On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 19:45 +0530, Prof. Partha wrote: > kenneth gonsalves <[email protected]> states :: "Fedora was > refusing to install without internet and I could not > configure the network without a browser." > > Did you try using a live CD ? You get a browser without having to > install one.
I did not try with a live CD > > I dont understand the basic problem. I have installed Linux (Suse, > Slackware, Ubuntu ) many times in places where there are no Internet > access. Maybe, we wont get the extra repositories. But the basic > system > will install and work. I have been installing various distros without internet - without even lan cards since 1994. This is the first time I have failed. Later in the installation process, one is allowed to choose to install from the locally mounted repo, but you *need* internet to reach this stage. > > In our eagerness to show the power of Linux we make the one big > blunder > which one should avoid at all cost. Take a backup first. And, if it is > just to show how Linux works, start with a live CD. > This is a lesson for all of us. there was nothing to back up - this machine just had factory installed doze. No other files. > > Better luck next time Mr. Gonsalves. calling some one 'Mr.' on a LUG list is usually taken as an insult - I hope you did not mean it -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
