On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 08:21 -0500, Quasar Jarosz wrote: > > > I'll take the liberty of quoting myself from an earlier thread: > > > > > > # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo > > > [localrepo] > > > name=Fedora Local Repo > > > failovermethod=priority > > > baseurl=file:///Repo > > > enabled=1 > > > # > > > > > > You need to create the Repo directory, containing Packages [from the > > > DVD], and the repodata folder (from the DVD) in it. > > > > > > > This is quite a hassle. Do we consider this a feature that's not > > needed enough to make it easier? > > I've no idea what the rationale is, or indeed if there is any. I > remember when I installed the first Fedora version that allowed you to > postpone package selection (F7?) being completely bummed out that the > GUI tool couldn't automatically look for stuff on the install DVD. > Baldly telling the user he can do something now or later, without > explaining that 'later' is going to mean either downloading stuff he > already has, or Googling to find out how to hand-edit his yum > configuration, is another example of where Anaconda needs some attention > IMHO. I agree - that's basically what i was looking at. I chose not to install certain features to see how well it would work to install them later, and in fact it can't at all.. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
