F12 installation woes with DVD plus online repositories

[Amadeus W.M.]

My 2 cents:

I always get a minimal installation up and running - the smaller the 
better - then install non-standard packages like mplayer, mpg123, 
acroread, flash-plugin, etc. Then, install on demand anything else I 
might need (e.g. openoffice). For all the extra packages I need I have a 
bash script to install those automatically. I can post the script if you 
want.



On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:22:25 -0500, William M. Quarles wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to install Fedora 12 with the installation DVD plus
> downloading extra packages and updates with an Internet connection to
> the online repositories for extra packages and updates. However, the
> speed of the installation process is seriously troubling me.
> 
> I know that yum is set up to randomly select mirrors for downloads of
> updates and post-main-installation... isntallation... of other packages
> selected to be installed through GNOME Package Kit. Would Anaconda use
> mirrors to download the packages in my case, or are they all coming off
> of the Fedora Project servers? Would I be better off downloading the
> updates and extra packages later then?
> 
> Thanks,
> William