fedora 16 dvd or network install ?

[cornel panceac]

2011/10/5 Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com>

> On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 17:04 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > 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.
>
> yeah, I think this came up at Alpha time, too. Does it do the same
> whether you write with dd or livecd-iso-to-disk ?
> --
>
> it happened to me using beta rc3 x86 DVD, not usb stick.
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