On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:42:39AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does Ubuntu have a very small netboot ISO that you can use to install > > directly off the net? Seems very silly and wasteful to download an > > entire DVD except for machines that are completely off-line. > > > > With pxe it's even easier. I have only downloaded about 20 MB worth of > > kernel and ramdisk to install Fedora for the last several years. Net > > installs are often faster than DVD too.. > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
I'm always surprised that netinstall images aren't publicized more. For anyone with a reasonably fast connection, netinstalling is much faster than downloading a DVD, burning, and installing from DVD. This is even more true a few weeks after release, once 90% of the packages need to get upgraded right after installation anyway. :) -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
