osinstallation:rocky
Minimal installation of Rocky Linux 9
For Rocky / Alma / RHEL 9
This is how to do a minimal installation of Enterprise Linux 9. We are using Rocky Linux, but the instructions should also work for Alma Linux 9 and RHEL 9
- Grab the Boot ISO from https://rockylinux.org/download
- Boot the CD, choose “Install Rocky Linux 9.1”
- Choose your language, click continue
- Choose “Installation Destination”, choose “Storage Configuration” → “Custom”, click “Done”
- Create partitions as you wish, click “Done”
- Back in the Installation summary choose “Software selection”
- choose “Custom Operating System” (Note: this is even smaller than the “Minimal Installation” option)
- Create a User account by clicking at “User Creation”
- Click “Done”, then “Begin Installation”
- When finished click “Reboot System”
After installation login and become root and execute the following commands
systemctl mask systemd-hostnamed dnf update # replace dnf with microdnf, a more lightweight and faster implementation of dnf dnf install microdnf ln -sf /usr/bin/microdnf /usr/bin/dnf dnf upgrade # remove unnecessary packages dnf remove firewalld dnf remove audit dnf-3 remove NetworkManager* dnf install dhcp-client echo "dhclient eth0" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local #replace eth0 with your network interface chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Then reboot. Congratulation, you have now the smallest EL 9 system possible.
osinstallation/rocky.txt · Last modified: 2023/04/23 16:17 by senioradmin