fedora 8 - i386 or live cd

[Mike Evans]

> after fighting problems of installing fedora using lilo, i now concede to
> using grub.
> 
Grub is lovely, you'll get to like it. I've been a convert since Fedora 
Core 2.  That's not to say you shouldn't have the choice of course.

> what are pros and cons for installing fedora 8, use i386 dvd or live cd?
> 
The DVD is a much fuller installation with all sorts of options of 
desktop, office programs, programming environments, web servers and 
other server type stuff.

The CD is pretty much a minimal desktop and that's it.  Its advantage is 
that you can 'try before you buy' in the sense of not doing a full install.

I installed my desktop PC and all-round house server from the DVD from 
the cover of a magazine and my laptop from a CD image I downloaded and 
burned a month or so earlier.  There is nothing stopping you starting 
with the CD and then using yum or the add/remove software GUI to get 
everything else - assuming you know what you want.  Bear in mind that 
Fedora 9 is due out so in the 6 months since release 8 has had a lot of 
updates, so whichever route you take you will need a good connection to 
update everything after your initial install.

Mike E