steveukflyer

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Posted: Jan. 26 2006,14:30 |
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I spent yesterday evening installing DSL and was REALLY impressed. I feel really bad about asking, but how to I remove packages from an installation image?
I need to have a small installation without unnecessary packages. (I have a homebuilt aircraft and have designed sensors to measure air pressure / speed, engine temps, rpm, GYRO etc. for logging the data together with a GPS feed ... btw a microcontroller with 8K ROM is a really challenging foorprint Each one of the sensors implements a USB Com port, so interface to a 'proper' computer is easy).
I want to create a data logging application on a compact device ... and also display the output in a graphical manner, emulating traditional analogue controls ... an Open Source EFIS.
I'm doing the development in Java to make it portable.
DSL - Wonderful ... LiveCD, Frugal etc. all work well. Java Runtime - Installed OK (eventually).
However, what I really need is a minimal machine ... OS, JRE and application. I do not need some of the applications and servers that come with DSL and, for reliability and performance, wish to control what gets installed.
I have searched these fora and have learned a lot of valuable information about adding packages to an image; but can find nothing on how to create a new ISO image with applications removed.
Many Thanks in advance. Steve
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