# Minimal or boot?

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minimal-or-boot/7019>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minimal-or-boot/7019 "2022-08-24T01:01:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![markfilipak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/markfilipak/32/2201_2.png) [@markfilipak](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/markfilipak)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minimal-or-boot/7019/1 "2022-08-24T01:01:35Z")

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Hello, It’s nice to be here.

Before I install Rocky in a VM and try it out, I have some general questions.

I down-loaded ‘Rocky-9.0-x86\_64-minimal.iso’. There also is ‘Rocky-9.0-x86\_64-boot.iso’ but I didn’t know what it was and there was no obvious help. Did I down-load the right one for a live session?

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**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minimal-or-boot/7019/2 "2022-08-24T03:11:16Z")

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The minimal ISO image technically installs the “minimal” dnf group. Similar to downloading the DVD ISO and selecting just “minimal environment”

The boot ISO installs completely from the internet, where you choose a mirror or a location of the BaseOS repository and choose what you want to install. You’ll typically see the same groups you would with a DVD and installation is done over the internet.

If you want live images, I would start [here](https://rockylinux.org/alternative-images) or [here](https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/live/x86_64/).

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**Author:** ![markfilipak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/markfilipak/32/2201_2.png) [@markfilipak](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/markfilipak)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minimal-or-boot/7019/3 "2022-08-24T03:57:10Z")

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Thank you, Louis. I believe I’ll pass on Rocky.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minimal-or-boot/7019/4 "2023-08-25T03:42:12Z")

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