On Monday 08 July 2013 13:06:12 Tom Horsley wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:57:00 +0100 > > Gary Stainburn wrote: > > But does that include the download time for the DVD? > > Nope, but my system stays up and is usable in a > normal state while I'm downloading the DVD prior > to an install from scratch :-). > > In fact with my latest preferred install technique > my system stays up while I'm installing as well > since I install to a virtual machine, then copy the > VM disk image to the partition I want to run on. > (Solves all the problems of not being able to tell > what on earth anaconda is gonna do to my disks :-).
I have tried that before but so that I have a workable image that I can then just write to as many HDD's as required to build additional servers, or simulate an upgrade of a production server but struggled to get the resulting system to boot. For information, the fedup upgrade worked perfectly for me for the box I've just done and took little over the lunch time I left it to do it's job. -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
