CDs DVDs or netboot. Oh my!
John Poelstra
poelstra at redhat.com
Thu Oct 11 16:11:31 UTC 2007
Mike McGrath said the following on 10/10/2007 08:46 PM Pacific Time:
> John Reiser wrote:
>>> So the real question is what do we 'suggest' our default install be?
>>>
>>> 1) Live CD: Can't upgrade, do package selection or specify install
>>> method.
>>>
>>
>> Why can't a system that is installed from the Live CD be upgraded?
>> What would it take to make such an installation upgradeable?
>> I believe it is reasonable if the upgrade is possible, even if it
>> requires a separate step after initial installation from Live CD.
>> [Specifying install method and package selection is a natural for the
>> Rescue CD; see #3 below.]
>>
>
> Because the live cd install does an image copy and not an install. The
> workings behind the scenes are not the same right now in anaconda for
> the live cd and the normal install.
>
Another interesting side affect is that there is no package list in the anaconda-ks.cfg that gets created in /root.
John
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