On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 13:05, Eben King wrote:
> 4MB?
4MB. The Fedora Core 2 installer kernel (now 2.6) does not fit on a
1.44MB floppy. So there are several options for boot images.
1. 4MB .iso for CD
2. 6MB .img (FAT) for USB, Zip/Floptical, etc...
I have used #2 -- it's sweet.
> Seems kinda silly to put something small enough to fit on three
> floppies on a DVD.
The original poster used a DVD. Fedora Core is released on both CD and
DVD (the 64-bit version is DVD).
The second poster mentioned the 4MB .iso. I'm sure he used CD because
DVDs have a _minimum_ of several hundred MBs that is burned regardless
of the actual data size.
> Or DYM 4GB?
No, 4MB.
Eben King wrote:
> Install-over-internet?
Of course! FTP, HTTP, NFS, etc... Works great!
The next-gen Fedora installer will use YUM (and hopefully and optionally,
APT). The Fedora team wants to unify all new package management around YUM,
including the installer.
Until then, you can install a 90MB "minimal" system and YUM everything from
there.
> What about people who want to install it on a standalone machine?
Both CD and DVD images (DVD for 64-bit) are provided.
> Is there a big repository you can dl, or a series of ISOs?
Yes! There are CD and DVD images. You can install direct from media.
If you check out the Fedora Core download location or mirrors, there are
"/iso" directories and "/os" directories.
Or you can create the 4MB .iso or 6MB FAT image onto the appropriate media,
and choose to get your file from another source. Those images are included
on CD #1 (from "/iso"), or on the site (from "/os").
The alternative install can be:
- Local hard drive (plop .isos or packages in a local directory)
- Remote NFS export (plop .isos or packages in a remote directory)
- Remote FTP/HTTP (plop packages in a remote directory)
You can maintain your own repositories with updated packages. I've done
this since Red Hat Linux 5 (circa 1997)!
Fedora Core (and Red Hat Linux before it) has _always_ given you a _lot_
of options.
Again, the future Anaconda installer for Fedora will switch to YUM.
There is a big push to unify all the various approaches.
Fedora is doing that around YUM.
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