installation via internet

[Andras Simon]

On 3/26/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Andras Simon wrote:
> > On 3/25/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I disagree. Since I have broadband I find it faster to do a minimal
> >> install, reboot, and complete a full install over the net. Fewer
> >> packages need to be installed twice that way.
> >
> > Is there a "minimal install" option in anaconda (or better, a smallish
> > install cd, like the one here http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ for
> > debian)? I don't remember seeing one. It's almost a year since I've
> > done the last install (FC5) and I  may have forgotten, but I'm pretty
> > sure I would've chosen that (and installed individual packages later
> > when needed) if I saw it.
>
> There has always been a network installation method in Fedora and steps
> were given even earlier in the thread.

Yes, I know about the network installation method. But that's not the
same as a "minimal install", where you get a fully functioning (but
very Spartan) system safely installed from a CD, and then you can
start yumming the extra packages as needed.

Thanks anyway,
Andras