Debian style net-install ISOs (from FudCON Raleigh)

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Tue Jan 29 23:34:27 UTC 2008


Once upon a time, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> said:
> Imagine something like the rescue image (heck, this is only a slight 
> tweak) with the following modifications:

Really it is just adding the base and updates URLs; that's all that is
different.  Instead of a kickstart, maybe just have anaconda suggest the
standard mirrorlist URLs for HTTP/FTP installs.

> I imagine the bandwidth savings for Fedora could be huge

Doubtful.  That DVD download is usually used more than once, while all
network installs will always download a whole lot of stuff each time.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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