[Coco] Fedora 6 DVD ISO

[John W. Linville]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 06:22:32PM +0100, Manney wrote:

> John W. Linville wrote:

> 

> >And, of course, if you prefer you can download a minimal boot iso

> >image and install all of Fedora (or specifically the bits you want)

> >over the Internet.  It weighs-in at about 8 MB (thats Mega):

> >

> >	http://redhat.download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/images/boot.iso

> >

> >I have used this method many times myself, and find it quite

> >satisfactory for installing a usable base system with other software

> >added via yum on an as-needed basis.

> >

> >Once again, the Ubuntoids (and other Deb-heads) seem to think they

> >have a monopoly on all that is cool or useful in the Linux world...

> 

> Not quite. You are the only person to have mentioned that there is a way 

> to install Fedora without a DVD and / or a whole load of CDs. This is 

> all I was asking about because it seems down right ridiculous to have to 

> download ~3.3 Gb worth of information just to get a Linux install when 

> there are other distros that offer an install on just one CD. (I'm not 

> including DSL or Puppy, etc.) For those that have a slow internet 

> connection, downloading a DVD to install Linux, _then_ having to upgrade 

> _and_ install a load of other software (by whatever method) isn't 

> exactly a great option or efficient. It's not quite as bad for us with 

> fast connections, but there is tons of room for improvement.

> 

> As I said in a previous post, I'd rather spend 30 - 45 minutes 

> downloading a CD, spend another 30 minutes (at the most!) to install 

> Linux, spend another 15 minutes upgrading (depending on how current the 

> release is), and then working for an hour or two sorting out what needs 

> to be installed for my needs and customization. To me that beats 

> spending 5 - 6 hours waiting for a DVD to download just to start the 

> process.

 
You wrote a bigger restatement of the problem then I wrote in the
original reply telling you the solution...


> Note: Nothing about Debian / Ubuntu in this post. :)


For a change... :-)

Are you now or have you ever been a Debian or Ubuntu user?  Do you
deny it?  Don't wait for the translation, answer me now!  Stop beating
your shoe on the table...


:-) :-) :-) :-) (For the humor impaired...)


This being a mailing list, not every direct reply to a post from you
is specifically addressed only to you.  So, please don't take things
too personally.

John
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John W. Linville
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