On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 06:33 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > I was surprised to note that network install obtains the old files and things > to be updated after install. Why this unnecessary waste of bandwidth? Or is > there a way around this? If not, is there any reason why the directory OS does > not contain the latest? I can imagine a few reasons, such as: The original collection of files were tested together, and hopefully will install without falling in a heap. Some future updates may introduce a problem. Some past updates *have* introduced problems, that's not the way you want to start out. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.