[mythtv-users] Who's got the smallest?

[Jarod Wilson]

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On Wednesday 16 June 2004 08:32, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
> > In my fc1 buildroots I have the following figures:
> >
> > o full rpm developement (gcc, binutils, etc.) and infrastructure
> >   (sshd, samba):                                          256MB
> > o add mythtv-backend & depenedencies:                     307MB
> > o add all of mythtv, modules, themes, mplayer etc:        531MB
> >
> > So removing build tools, you could have a myth-backend running on
> > something like 256MB on FC1. Anyone want to try to boot FC1 from a
> > flashcard? :)

To this day, Red Hat is still the #1 distribution used for embedded projects. 
(BYO is expected to eclipse that soon though).

> Is there something equivalent to a kickstart for RedHat, where the
> package choices are put onto a floppy or something like that and you
> only install what you need?

If I understand correctly, you're asking if Red Hat has a kickstart facility, 
which I presume you're comparing with what Mandy has (please correct me if 
I'm wrong). Red Hat most certainly does have a kickstart facility, and has 
had it for years upon years. They used to ship a ks-config utility for quite 
a while, which was superceded by redhat-config-kickstart (and now 
system-config-kickstart in FC2).

I use some lean and mean kickstart files for NFS installs of any and all new 
servers at work. You can put a kickstart file on a floppy, on an NFS server, 
on a web server, or what have you, pass a parameter at install time (such as 
"linux ks=floppy"), and install completely unattended with an incredibly trim 
package set, as defined in the kickstart file. Couple that with a PXE-boot 
server, and you don't even need to put a CD or floppy in a new machine to 
load an OS.

- -- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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