On Sunday 05 March 2006 18:15, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Cornette > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 3:22 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: FC5 - T3 > > Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > I found: > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/ > >images/ and boot.iso is only 6.7MB > > > > Seems a bit too small for updates? > > Can you give me a link where it is? > > > > Thanks! > > Dan > > The boot.iso media that Mike Chambers suggested allows a network install > via http or ftp which updates packages with the latest versions > available initially. You are actually only booting the computer, > connecting to the network, selecting either ftp or http installation, > entering mirror information. You still would need to pull in updates as > they arrive post-install. You would be testing the latest fixes (or > breakages) for anaconda. > > One drawback is that the boot.iso changes every day and you must make a > new boot.iso from whatever is current at the time. (Stage 2 is off of > the network and stage is off the boot.iso. You should use rewritable > media since the life cycle for the boot.iso is so short. > > Since you are seeing so many failures with the FC5T3 test media, using > the ftp/http install from the most current packages might work out > better for you. You can also report any regressions from previous > installers if you find any. > > Jim > > Off Topic: > Dan, > Somehow your message content is getting placed below the signature for > messages that you reply to. This causes your message to be trimmed from > the reply by others. (Seamonkey mailer anyway.) > > > -- > What I want is all of the power and none of the responsibility. > > -- > > > I am using M$'s Outook program and unfortunately no one has told > me how to fix it so that I can get the reply-to working so that > it comes out correctly. If anyone can tell me how to do it I > would be very grateful. Andrew Dalloz told me this many times > and I still have this problem and no solution. > > As for trying to install all of the applications onto my new FC5-T3 > I have been using the 'Package Manager' and what a piece of **** this > program is! Geez - if this program should hang for whatever reason > then starting it over again tosses out the MB's of downloaded files > and starts over! Someone need to fix this piece of junk and make it > smarter - it should KNOW that there is downloaded files and use them > if selected from the list again. Basic features should also include > packages not only from the Internet sources from but should allow the > user to define source(s) in the order selected. For example, > Check CD first, if not, check my repository folder, if not check the > Internet. This way it looks for the FASTEST "download" first proceeding > to the slowest download source. It should have built in smarts so that > it should USE the previously downloaded files if taken from the Internet > and not throw the baby out with the bath water. Sheesh. > > Sorry - it's not you... I spent all day and night downloading and PM > threw the baby out with the bath water, sigh. > > Meanwhile, I am seeking a better and more reliable package manager so that > I can successfully install the ones I fore-goed in the original setup since > that failed for me off the CD's > > Anyone have any suggestions how I can proceed? > > Kind regards, > Dan yumex -- Tony
