On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 14:57 -0800, John Reiser wrote: > > The netinst.iso would involve less downloaded content than the 700M live > > image. How would it not fit their needs? > > *IF* netinst.iso works the first time (no hardware failure, no user error, > no user misunderstanding, no power failure, no ISP failure, no phoneline failure, > no installer bug, no kernel bug, no X11 bug, ...), and *IF* the netinst.iso > is used only once (only one machine, user doesn't change his mind, ...), > then the 200MB netinst.iso (plus needed packages) does involve less downloading > than a 700MB LiveCD. > > However, not so long ago my network connection was 150KB/s DSL, and I much > preferred to download an entire 700MB CD (1.5 hrs) before installation instead of > using netinst.iso. By experience, waiting for the entire CD was faster on average. > Something would go wrong during the first install attempt, and I would have to > start over. Or, I would install again on a different partition in order to > compare two setups. Or, I would give the CD to a friend. The 700MB CD was > a cache of time, and paid for itself after only *two* uses. > > -- > And to wait for a 1.4G live image, you'd have to wait another 1.5 hours. When you're already waiting 1.5 hours, waiting 3 doesn't seem outrageous. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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