On 2013-08-06 23:36, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 08/06/2013 09:43 PM, Robin Laing wrote:
Downloaded the full DVD last night and started the install today. Same partition settings as the Live DVD but it worked. From a users point of view, I couldn't find any difference between the Live and full DVD for creating and installing.
If you were doing a clean install (except for /home) you should have had the option to customize the installation, allowing you to pick and choose which programs get installed. With the Live version, it simply transfers an image of what's on the disc giving you everything on it and nothing else. And, of course, with the full DVD, you can use it to upgrade an existing copy if that's what you want.
Moving from 15 to 19 is not simple so a clean install was the best option. We had the liveDVD, even transferring the version to the existing partitions would have been better than the nothing. Once a working F19 version was running, there is YUM to install the rest.
I don't see any reason why the live DVD cannot install itself on existing partitions. That is all I am saying.
Of course the full DVD wouldn't let us use the old / partition. We had to delete it and then let the installer re-create it.
Up and running with mainly minor configuration left.