On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Joachim Backes wrote:
On 08/28/2009 01:44 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 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
I was not *virtually* installing, but on a real HD partition.
i realize this, but since it could be an installer issue, that same
issue might show up in both a real and virtual install.
rday
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