On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 06:17 -0500, David Boles wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I just tried to install F8 on a fresh 400GB sata disk, on an offboard > > controller. I configured it so as not to touch the existing drives with FC6 > > installed on them so that I had some continuity and could back up to Fc6 as I > > am now. > > > > Everything was marching along at a good rate, with basically an everything > > install, 1266 packages IIRC. > > > > At the 805th package it bailed out. The package was: > > > > xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.7-2.fc8.i386.rpm > > > > It either could not be opened or was missing. The media did pass checksum, > > and the network was alive & well, the install getting much of its info from > > there according to the traffic on my router. > > > > Next? > > > > Thanks. > > > If this is an official Fedora 8 DVD an 'everything install' does not > really install everything. Anaconda only 'knows' about what is on the 3+ > GB disk. If you just let Anaconda do a standard install when it is > complete and the system is up and running in the 'Add/Remove Software' > menu selection you are shown the same, or a very similar application > selection screen. And that, since you are know able to install from The > Internet, really does offer 'everything'. More than what would fit on > two full DVDs. > > Why do it this way? The 'standard install' works because it was tested. > There could be no way, or enough time, to test every possible package > selection for installation. > > I do my clean installs this way. A basic install and add the missing > packages later. It works every time. Plus you get the added benefit of > not having to install a package and then update. You get the updates, if > any, installed when you make your selections of packages to add. ---- Fedora 8 (perhaps 7 did too) allows you to add repositories for additional installation right from anaconda. Not that I disagree with you but the option is there for those that want to add more stuff on initial installation. Craig
