[Asterisk-Users] Absolute Minimum Installation Packages

[Lars Boegild Thomsen]

Hi,

948MB????  I would say that's an excellent reason not to use Redhat if one
need one.  I would put an estimated guess that a minimal Debian + Asterisk
would take about 60 MB or so (and Knoppix is losely based on Debian) using a
standard installation stripped of everything unnecessary (including
development libraries, compilers etc.).

Another alternative is to do what I do for my "embedded asterisk" project -
compile everything from scratch.  Using that approach I am currently at 5.5
MB for the root filesystem, 600 kB for the kernel and around 400 kB for
initrd - in other words - less than 7 MB all in all (meaning it will fit
into a small flash).

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of JR Richardson
Sent: 31 October 2003 09:32
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Absolute Minimum Installation Packages


I'm trying to get the total Linux/* installation size as small as possible.
I'm wondering if anyone has looked at the installed packages list from the
Redhat installation [rpm -qa] and has parsed out all packages not needed for
* to run.  I follow the custom install guide from Andy Powell but the
installation yields 948+ Meg with 340 installed packages.  I'm sure most of
those packages can be eliminated.

If the installation can be reduced to below, say 600 Meg, then there's an
opportunity to harden * into a KNOPPIX Customization.

BTW, has anyone already tried to produce a KNOPPIX * Customization?

Thanks in advance.

JR