[Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update

[Bill Crawford]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Chuck Moss wrote:

> As Wade mentioned in a later message the install does use some files
> provided from the CD or network.
> On the CD in RedHat/base are the following files:
>
> comps - 20k list of packages in groups
>
> hdlist - 1.7 MB compressed ~7 MB in ram,  RPM descriptions, some file
> information, and such
>
> hdlist2 - 13 MB  compressed? ? MB in ram,

 Here's the problem.  I don't think we'll be able to reduce the memory
requirements much unless we can replace this somehow ... my thinking
at the moment is along the lines of creating a single CD with basic
packages on and doing the install from that.  A second disk could be
used to "upgrade" the system or otherwise add packages later, perhaps,
once the initial install is complete.


> hdstg1.img - 6.7 MB stage 1 of installer for install from CD
>
> netstg1.img - 6.9 MB stage 1 of installer for install from network
>
> stage2.img - 49 MB common stage 2 of install

 This is also a big chunk to lose from a 1-200 MB disk, if we really
are aiming to install on such small media (I think we certainly have
to be able to cope with such, although it's been a while since I've
seen anything that tiny.

> If the portions of anaconda we need to patch are on the CD then the
> approach I have suggested won't work and a solution involving the stock CDs
> would be a much bigger project. :(

 I'm afraid it very much looks like a custom CD will be required, but
the actual packages can be the same as on the "real" install CD(s).

> I have appended a list of the RPMS that are in the base install.
> I think we would need to add networking and ssh for the machine to be at
> all useful.  A non-graphic minimal desktop would be somewhat boring without
> the networking capability.
>
> Chuck
> List of base packages:
>
>
>   MAKEDEV		  grub			  passwd
>   SysVinit		  gzip			  pciutils
>   anacron		  hdparm		  pcre
>   apmd			  hotplug		  popt
>   ash			  lilo			  procmail
>   at			  indexhtml		  procps
>   authconfig		  info			  psmisc
>   basesystem		  initscripts		  pwdb
>   bash			  ipchains		  quota
>   bdflush		  iproute		  raidtools
>   bzip2 		  iputils		  readline
>   bzip2-libs		  iptables		  redhat-logos
>   chkconfig		  console-tools		  redhat-release
>   cpio			  kbdconfig		  reiserfs-utils
>   cracklib		  kernel		  rootfiles
>   cracklib-dicts	  ksymoops		  rpm
>   crontabs		  krb5-libs		  specspo
>   cyrus-sasl		  kudzu 		  sed
>   cyrus-sasl-md5	  less			  sendmail
>   cyrus-sasl-plain	  libstdc++		  setserial
>   cyrus-sasl-md5	  libtermcap 		  setup
>   db1			  logrotate		  setuptool
>   db2			  lokkit		  sh-utils
>   db3			  losetup		  shadow-utils
>   dev			  mailcap		  slang
>   dhcpcd		  mailx			  slocate
>   diffutils		  man			  syslinux
>   dosfstools		  mingetty		  sysklogd
>   e2fsprogs		  mkbootdisk		  tar
>   ed			  mkinitrd		  tcsh
>   eject			  mktemp		  termcap
>   file			  modutils		  textutils
>   filesystem		  mount			  time
>   fileutils		  mouseconfig		  timeconfig
>   findutils		  ncurses		  tmpwatch
>   gawk			  netconfig		  utempter
>   gdbm			  net-tools		  util-linux
>   glib			  newt			  vim-common
>   glibc			  ntsysv		  vim-minimal
>   glibc-common		  openldap		  vixie-cron
>   gpm			  openssl		  which
>   grep			  pam			  words
>   groff			  parted		  zlib

 Seems to me that even some of these are superfluous; apmd isn't much
use on very old systems, and unless hardware changes are going to be
common, kudzu might be unnecessary.  I'm thinking too that dhcpcd and
so on might be doable-without.  And for 486-class machines surely we
don't need hotplug ?

 Oh, and redhat-logos can go (to be replaced with grass-snake-icons or
something :o)

-- 
Bill Crawford, Unix Systems Developer, GTS Netcom
work: bill at ops.netcom.net.uk, home: billc at netcomuk.co.uk
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