Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:59:51 +0930 From: "Rob" <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net> To: "Steve Coile" <scoile@nandomedia.com>, "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to tailor installation set? Message-ID: <000501c3323e$5e6c68b0$a4b826cb@goo> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306130939570.25975-100000@localhost.localdomain>
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Unless you plan to rebuild the entire system from source, it's easier to exclude things during the install than to remove them later. Have a look at the manpage for sysinstall(8), particularly the description of distSetCustom under SCRIPT SYNTAX. Here's the config for a dedicated server with a minimal installation (and a small disk): # disk format disk=ad0 partition=exclusive diskPartitionEditor # disk slices ad0s1-1=ufs 262144 / 1 # 128M + soft updates ad0s1-2=swap 262144 none # 128M ad0s1-3=ufs 262144 /var 1 # 128M + soft updates ad0s1-4=ufs 262144 /usr 1 # 128M + soft updates ad0s1-5=ufs 0 /home 1 # free + soft updates diskLabelEditor # install system distSetMinimum mediaSetCDROM installCommit It's not as sophisticated as Solaris Jumpstart, but it certainly allows you to customise the installation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Coile" <scoile@nandomedia.com> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:13 PM > On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Bill Moran wrote: > [...] > > Depends on the component and how the previous admin handled things. Most > > FreeBSD users use the ports/package system to add/remove programs. The > > docs are very good: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html > > > > However, some parts of FreeBSD are part of "distribution sets" (such as > > man pages, source and ports tree) I don't know of any automated way to > > remove these from the system. > > I guess that's my point. FreeBSD is pretty big, even without the ports. > My administration philosophy is "minimal function set": only install what > will be used. I'd like a clean way to remove a component--for instance > development tools, or X, or printing support--from the system without > breaking any dependencies. > > -- > Steve Coile > Systems Administrator > Nando Media > ph: 919-861-1200 > fax: 919-861-1300 > e-mail: sysadmins@nandomedia.com > http://www.nandomedia.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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