On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 21:21 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > >> My question was: can one install Fedora-8 itself, > >> either from the iso on a hard disk, or over a LAN? > >> > >> I guess one could install the Live CD, > >> and then use this to install the full Fedora-8. > >> But is there a more direct way? > >> > > The install icon installs F8 not the Live CD > > I clicked on the Install on Hard Disk button, > and a Fedora system was indeed installed on my hard disk. > [It did not work - I used the KDE-4 Live CD - > but that is a separate issue.] > > By "full Fedora-8" I mean of course the system one would get > by installing from the Fedora-8 DVD. > I don't see how this could be squashed onto the Live CD. > > In any case, I was given no choice of what packages I wanted to install > when I clicked on the Install button. > I assume that a small subset of the packages on the Fedora DVD > were included. > > I guess that one could first install that, > and then use this to install from the Fedora DVD. > My question was: Is there a more direct way of doing this? What about usuig yum groupinstall? > > I'm actually going to try first to install over the net with PXEboot. > If that doesn't work I'll try installing the old KDE-3.5 Live CD, > and install the DVD from that. > > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > -- ======================================================================= Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable, and three parts which are still under development. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
