[Coco] Fedora 6 DVD ISO

[Roger Taylor]

At 12:22 PM 4/30/2007, you 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.


If it makes you feel better (or anybody else), I successfully 
downloaded the 32mb Debian "businesscard" installer ISO, which did 
boot up, repartition my HD, and just installed the base system over 
the web, and is now 25% into the "Configuring apt" session.

My plans are to install several different distros like Fedora 6 and 
Debian on the same PC on different HD's (have 3 of them connected), 
and see if I can multi-boot into them until I find the best one For Me.  :)

Dangit, I just accidentally hit ENTER under the "Choose software to 
install" where it listed Web Server, DNS Server, Print Server, 
Desktop Environment, etc.  I guess I needed to hit space to toggle 
the imitation checkboxes next to those packages before hitting 
ENTER.  The Desktop package was checked, though.  Whew.







-- 
Roger Taylor