Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 15:10:56 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Manuel Kasper <mk@neon1.net> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perhaps a new "distribution"? Message-ID: <3D261970.2923CB1@pantherdragon.org> References: <001a01c22443$91de50f0$5b00a8c0@CNMKA>
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Manuel Kasper wrote: > Well the only thing I would wish for at the moment is one or two > additional distribution choices in the FreeBSD installer. "Minimal" > takes up about 80 MB at the moment, but includes things you may not need > on a truly minimal system (like e.g. compilers). It would be cool if a > more detailed choice could be made during installation, say up to a > granularity where you can decide whether or not you want Perl, or gcc, > or sendmail, etc. That would render my guide almost obsolete, however. To rip this issue right down to its roots, FreeBSD's installer lacks the itemization of the distrubtion sets that a lot of Linux distro's have. For example, RedHat has a method that's basically like our ports collection. It lets you do a custom install with single-program granularity and dependency checking at the expense of the actual copy taking longer, but also has pre-packaged installs and distribution sets. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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