Hi > > So how about the Fedora team giving this idea some thought? Don't pack > everything into ISO files. we definitely need this as a *option* Create the next Fedora distribution as a single, > much smaller file, which could be put onto, perhaps, a USB flash memory > device. This device, when booted, would then load up the installer as disk 1 > of FC3 does, then perform all the information gathering functions for package > list, language, keyboard and location, partition and format the HDD, and > finally transfer all the gathered information to the HDD and set up a > yum.conf file for local mirror sites based on the location provided. > > Then reboot the machine, which automatically downloads and installs all the > latest packages from the mirrors, resulting in an immediately up to date > installation with a fraction of the download time. > > Does this seem like a sensible way to go? very much. this is pretty similar to a net installation. If you are talking about a minimum installation redhat wants the community to hack comps.xml file and submit it as a patch to bugzilla.redhat.com. read the devel list archives for more information -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram
