On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:22:39 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> As I recall, the "minimal text mode" install gave you the barest
>>> minimum to have a working system. It seems now there's a "text mode
>>> server" option, but it still installs a whole crapload of stuff. I was
>>> trying to set up a VM and I wanted the install that would take the
>>> least amount of time. It didn't work too well...
>> 
>> That's what individual package selection is for.  I tend to start with
>> the text mode server and remove the stuff I don't need.
> 
> My plan was to start with the minimal text install and *add* the stuff I
> needed. Except it isn't "minimal" any more - much to my irritation.

It's not that hard to deselect everything.  However, with that said, 
there are some dependencies I've run into that didn't make sense to me.

> There's probably some way to select exactly what packages you want
> before you boot the intall disk, but I haven't figured that out yet.

Autoyast probably.

Jim

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