From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 23:30:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A372737B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:30:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zim.0x7e.net (zim.0x7e.net [203.38.184.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5003943FAF for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:30:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listone@deathbeforedecaf.net) Received: from goo.0x7e.net ([203.38.184.164] helo=goo) by zim.0x7e.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19R4Xz-000Fzc-00; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:59:55 +0930 Message-ID: <000501c3323e$5e6c68b0$a4b826cb@goo> From: "Rob" To: "Steve Coile" , "Bill Moran" References: Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:59:51 +0930 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to tailor installation set? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 06:30:09 -0000 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" 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" >