On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Scott Robbins <scottro11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 09:00:44AM -0500, mechy2k2000 wrote:
> > I think nearly all the fedora images are live CDs now. They should have
> an
> > option to install fedora when you boot the cd. Usually when you boot the
> > cd. A window appears asking to either install the os or try it out. If
> you
> > are using a non gnome cd,you may have to search the application menu for
> > the installer
>
> At one point, at least the LiveCD had a bunch of limitations, possibly on
> partitioning, and also on package selection. I don't know if that's still
> true.
>
Still true.
Anaconda doesn't handle LVM on Software RAID properly. Maybe it will be
fixed when F24 releases this summer.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225184
There may be other limitations as well.
The work around is to use the netinstall image.
The server images are a different set of packages apparently and is said to
require a bunch of work to make a server install a workstation install in
the end. So I'd advise against that and instead netinstall (worked for me).
>
> However, there are also the server and workstation spins. If you are
> looking for the usual Gnome desktop, you probably want workstation. I usue
> server, choose minimal install and add things afterwards.
>
> The Fedora site itself has the live one by default. Their logic is that
> the newcomer will have the best chance of success with that one, and the
> more experienced will go elsewhere. Their site,
> https://getfedora.org/, shows server and workstation images for download.
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