CD and DVD ISO images

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Wed Jan 23 05:04:41 UTC 2008


John Summerfield wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
> 
>>> It is a silly question:-) It misses the point, which is to make 
>>> Fedora easier to share and to install on machines which lack DVD 
>>> drives and good Internet access.
>>
>> Well, you keep mentioning "Neither helps install sans network" and 
>> statements that seem to indicate that lack of network is part of the 
>> hurdle.
> yes, both of
> 1. No good network.
> 2. CD drive but not DVD.
>>
>> I've never had a problem to install on a system without a DVD drive 
>> but a good network connection.  I've used the "Live CD" method or 
>> downloaded the DVD iso and did a network install.
> 
> My proposal addresses the cases of no DVD drive but CD, and no good 
> networking.

In that case I'm still suggesting that fedora is not the wisest choice of 
distro.

> 
>>
>> So, I guess whatever solution you're proposing is redundant for me.
> 
> Sure, it's not for everyone. However, I sometimes would like both, and 
> the cost of providing CD isos imbedded in DVD isos and used for 
> installing is pretty small.




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