New Install Idea

[James Wilkinson]

Robert Spangler wrote:
> And there in lies my point.  I would like to be able to DL a boot cd that 
> would give me the options to choose a mirror close to me and install all the 
> files from there hence receiving all the latest software without having to 
> update everything after the install is finished.
> 
> The only reason I bring this up is because last night i re-installed FC3 
> because of a problem I could not fix.  I like being able to use the DVD ISO 
> but then it took another ~1 hr to do all the updates.  Would have been nice 
> to boot from a boot cd and then choose what I wanted and not have to run yum 
> to update everything after a freash install.
> 
> Hey it was just food for thought.  Maybe someday it will arrive. :)

Good idea: why not post it to the Fedora development list for further
discussion and/or bugzilla it as a Request for Enhancement.

James.

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