Where are the Fedora 7 CD ISOs

[Erik Hemdal]

> From: Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: Where are the Fedora 7 CD ISOs
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> On Friday 22 June 2007 8:02:50 pm bdk at unb.ca wrote:
> > Some of the systems I need to upgrade from FC 5/6 to Fedora 7 do not have
> > a DVD drive. In the past there was a set of 4 or 5 CDs that one used to
> > upgrade. Do these ISO images still exist for Fedora 7?  I see a KDE and
> > Gnome(?) live ISOs but no full distribution.
> >
> > If so where are they?
> >
> > If not how does one go from FC5/6 to Fedora 7 without a DVD drive?
> 
> The live CDs are also installable. Just stick it in, boot to it. If it comes 
> up OK you will find a "install to harddrive" icon on the desktop. Just run 
> this.
> 
> It runs anaconda so you should have the full range of upgrade/install options 
> as a normal install (not 100% sure on this though, when I did it I did a 
> fresh install and didn't look to see if there was an upgrade option ?)
> 

Chris, thanks for the post.  This is one of the most helpful I've seen
about getting to F7.  I don't mind doing a fresh install, but I do mind
buying a new drive.

> As there is only one CD there is of course a reduced set of packages 
> available - But assuming your system has network they are all but a yum 
> install away, so no big deal.
> 

How can you discover *all* the packages from a Live CD, if its contents
are cut down?  I've noticed several packages have changed names and many
appear to be completely new, at least to me.  In the past, I could at
the least start browsing around the CD set if I had no other way to find
what I wanted.

Also, do you know if there are any side-effects that cause trouble with
dual-boot systems when you install this way?

Erik