On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 09:48 -0600, Kim Lux wrote:
> I don't know if anyone shares this sentiment, but I consider installing
> from burnt ISO CDROMs to be a slow process.
>
> I'm wondering if it is possible to use askmethod with a USB IDE drive.
> I noticed that the USB devices were detected during the FC3 install boot
> up, but that they didn't appear in the disk druid partition list, for
> example.
>
> As it is right now, users have to download the ISOs, then burn disks,
> then verify disks, then install from them. This is a slow process if
> one is using a 4x CDRW disk in a slow CDROM drive.
>
> What I'd like to be able to do is download the ISOs to an external USB
> drive and then use askmethod to tell anaconda that the ISOs are on the
> USB drive. This would save the effort of burning the CDROMs and
> performing a media check on each one. It would also install a lot
> faster from the USB drive than from the CDROM. I think this, with
> kickstart, would be a great way to install and/or upgrade a number of
> non networked computers quickly.
>
> One could also put a bunch of things on the external drive, such as the
> source RPMs, various rescue tools currently not on the FC boot disk,
> etc.
>
> I found askmethod nfs to be a bit quirky. If it detects the network
> card right off and the server has simple access, ie no gateways, etc,
> then it works pretty well. Throw a stubborn network card into the mix
> and a gateway or two and I'm less enthusiastic about it.
>
> BTW: I don't think my computer, a laptop, can boot directly from a USB
> device. The BIOS doesn't give the user that option. I'd still have to
> do the initial boot from a CDROM.
>
I concur!!! This would be wonderful!!!
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