How many discs

[Dotan Cohen]

On 10/12/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> 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.
>

I will give it a whirl. I've been unlucky with kickstart in the past,
but I was probably not doing it right myself. To google I go...

Dotan Cohen

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