Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze
On 16/01/12 17:29, Bijoy Lobo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I did a netinstall of Debian and installed the 4 modules (Squid,
> iptables, Snort and VPN). All seem tobe in less than 1 GB. Anything
> else i should look out for?
That's about right if you're also running Apache and a web cgi interface
for remote access - minimal (not including Snort and Squid) is about 130MB.
If it helps I've put a list of packages on a stripped down (128MB)
system here:-
http://paste.debian.net/152389/
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Andrei Popescu
> <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sb, 14 ian 12, 20:29:40, Brad Alexander wrote:
>>>
>>> 1. Do a base install of Debian. During the install, at the Software
>>> Selection screen where it asks what to install, *uncheck everything* --
>>> except for ssh server, if you want that. This will give you the absolute
>>> minimal install possible.
>>
>> As far as I know this includes Essential, Required and Important. This
>> can be trimmed down even further, but it gets very difficult and you
>> have to know what you're doing.
>>
>>> 2. After reboot, do an
>>>
>>> � � � � aptitude update ; aptitude install squid3 snort openvpn iptables
>>>
>>> � � This will give you your required packages and nothing else.
>>
>> I would disable Recommends first, I think this fits the definition of an
>> "unusual" installation :) But do check out the recommended packages,
>> there might be something you do need.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Andrei
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>
>
>
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