installation via internet

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sun Mar 25 22:42:33 UTC 2007


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.

Download the boot.iso image from 
ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/images 
or one of http/ftp mirrors.

Boot with "linux askmethod".

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/fc6/en/sn-alt-install-method.html

Rahul




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