On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 09:54 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > >> There are several choices here: > >> > >> Use the Live CD images > >> > >> Use the boot.iso/rescue.iso and do a network installation from > >> http/ftp/nfs > >> > >> Use boot.iso/rescue.iso, put the DVD image in the hard disk in one > >> partition and install it another partition. > > > > There are several choices, I agree. > > (I am using one of them.) > > But this does not alter the fact that > > the decision to drop the CD installation set > > was completely incomprehensible, to me at least. > > > > You might as well put up a banner reading, > > "Don't install Fedora if you are a home user. > > Try Ubuntu instead." > > > > Surely the aim should be to make it as easy as possible > > for as many people as possible to install Fedora. > > It is not meant to be an obstacle race. > > OK....maybe I'm an idiot (please don't ask my wife). > > But I just did the following.... > > 1. Downloaded Fedora-7-KDE-Live-i686.iso via bit torrent. > 2. Burned the CD. > 3. Booted from the CD. > 4. When KDE came up I clicked on the large "Install to Disk" icon and the > OS installed to HD. > 5. Rebooted the system from HD. > 6. Answered the questions in the "First Boot Dialog". > 7. Logged in as the user created in #6 and then ran the package manager to > add what I wanted that wasn't on the CD. This downloaded the rest of the > packages from the net. > 8. I'm done. > > AFAIK, this is *exactly* what Ubuntu does. > > So, what am I missing? The chance to bitch about how it is all broken and somebody had better do something or "I'm going to switch to unbuntu where I don't need *any* disks." Thank you Ed, for being a GOOD complete idiot. We are brothers in complete idiocy, proud of it too. :) Ric --
