CDs DVDs or netboot. Oh my!

[Marc Wiriadisastra]

John Reiser wrote:
>> So the real question is what do we 'suggest' our default install be?
>>
>> 1) Live CD: Can't upgrade, do package selection or specify install method.
>>     
>
> Why can't a system that is installed from the Live CD be upgraded?
> What would it take to make such an installation upgradeable?
> I believe it is reasonable if the upgrade is possible, even if it
> requires a separate step after initial installation from Live CD.
> [Specifying install method and package selection is a natural for the
> Rescue CD; see #3 below.]
>
>   
>> 2) DVD: isn't live (duh :)  but requires DVD burner and drive to do
>> installs.
>>     
>
> In the "first world" a DVD burner is $50 or less and a DVD reader is
> $30 or less.  In other places (or if those prices are a serious barrier)
> then share through a user group or a buddy, or postal mail, etc.  Seriously.
> The isolated boxes with no DVD also tend to have anemic network connectivity.
> Five CD images take a *week* at dialup speeds (I know, I created F7 CDs
> and spoon fed them to somebody at 33.6Kbaud.)
>
> I would like to see a step-by-step method with explanation for doing
> an install from a DVD.iso on a separate partition on the same machine,
> and over NFS from another machine that has DVD.iso (unpacking the .iso
> beforehand is not allowed.)  I believe that the current directions
> for these cases are too glib.
>
>   
>> 3) boot.iso: a little too advanced for causal users, etc.
>>     
>
> For the suggested default, I favor network install booted from the Rescue CD.
> Please make the Rescue CD available separately, at least for official Release.
> In the test series for Fedora 8, particularly the torrents, the Rescue CD
> was "bundled" with the DVD.  This bundling defeats the size advantage (120MB
> vs 3GB.)
>
>   

You can separate out your download's using the torrents to download the 
specific Rescue CD. 

Regards,

Marc