solarflow99: >> - What is the netinst.iso for? It doesnt seem to do anything the >> disc1.iso does, and I cant find any documentation on it. Tim: > A small bootable image that can be used to install over a network (the > network having the packages to be installed). That *network* could be > your LAN, or one of the internet mirrors. > > It also replaces what were the rescue discs. A small bootable image > with tools used for repairing a stuffed system. Oh, and I believe it can do hard drive installs, too. Where the install packages, or large DVD ISO, is on a local hard drive, but you boot up from the small net install ISO. Yes, there is an advantage in doing that. It can be slow to install from a DVD, being a medium with slow seek speed, slow spin-up speeds (read a large package, package installs, drive slows down in the meantime, needs to spin-up again to read the next package). Whereas a small boot disc is read at the beginning of the install routine, then everything else comes off a much faster hard drive. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.24-78.2.53.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
