using CD/DVD as media

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Jun 17 02:40:34 UTC 2009


Mani A wrote:
> It will also be very useful for people doing upgrades from earlier
> versions of Fedora with a DVD (instead of yum). Yum went for a 2.2GB+
> update after a F10 --> F11 upgrade with a DVD in one desktop system
> and many of the packages were on the DVD.

If it did that, it didn't use the packages on the DVD for a reason, most
likely because they were outdated. Using the DVD again in later updates
won't change that at all.

        Kevin Kofler




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