Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
>How can I setup a sample environment (meaning carefully pick the
>right packages to install, not much not less) and then do further
>installation based on this sample environment?
>
>Seems to me that in RedHat I can use "mkkickstart" to do it, but
>reading the man page gave my no clue how to do it.
>
>How can I do it, w/ or w/o mkkickstart? Note keeping a
>"configuration" is far more space-saving than keeping a installed
>Linux system. This is my goal. Thanks for your help!

I wholeheartedly agree. In fact, the 'bare metal recovery' approach I use for the systems we install is (1) re-install Linux using kickstart, (2) restore user stuff from backup.

You should create a kickstart file from scratch. It's not that hard — the file is pretty short. It's documented under the kickstart section of this document (go to the bottom of the index): http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.2-Manual/ref-guide/

Lee Allen