[lug] Installing from DVD

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:35:59 -0600
mjhammel at graphics-muse.org ("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?  

Likely it will. 

> 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).

Yeah, there is no official F7 version on CD, but someone has created a
respin that is on CD:

http://fedora.kanarip.com/torrents/

Also there is the "Everything" DVD spin, and the new Fedora Unity
respins (F7 + all errata). 

> 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.

You can use the boot.iso image to boot and do a network install. 

> 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?

They aren't. There is no way all of Fedora will fit on a single DVD.
The "Fedora" spin is the subset of packages that will fit on a DVD, and
is kinda like the old "Fedora Core" install. 

There are some more minimal spins out there... 

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins

kevin
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