Bug 156790

everything-except-x11 install is too much of a pain to implement, but attach a
patch here for comps.xml that adds a desired server-without-x11 group, and I'll
merge it in.

i made a minimal install of fedora onto a 1gb compactflash card, then pared it
down until I got the smallest list of packages I could and still get a
reasonably bootable system:

Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)

acl-2.2.23-5
ash-0.3.8-20
attr-2.4.16-3
basesystem-8.0-4
bash-3.0-18
bc-1.06-17.1
beecrypt-3.1.0-6
bind-libs-9.2.5-1
bind-utils-9.2.5-1
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-5
bzip2-1.0.2-13.FC3.1
bzip2-libs-1.0.2-13.FC3.1
checkpolicy-1.17.5-1.2
chkconfig-1.3.11.1-1
comps-3-0.20041103
coreutils-5.2.1-31
cpio-2.5-7
cracklib-2.7-28
cracklib-dicts-2.7-28
crontabs-1.10-7
cyrus-sasl-2.1.19-3
cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.19-3
cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.19-3
db4-4.2.52-6
device-mapper-1.00.19-2
dhclient-3.0.1-42_FC3
diffutils-2.8.1-12
e2fsprogs-1.36-1.FC3.1
ed-0.2-36
elfutils-0.96-1
elfutils-libelf-0.96-1
ethtool-1.8-4
fedora-logos-1.1.29-1
fedora-release-3-8
file-4.12-1.FC3.1
filesystem-2.3.0-1
findutils-4.1.20-7
gawk-3.1.3-9
gdbm-1.8.0-24
gettext-0.14.1-12
glib2-2.4.8-1.fc3
glibc-2.3.5-0.fc3.1
glibc-common-2.3.5-0.fc3.1
gmp-4.1.4-3
gpg-pubkey-1cddbca9-3f9da14c
gpg-pubkey-30c9ecf8-3f9da3f7
gpg-pubkey-4f2a6fd2-3f9d9d3b
gpg-pubkey-897da07a-3c979a7f
gpg-pubkey-db42a60e-37ea5438
gpg-pubkey-e418e3aa-3f439953
grep-2.5.1-31.4
groff-1.18.1.1-3
grub-0.95-3
gzip-1.3.3-13
hdparm-5.7-2
hotplug-2004_04_01-8.1
hwdata-0.145-1
info-4.8-2.1
initscripts-7.93.7-1
iproute-2.6.9-3
iptables-1.2.11-3.1.FC3
iptstate-1.3-4
iputils-20020927-16
kbd-1.12-2
kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3
kernel-2.6.9-1.667
krb5-libs-1.3.6-5
less-382-4
libacl-2.2.23-5
libattr-2.4.16-3
libgcc-3.4.3-22.fc3
libselinux-1.19.1-8
libsepol-1.1.1-2
libstdc++-3.4.3-22.fc3
libtermcap-2.0.8-39
libuser-0.52.5-1
libxml2-2.6.16-3
libxml2-python-2.6.16-3
lockdev-1.0.1-4.1
logrotate-3.7.1-2
lvm2-2.00.25-1.01
m4-1.4.1-16
make-3.80-5
MAKEDEV-3.13-1
man-1.5o1-7
man-pages-1.67-3
mingetty-1.07-3
mkinitrd-4.1.18-2
mktemp-1.5-10
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3
nano-1.2.4-1
ncurses-5.4-13
net-tools-1.60-37.FC3.1
newt-0.51.6-5
ntsysv-1.3.11.1-1
openldap-2.2.13-2
openssh-3.9p1-8.0.1
openssh-clients-3.9p1-8.0.1
openssh-server-3.9p1-8.0.1
openssl-0.9.7a-42.1
pam-0.77-66.2
parted-1.6.15-5
passwd-0.68-10
pciutils-2.1.99.test8-3
pcre-4.5-3
pdksh-5.2.14-30
perl-5.8.5-12.FC3
perl-Filter-1.30-6
policycoreutils-1.18.1-2.12
popt-1.9.1-21
prelink-0.3.3-0.fc3
procps-3.2.3-5.2
psmisc-21.4-4
python-2.3.4-13.1
rdate-1.4-2
readline-4.3-13
reiserfs-utils-3.6.18-1
rootfiles-8-1
rpm-4.3.2-21
rpm-libs-4.3.2-21
rpm-python-4.3.2-21
sed-4.1.2-4
selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-3.9
setarch-1.6-1
setools-1.4.1-5
setup-2.5.36-1
shadow-utils-4.0.3-56
slang-1.4.9-13
sudo-1.6.7p5-30.2
symlinks-1.2-22
sysklogd-1.4.1-26_FC3
SysVinit-2.85-34
tar-1.14-4
tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2
tcsh-6.13-10.FC3.1
termcap-5.4-3
tmpwatch-2.9.1-1
tzdata-2005f-1.fc3
udev-039-10.FC3.7
unzip-5.51-4
usbutils-0.11-6.1
usermode-1.74-1
utempter-0.5.5-5
util-linux-2.12a-24.2
vim-minimal-6.3.054-0.fc3.1
wget-1.9.1-17
words-3.0-2.3
yum-2.2.1-0.fc3
zip-2.3-26.3
zlib-1.2.1.2-1

here's a barebones install of FC4 on a 1gb compactflash card.

note that it was quite a PITA to install into 1gb despite the installer claiming
it would only take ~500mb.

acl-2.2.23-8
audit-libs-0.8.2-1
basesystem-8.0-5
bash-3.0-31
beecrypt-4.1.2-8
binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2-2
bzip2-1.0.2-16
bzip2-libs-1.0.2-16
checkpolicy-1.23.1-1
chkconfig-1.3.20-1
comps-4-0.20050606
coreutils-5.2.1-48
cpio-2.6-7
cracklib-2.8.2-1
cracklib-dicts-2.8.2-1
cyrus-sasl-2.1.20-5
cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.20-5
db4-4.3.27-3
device-mapper-1.01.02-1.0
dhclient-3.0.2-12
dhcpv6_client-0.10-13
diffutils-2.8.1-15
e2fsprogs-1.37-4
elfutils-0.108-1
elfutils-libelf-0.108-1
ethtool-3-1
expat-1.95.8-6
fedora-logos-1.1.31-1
fedora-release-4-2
filesystem-2.3.4-1
findutils-4.2.20-1
gawk-3.1.4-5.2
gdbm-1.8.0-25
gettext-0.14.3-1
glib2-2.6.4-1
glibc-2.3.5-10
glibc-common-2.3.5-10
glibc-headers-2.3.5-10
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.94
gpg-pubkey-4f2a6fd2-3f9d9d3b
grep-2.5.1-48
grub-0.95-13
gzip-1.3.5-6
hardlink-1.0-1.13
hotplug-2004_09_23-7
hwdata-0.158-1
info-4.8-4
initscripts-8.11.1-1
iproute-2.6.11-1
iptables-1.3.0-2
iptstate-1.4-1.1
iputils-20020927-22
kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
krb5-libs-1.4-3
ksh-20050202-1
less-382-7
libacl-2.2.23-8
libattr-2.4.16-5
libgcc-4.0.0-8
libselinux-1.23.10-2
libsepol-1.5.9-2
libstdc++-4.0.0-8
libtermcap-2.0.8-41
libuser-0.53.7-1
libxml2-2.6.19-1
libxml2-python-2.6.19-1
lockdev-1.0.1-7
lvm2-2.01.08-2.1
MAKEDEV-3.19-1
mingetty-1.07-5
mkinitrd-4.2.15-1
mktemp-1.5-23
module-init-tools-3.1-3
nano-1.3.5-0.20050302
ncurses-5.4-17
neon-0.24.7-6
net-tools-1.60-52
newt-0.51.6-7
ntsysv-1.3.20-1
openldap-2.2.23-5
openssh-4.0p1-3
openssh-clients-4.0p1-3
openssh-server-4.0p1-3
openssl-0.9.7f-7
pam-0.79-8
passwd-0.69-2
pcre-5.0-4
perl-5.8.6-15
perl-Filter-1.30-7
policycoreutils-1.23.10-2
popt-1.10.1-21
prelink-0.3.4-3
procps-3.2.5-6
psmisc-21.5-4
pyOpenSSL-0.6-1.p24.4
python-2.4.1-2
python-elementtree-1.2.6-4
python-sqlite-1.1.6-1
python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1
readline-5.0-3
reiserfs-utils-3.6.19-2
rhnlib-1.8-6.p24.1
rootfiles-8.1-1
rpm-4.4.1-21
rpm-libs-4.4.1-21
rpm-python-4.4.1-21
sed-4.1.4-1
selinux-policy-targeted-1.23.16-6
setools-2.1.0-5
setup-2.5.44-1
shadow-utils-4.0.7-9
slang-1.4.9-17
specspo-9.0.92-1.3
sqlite-3.1.2-3
symlinks-1.2-24
sysklogd-1.4.1-30
SysVinit-2.85-39
tar-1.15.1-5
tcl-8.4.9-3
tcp_wrappers-7.6-39
tcsh-6.14-1
termcap-5.4-4
tmpwatch-2.9.3-1
tzdata-2005i-2
udev-058-1
usermode-1.80-1
util-linux-2.12p-9.5
vconfig-1.8-7
wget-1.9.1-22
yum-2.3.2-7
zlib-1.2.2.2-3

this install takes 463712kb and is suitable for eg diskless embedded routers.

the package group could be called "barebones".

Deselecting every package from the installation screens will give you a system
w/out X (and without yum, and without lftp, and without.....)  You get the
picture.  Adding yet another group is not going to happen.  Kickstart exists for
doing these kinds of installs, or just manually selecting the packages you want.