Re: How many discs

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On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 10:09:11AM -0700, David G. Miller wrote:
> It probably wouldn't be that hard to craft a minimal single install cd 
> for Fedora that creates a basic system with networking.  The real 
> installer then runs after the initial install and allows the user to 
> pick and choose packages that get installed from remote repositories 
> using yum.  The initial Fedora install cd already has the i386 kernel 
> and enough of X to support a graphical install so it could even be fully 
> "graphical."

You can download the 8mb 6/i386/os/images/boot.iso and burn that to a
credit-card-sized CD, boot from that, and do an entirely network-based
install, which downloads only the packages you select -- by far the most
bandwidth-effective choice for a single install.


> This would be a nice option for people who have a fast network 
> connection.  Integrate it with PXE and kickstart and a business or 
> school could rapidly install to lots of systems.  Also, it would 
> probably get more people to consider "passing around" Fedora.

Yes, this is what people do with kickstart.

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Matthew Miller           mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx          <http://mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>              <http://linux.bu.edu/>


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