What functionality is provided by minimal install

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-01-30 13:42, Eric Schultz <eric at schultznet.ca> wrote:
> Good afternoon...
>
> I did a minimal install from a 4.7 mini disc (yes 4.7, but this question
> could be quite generic) and I was wondering what I got.  I know from the
> sysintall help that a Minimal install is "just the base system."  But
> what _functionality_ is provided by a *base system*???

A short `overview' of a sort can be seen with:

        # man 5 rc.conf

For every daemon, service, or option that you see in that manpage, there is
also a feature of the base system.