This was easy in Debian..Did base install and apt-get the rest. Mandrake and RH don't seem to like to install without KDE and Gnome stuff. I left most of it off and still ran low on space. WE DO want to be able to use the system after it's installed right? I agree that Mandrake and RH should have a 'base' install with an easy to use 'rpm get' type prog. I haven't been able to get the MandrakeUpdateRobot to work without seg faulting. A base system without the Gnome and Kde stuff would be fine. Joe --- Brian Cluff wrote: > Sound more like your installs are bloated to me. > When you install your > system, only pick the stuff you will actually be > using and you will have an > install that is only a couple to a few hundred megs. > I've built servers with mandrake that were under 100 > megs, and with mandrake > 8.2 you can have an install that is much smaller > than before. > > Ditch all those LDAP server and news server and > video games that require 3D > since you don't have the horse power to play them > anyway... etc...etc.. > > Brian Cluff > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Noticed the last couple of installs, that at least > > Mandrake and RH 7.2 are getting bloated. I had > > trouble fitting them to 2 gig drives. > > > > Does anyone know where a person could pick up > around > > two or three 6 to 8 gig IDE hard drives cheap? > > > > I have an old p166 that won't recognize anything > over > > around 8 gig. > > > > Off list would be fine. > > > > Joe > > Jtannenba@yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml > if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to > write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml > if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and > you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ===== JT and NE Tannenbaum jtannenba@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com