Where can I get a non-netork install DVD for FC16?

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Thu Apr 5 20:12:00 UTC 2012


Bill Davidsen wrote:

In case it would help, I took a picture of the screen where it hangs. 
This is at the "Install boor record to disk" screen, where it's 
supposedly going to initialize the new disk drive.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/103772658613998278564/posts/JusLH8M3pey
  If you can't read it you can download it into a viewer. Sorry for the 
tiny message on a big screen, but the installer doesn't pick readable 
resolution.

> Rick Stevens wrote:
>> On 04/05/2012 11:45 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>>> I have downloaded ISO images with both ftp and torrent, and the 3.3GB
>>>> DVD image I get is always a network install version, which stops at the
>>>> start of the install process and tells me I need an active network
>>>> connection to install from that media. Where can I get the real install
>>>> media for install from DVD?
>>>>
>>>> And as a side question, why would anyone create a DVD for net install,
>>>> when there is a small ISO image which does that?
>>>>
>>> I forgot to mention that FC14 installs just fine on this hardware.
>>
>> Did you use this link as your torrent:
>>
>> http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents/Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.torrent
>>
> Did, and tried ftp, always asks for a network connection. And a few
> others have reported that fc16 doesn't install without a network, based
> on a question in a chat room.
>
>> Make sure you're not asking to install things from external or "extra"
>> repos during your install. That's the only time I can think of that
>> might require a network connection during an install from the DVD.
>
> I don't get to ask to install anything, I get a pop-up on the screen
> which says the install needs an active network connection, and won't
> proceed without it.
>
>


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