On 3/26/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Andras Simon wrote: > On 3/25/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I disagree. Since I have broadband I find it faster to do a minimal >> install, reboot, and complete a full install over the net. Fewer >> packages need to be installed twice that way. > > Is there a "minimal install" option in anaconda (or better, a smallish > install cd, like the one here http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ for > debian)? I don't remember seeing one. It's almost a year since I've > done the last install (FC5) and I may have forgotten, but I'm pretty > sure I would've chosen that (and installed individual packages later > when needed) if I saw it. There has always been a network installation method in Fedora and steps were given even earlier in the thread.
Yes, I know about the network installation method. But that's not the same as a "minimal install", where you get a fully functioning (but very Spartan) system safely installed from a CD, and then you can start yumming the extra packages as needed. Thanks anyway, Andras
