[lug] Installing from DVD

[Phillip Tribble]

Michael J. Hammel wrote:
> Dumb question:  Fedora 7 only comes on DVD.  I've got a DVD player on
> one box.  I've never tried booting a DVD from it.  If it boots when it
> has a CD in it will it likely boot when it's got a DVD in it?  If not,
> anyone know where I can get Fedora 7 on CDs?  It's time to upgrade from
> FC5 (since ATrpms doesn't support it anymore).
>
> And what do I do if I don't have a DVD player on all my boxes?  Some of
> my boxes are running without CD or DVD drives.  When I upgrade, I move a
> CD drive between them.  I don't have a spare DVD drive.
>
> I've always been happy with Fedora, but is it really necessary to
> distribute all 7500 packages in the base installation?  Isn't that what
> the repositories were for?
>   
Fedora makes a installable live CD on their website.

-- 


Phillip Tribble
That Guy INC.
http://phillip.tribble.googlepages.com/index.html
"The glass is neither half empty or full, the rest of the water never made it to your glass" - PJT