On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 14:32 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 00:44 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > > I'd go "old school" and get a DVD burned iso image and install it THAT > > way, at least THIS way, you'd be assured of getting the LATEST version > > of Fedora without any glitches to your install. > > To avoid being misleading, I'll point out that installing from the DVD > ISO does not give you the "latest version." You need to apply updates, > for that to happen. Either post-install, or by selecting appropriate > options while installing (adding update repos, though this may not work > for some people - if they have networking issues during the install). > There has been many package updates since the DVD ISO was created. When I do a fresh install form a DVD as part of the install you get to identify the fedora repos you want to use. If you include the update repo when you are finished with the update you will have installed the latest versions of all the software. Running yum update will return that no updates are available. -- ======================================================================= QOTD: "It wouldn't have been anything, even if it were gonna be a thing." ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
