[plug] Fedora - for a debian user?

[Ian Kent]

On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 17:07 +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 16:42 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 15:36 +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am thinking of trying out Fedora. I'm really a Debian user though. Is
> > > there an option to download a minimal net install iso and use that to
> > > boot and install the base system and download the rest of the needed
> > > packages the same way I would with Debian?
> > 
> > Yes, but that's not quite the way it works.
> > 
> > I don't usually install like that so this may not be write but ...
> > 
> > Download the boot.iso (7.9 MB) from say
> > http://redhat.pacific.net.au/fedora/6/i386/os/images/
> > 
> > Burn to cd.
> > Boot from cd.
> > Follow the install prompts and specify FTP or HTTP as install method.
> > You will need to give a location for the FTP or HTTP repo.
> > I can't remember what it takes but is likely something like
> > http://redhat.pacific.net.au/fedora/6/i386/os/
> > 
> > The rest is up to you specify what you want in the install.
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> 
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
> Thanks for showing me that. I was expecting it to be in the same place
> as the other iso's and hadn't looked in /os/images
> 
> Now the only problem is that fedora now won't recognise my inbuilt nic.

It will be a RedHat patched 2.6.18 kernel.

> 
> The mainboard I'm using is:
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/motherboard_detail.aspx?ID=en-us0000168

Strange. I'd expect it to recognize a RealTek chipset.
Log a bugzilla about it.

Ian