On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 15:35 +1100, Lex Hider wrote: > On 1/31/08, David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:59:24 +0000 (UTC) > > Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Michael DeHaan <mdehaan <at> redhat.com> writes: > > > > Fedora could really use Debian style net install ISOs. > > > > > > > > For those unfamiliar with the concept ... assume a minimally sized image > > > > that is enough to start up a net install for all content. > > > > > > We already have that, it's called boot.iso. > > > > There are actually two minimal images that have already been pointed out, but for clarification: > > > > boot.iso - Just stage 1 part of the installer, does not contain the large stage 2 image. With this disc, the stage 2 image will be downloaded if you select HTTP or FTP install methods and then mounted. If you do hard disk or NFS, it will just find the stage 2 image and mount it. > > > > rescuecd.iso - Both stage 1 and stage 2. Regardless of your install method, the stage 2 image is always read from the installation media with this disc. > > > > I tend to go with the rescuecd.iso disc and do HTTP installs. Works great, download time is minimal for the image itself. And if you have a local mirror of the release, installation won't take forever. > > > > Is it possible to do what I do with debian. > I normally make a tarball with the packages from /var/cache/apt/archives > Install the base system and when I get to package selection, switch to > console and unpack tarball. This way I don't have to download packages > I have downloaded previously. > > Is it possible to do similar thing with /var/cache/yum ? Yes. Setting keepcache=1 in /etc/yum.conf keeps all previously downloaded rpm in /var/cache/yum* and allows you to reuse them later. I am nfs-mounting /var/cache/yum and sharing them across my local network. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
