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List:       focus-sun
Subject:    Re: Sun's  attitude to minimal OS installs....
From:       Steve Francis <steve () EXPERTCITY ! COM>
Date:       2001-04-17 14:41:28
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It allows you to check it.  It doesn't actually do anything different whether you check
it or not, though. :-)

(It does for the non-core installs.)

Przemek Bak wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 04:46:07PM -0700, steve francis wrote:
> > "Mark (Mookie)" wrote:
> >
> > > >Given that its commonly accepted to be a best practice for securing a
> > > >host to install as little as possible on it, does anyone else find Sun's
> > > >lack of support for the Core distribution from the install options
> > > >disturbing?
> > >
> > >
> > > The idea of the core install is to provide minimal functionality.
> >
> > Exactly.  And the fact that I have to experiment with adding a bunch of packages
> > to even get a system to boot means that the Core install does not provide minimal
> > functionality.
> > As I said, the Core install (which is 32 bit only)
>                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Are you sure ? Yesterday I installed Core install (1/01) and it allowed
> me to check 64 bit support.
>
> przemol

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