[ale] Best base install

[irvm at ellijay.com (Irv Mullins)]

On Thursday 29 August 2002 09:57 pm, you wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Slackware has several different installation methods from which to choose,
> and I'm betting "expert" is what you're looking for.
>
> The "expert" mode lets you control which packages get installed, down to
> every single package. While this takes longer than the "Full" method, this
> gives you *exact* control as to what gets intalled on your system, because
> for every package on the CD, it will prompt you "Install package foo?"

Same is true of the 'expert' mode in Mandrake (8.1 anyway).
You have to look close to see the "individual packages" button, but 
when you find it, it presents a nice tree display where you can select 
exactly what you need.  

Irv

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