Distribution method - could there be a better way?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

> 
> So how about the Fedora team giving this idea some thought? Don't pack
> everything into ISO files. 

we definitely need this as a *option*

Create the next Fedora distribution as a single,
> much smaller file, which could be put onto, perhaps, a USB flash memory
> device. This device, when booted, would then load up the installer as disk 1
> of FC3 does, then perform all the information gathering functions for package
> list, language, keyboard and location, partition and format the HDD, and
> finally transfer all the gathered information to the HDD and set up a
> yum.conf file for local mirror sites based on the location provided.
> 
> Then reboot the machine, which automatically downloads and installs all the
> latest packages from the mirrors, resulting in an immediately up to date
> installation with a fraction of the download time.
> 
> Does this seem like a sensible way to go?


very much. this is pretty similar to a net installation. If you are
talking about a minimum installation redhat wants the community to
hack comps.xml file and submit it as a patch to bugzilla.redhat.com.
read the devel list archives for more information
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Regards,
Rahul Sundaram