Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Jim Cornette wrote:
I still have an Fedora 7 system, not because one version is
problematic over another but because I downloaded the image and never
burned a DVD for the other computer yet.
You don't have to burn the DVD if your computers are on the same
network. I loop mounted the DVD image, created a bootable USB memory
stick (The image is in the images directory, as well as instructions.)
and do a HTML install. You can also burn a bootable CD, but I like to
use the memory stick because it is reusable.
I have also done an install from a DVD image on a hard drive, but I have
a separate partition that does not get reformatted during an install.
Mikkel
Thanks for pointing out the additional options. My wife put all of my
accessories away and I only recently found the DVD burner. The other
computers are here and there so a DVD is he best option since they vary
with manufacturer.
I like the USB stick idea and will investigate it later.
I guess I'm getting less enthusiastic about downloading a DVD so often.
I upgraded some Internet available computers from F7 to F8.
Since people refer to not being able to upgrade with F8 and need to do a
clean installation, I see no hurry to burn a DVD. The target computers
are upgrades from several years ago, from memory around 2004 and going
strong.
I truly would like to see an upgrade which offered new packages for
installation instead of just doin a straight upgrade and not offering
the improvements/changes.
Jim
