[ILUG] DHCP on home LAN?

[Paul Jakma]

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> That might not be possible if you were upgrading.

What happens if you have a bad CDROM?

Also, if you're upgrading you're likely using apt or yum, which 
download the RPMs *first* anyway. (least apt does, I presume yum does 
too).

> (I'm just downloading FC-3),
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> so in my case the answer to your question is that reading a CD 
> would be tens if not hundreds of times faster than getting the 
> distribution over the net.

And you got the CD from where again?

So if anything the CD install is *slower* for you, because you had to 
spend extra time to burn that CD, which you had downloaded.

Also, depending on your home network and your CDROM drive, the 
network may be several times faster than your CDROM, in which case, 
your CDROM install would have added even *more* time.

> Actually, I install or upgrade from the hard disk, for various 
> reasons, so this is even faster.

Tis.

For an upgrade, if you got your OS/upgrade from the net, you're 
essentially *already* doing a net-install - next time make it easier 
for yourself and use apt or yum and save the one reboot - plus you 
can still use your computer while upgrade is going on, and you dont 
have to sacrifice a goat to the god of CD-burning in hope of not 
getting a coaster..

> I don't understand your arithmetic. It is going to take me about 6 
> hours to download FC-3. It will take me less than 30 minutes to 
> install or upgrade on my not very fast laptop.

No, it took you 6hours 30minutes to upgrade your laptop. You are 
essentially *already* are doing a netinstall, just in a roundabout 
way.

"Ah net installs, who needs them? oh, yay, my wget of FC3 has 
finished, back later.."

;)

Please, think of the goats..

regards,
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