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Network install overdue

Network install overdue

Posted Mar 17, 2006 13:26 UTC (Fri) by hppnq (guest, #14462)
In reply to: Network install overdue by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules

Please check Fedora's download instructions, under the header "Download the files you need" there are four ISOs.

Yes, it has been possible to install systems over a network for years, but as far as I know you will still have to download the images first, so you can set up a repository. ;-)


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Network install overdue

Posted Mar 17, 2006 13:30 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

Incorrect. For example, FC4 has boot and rescue images in this folder

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4...

The boot image is just 6 MB.

Network install overdue

Posted Mar 18, 2006 1:42 UTC (Sat) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Sorry, the download instructions do not tell users how to do a minimal install; they tell everyone, clearly, to download 4 CD ISOs. Yes, I know that it is possible. But the bandwidth waste is because people follow directions.

Network install overdue

Posted Mar 18, 2006 10:34 UTC (Sat) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

The directions are specified in the installation guide. So if you follow directions, you already know of many Anaconda capabalities.

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