The installer gives choices for different levels of installs, and for
partitioning.  Of course you can always add packages later too.  Try it.

As in the past, upgrading a RHEL-based minor release can be done in
place but upgrading major releases (e.g. 7 -> 8) need fresh installs.

Dave

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 07:59:00PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote:
> Typically, a minimal install for a workstation is some window manager and
> bare bones utilities.  Assuming one wants either a fully functional
> workstation or a server, how does one move from the bare bones to what one
> wants?
> 
> On previous major release SL installs (and current Ubuntu LTS initial
> install -- after that, one seems to be able to get to later major releases
> without doing a full install, merely upgrade in place), I get to install
> "packages" I want from the base distro, and then I expand from the other
> repos.  A bare bones install seems as it might not have the packages one
> wants.
> 
> Also, does a bare bones install allow for manual partitioning of a drive
> (both "hard" and SSD)?
> 
> Yasha Karant
> 
> On 6/22/21 4:11 PM, Dave Dykstra wrote:
> > It worked for me just now to use
> >      download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os
> > and select a minimal install.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 05:48:10PM +0000, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote:
> > > I found the repo url.  But no go on the install via the boot iso. It failed to retrieve an rpm after having retrieved several, glib2 in particular. Probably, download infrastructure is in a state of flux (?).  I'll try again later in the week.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Teh, Kenneth M. <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:34 PM
> > > To: Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]>; scientific-linux-users <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability
> > > 
> > > I tried the boot iso but it does not have a built-in list of mirrors. I'm stuck at the installation source.  I need a url, either a specific repo or a url.  Please post if anyone knows one.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:06 AM
> > > To: scientific-linux-users <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: Rocky Linux 8.4 General Availability
> > > 
> > > Would those who have a spare machine (or more) and who install Rocky EL
> > > 8.4 please comment to this list.  Some of the questions that might need
> > > to be answered are below.
> > > 
> > > How easy was manual disk partitioning?
> > > 
> > > How easy was selection of options, including the use of those from
> > > ElRepo et al that are standard repositories of often needed "addons" not
> > > available from the base distro?
> > > 
> > > How easy was it to maintain non-systems areas that might be needed
> > > (e.g., /home , /opt , /usr/local )?
> > > 
> > > Do applications that are needed and function under SL still function
> > > (perhaps with later release versions) on Rocky EL 8.4?
> > > 
> > > After running Rocky EL 8.4 for a bit with a real load of typical
> > > applications and uses (and users as well), how stable is this distro?
> > > 
> > > My understanding from previous postings to this list is that the
> > > problems are not just with a clone port of EL 8, but intrinsic to the
> > > RHEL 8 from IBM RH.
> > > 
> > > Yasha Karant
> > > 
> > > On 6/22/21 8:45 AM, Dave Dykstra wrote:
> > > > https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-8-4-available-now
> > > > 
> > > > Dave
> > > >