Install additional software from Install Media
Patrick O'Callaghan
pocallaghan at gmail.com
Sat Apr 26 19:20:24 UTC 2008
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 20:01 +0200, Joachim Frieben wrote:
>
> I've no idea what the rationale is, or indeed if there is any.
> I
> remember when I installed the first Fedora version that
> allowed you to
> postpone package selection (F7?) being completely bummed out
> that the
> GUI tool couldn't automatically look for stuff on the install
> DVD.
> Baldly telling the user he can do something now or later,
> without
> explaining that 'later' is going to mean either downloading
> stuff he
> already has, or Googling to find out how to hand-edit his yum
> configuration, is another example of where Anaconda needs some
> attention
> IMHO.
>
> poc
>
> At least when F8 gets installed from a DVD, a corresponding repo file
> for the install media will be created for later use. Maybe you
> overlooked that one ..
You mean Fedora-install-media.repo? Unless I'm way off, it's useless
without further editing. I notice the F9 Preview doesn't even create it.
poc
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