Re: fedora 16 dvd or network install ?

[cornel panceac]

2011/9/28 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt(a)gmail.com&gt;

>  On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:45:11 +0300, CP (cornel) wrote:
>
>  > i've downloaded de x86 fedora 16 dvd install iso so that i'll no longer
>  need
>  > the network. during the install, i was asked to configure a wired network
>  > interface (which i did), then proceeded to the install. later i've seen
>  that
>  > the usb stick from which i started the install (which contains the files
>  > from dvd) is not used but instead the ethernet connection is the install
>  > source. i've never tell anaconda to install from the internet (but maybe
>  the
>  > network repos were autoamgically selected). is this by design?
>  >
>  > on the other hand, i've noticed that the 3.x kernel freezes often on my
>  x40
>  > thinkpad. is this a known issue? (i'll test the hardware anyway, after
>  > install.)
>
>  Since I've reported something similar (with DVD ISO on harddisk) for
>  the past releases, it has been necessary to boot the installer with a
>  repo=hd:/dev/sdaN:/path/to/iso/image  argument in order for the
>  installer to find the ISO image instead of loading from Internet.
>  Give it a try, replace /dev/sdaN with the device for your USB stick.
>
>  
thank you Jos and Michael, but eventually the install completed successfuly.

now i'm wondering why login to gnome (fallback) fails first time but works
on second attempt .