.
19 years, 3 months
proposed installer change...
by Jack Howarth
Have the Fedora developers ever considered modifying the installer
to allow for an installation method similar to the Archive and Install
approach used by Apple in MacOS X?
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/archiveinstall.html
I believe most Fedora users would find such an installation option
very helpful since you could be certain to retain the key configuration
settings for Linux and the user accounts while making certain that
the major system directories were effectively given a clean install.
Jack
19 years, 3 months
Fedora 2 install over NFS
by Ben Halicki
Hi all,
just wondering if anyone has any experience with a FC2 install over NFS? I
have tested it on a few machines and for some reason seems to be
ridiculously slow. Unusual?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ben.
19 years, 3 months
Unmounting Filesystem problems after removing USB drive
by Dan Kovacik
Dear Sirs-
I have two Maxtor USB drives that I use for backups. I swap the drives
in rotation. Today I did not umount the drive before pulling the power
and yanking the USB cable.
The new USB drive can still be mounted and written to ... but ... df
is showing the drive to have 0 bits available (100% used), and the
best part ... taking down the machine hangs with the last line
reading:
"Unmounting Filesystem [OK]"
which I'm beginning to think is not OK.
This problems has persisted through at least 2 power cycles, and the
other drive has been locked in a safe until next year. How can I get
df to realize that I have a new USB drive?
Thanks,
Stan
19 years, 3 months
new user needing advice
by Gyles Parry
I am new to Linux and have installed Fedora from a dvd on Linux Format
on a 20Gb partition as a secondary OS to WinXP Pro while I get used to it.
I need to learn a bit about the Linux enviroment, and to be able to
fully move across from Microsoft, I need to be able to use the programs
that I use primarily on my degree: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver,
Director, Flash, Microsoft Visual Basic. Is there a way that I can use
these programs within Linux and produce cross platform output files.
If the answer to the above is yes, are there any really good books that
anyone could recommend that give a good overall explanation of Linux in
general.
Regards,
Gyles
19 years, 3 months
Simple database application...OO.org?
by Arthur Pemberton
I was under the impression that OpenOffice now provides a database
application. Am I incorrect? Or is this app just not provided with
Fedora? Or can I just not find it.
Please advise.
Thank you.
19 years, 3 months
Getting apt-get to work with FC3
by Shane Archer
I just installed apt on a fresh install of FC3, and I haven't been able to
get it to do anything.
Here's what I installed:
# rpm -q apt
apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362
When I try to do an update, here's what I get:
# apt-get update
Fetching list of repositories/mirrors...
E: Failed to fetch mirror list file:
(with nothing beyond the colon)
I have edited /etc/apt/sources.list with data from
http://www.xades.com/proj/fedora_repos.html to no avail.
Is there anything I could be doing wrong, or anything else I need to edit
(such as apt.conf, etc)? I have used apt on previous Fedora installs with
no problems, all I remember having to do was finding a working sources.list.
Thanks,
Shane
19 years, 3 months
