[ale] Debian 3.0 as a server platform?

[Stuffed Crust]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 10:13:45PM -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> during the installation for it do to that. It is the complete opposite
> of SuSE, Red Hat, or Mandrake where you have to perform extra steps
> during the installation to install the bare minimum.

No.  With RedHat/Fedora, pretty close to the start of the install it 
asks you what type you want to install.  Workstation, Server, Custom, or 
"Minimal".  You want the minmum, then that's all the work ya gotta 
do, and it will also only require the first installation CD.

If you want to install "everything" that takes extra work, as then you
have to select "custom" then when given the package group list, select
the "everything" group.

Meanwhile, If you want additional packages later, Fedora comes
configured for yum out of the box, even on a minimal install.

Now it's possible to install an even more stripped-down system, but that 
takes extra work in the form of a kickstart installation.  But unless 
you know what you're doing, you'll end up with a mostly-broken system 
anyway.

 - Pizza
-- 
Solomon Peachy        				 ICQ: 1318344
Melbourne, FL 					 JID: pitha at myjabber.net
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available