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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