Minimum system to support RedHat Fedora Linux

[M.Hockings]

David L Norris wrote:

>On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 21:02, Jim Taylor wrote: 
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>>I live in a rural area and am getting people interested in Linux.  We're
>>thinking of starting up a Linux club, and I'd like to know of the
>>experiences of others in sizing a system to run Fedora -- that is, the
>>LOW END starter system suitable for a start-up Linux club.
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>Depends on the use of the computer.  Epiphany, Evolution, Gnumeric,
>Abiword, and similar lightweight programs work well on slow machines. 
>Large programs like OpenOffice and Mozilla would not work so well on a
>slow system.
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>I think some work needs to be done on the package sets and dependencies
>in Fedora Core.  None of the provided packages sets (Personal,
>Workstation, etc) work well as a desktop on older hardware.  
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>I've managed to build my own custom install CD with only a basic system
>and GNOME.  The install CD is about 355 MB.  It consumes 1 GB of hard
>disk space after install.  Once installed you can add any additional
>software you need from the full 3 CD set or the YUM repositories.  This
>system is running GNOME and various office applications very well on a
>Compaq Deskpro 75 MHz with 64 MB RAM.  Also, F10 at the graphical login
>screen will allow me to open the XDMCP host chooser and login to a
>faster machine over the LAN using the P75 as a dumb X display.
>
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>>I was thinking of:
>>-motherboard with 2xUSB, serial port(s), and whatever else comes with
>>motherboards these days (low end) like integrated 10/100 Ethernet
>>- AMD processor, 700 MHZ (that seems to be the low-end in the shop I
>>visited)
>>- graphics adapter (2D graphics, maybe "gee-whiz gaming graphics" ?)
>>- 30GB hard drive
>>- basic tower case, 200 to 300 watt power supply, not-too-noisy fan
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>That would be a wonderful system, I think.  Especially if you take the
>time to remove/disable all services you don't need.  Removing unused
>services (sendmail, etc) from the default install will greatly reduce
>the RAM requirements.
>
David,

Where can I read about the steps that required to make the reduced 
install CD.  That sounds like something I'd like to set up.

Kind regards,

Mike