How many discs
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun Dec 10 01:28:09 UTC 2006
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 10:09:11AM -0700, David G. Miller wrote:
> It probably wouldn't be that hard to craft a minimal single install cd
> for Fedora that creates a basic system with networking. The real
> installer then runs after the initial install and allows the user to
> pick and choose packages that get installed from remote repositories
> using yum. The initial Fedora install cd already has the i386 kernel
> and enough of X to support a graphical install so it could even be fully
> "graphical."
You can download the 8mb 6/i386/os/images/boot.iso and burn that to a
credit-card-sized CD, boot from that, and do an entirely network-based
install, which downloads only the packages you select -- by far the most
bandwidth-effective choice for a single install.
> This would be a nice option for people who have a fast network
> connection. Integrate it with PXE and kickstart and a business or
> school could rapidly install to lots of systems. Also, it would
> probably get more people to consider "passing around" Fedora.
Yes, this is what people do with kickstart.
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