On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 06:42 -0700, John Reiser wrote: > > As promised, we have pushed FC6 prerelease images to the trackers: > > http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ > > In general, it is better to use the rescue CD instead of these > FC6Pre torrents. > > First, the rescue CD is only 85 to 105 MB (instead of 3.5 to 4.2 GB), > contains the _same_ anaconda functionality, and is updated daily. > Today's rawhide updated a couple dozen packages already. If you use > the rescue CD then you [are forced to] get those updates via HTTP or FTP. > Using the torrent image requires initiative to get those updates, > and you get them via the network anyway. > > Second, the rescue CD is available from many mirrors (look in > core/development/$ARCH/iso/ ) instead of just one seed. Both > 12 hours ago and now, the ppc torrent has 1 seed, 0 peers, and > a download rate of less than 6KB/s. > Okay, I would like to do this. I can't get anywhere on the nfs install from images that I received from the torrent. So, I have the rescue CD. How does one install via the rawhide? Use "linux askmethod" and choose http or ftp? What is the URL and/or FTP address? > Third, testing the rescue CD is more important than testing the > install media. The rescue CD has a history of being the forgotten > stepchild, and has often had serious bugs (even showstoppers and > data corruption), yet _every_ installation is a potential user > of the rescue CD. > > For i386 only (where the torrent performs reasonably), and for updating > three or more machines from the same torrent result, and before Monday > (October 2), then I can see the value of the FC6Pre torrent. But otherwise > (not i386, only 1 or 2 machines, or after this weekend) then both you and > Fedora Core probably would be better off using the rescue CD instead. Send me some instructions: I am ready to get FC6 going before the weekend is over. :) Thanks, Ernest > > -- > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list