On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Joachim Backes wrote: > I installed F12 alpha from the DVD and had the feeling that the > network is used during installation. So the installation was awful > slow. > > For confirming this, I tried to install again after having > de-activated the LAN chip in the BIOS, and, indeeded, the > installation was cancelled (after the install partition had been > formatted). > > Is there any option for installing F12 without accessing the LAN (I > have DSL with 1 Megabit/sec)? this sounds suspiciously like an issue i ran into some time back with a *virtual* installation on F11 -- the network was being used despite there being no reason for it. maybe it's related, maybe not. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list