On 9/19/07, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 10:04:59AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > As the desktop spin is designed for home users on laptops, I don't > > think it should offer remote authentication as an option during > > installation at all, so there is no failure scenario here. For people > > who want to set up labs of Fedora desktop machines - that's what the > > DVD and kickstart files are for. > > Insert clue: > > I have a laptop and desktop boxes. I have better things to do that download > two sets of media. (and no the laptop doesn't have a DVD drive, and yes its > less than 12 months old) You're running an enterprise network in your house, I understand. Personally, I think that's a huge amount of pain (especially for laptops) just so that your passwords are synchronized, but I'll accept that you want to do it =) Anyways, you don't actually need to download the full DVD. You can also just download the boot.iso, and point it at a kickstart file that has all your NIS information filled in, what packages you want, etc. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en_US/sn-automating-installation.html -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list