[Dclug] F14 install experience notes

[Brian Madonna]

Nice download speed I"m getting from George town.  You just made it public
man LOL.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:14 AM, jerry w <jerrywone at gmail.com> wrote:

> Download took a few hours
> Fedora.RedHat.com timing out...
> eventually found it on fedoraproject.org
> started a little early thinking/hoping that it might be available early...
>
> difficulty finding space to download the live cd & install dvd
>
> could not verify download with gpg instructions on fedoraproject page
> (under ubuntu)
> cdrecord to burn CDR and DVD
>
>
> tried the live CD first to make sure that it ran before bothering to
> install
> installed some software while running live cd to see some of it's
> capabilities
> very slow from CDR
> worried about wearing out the drive
>
> upgrade install failed on disk space
>
> repartitioning not helping some small chunks of free space
> use free doesn't work
> errored on about all the partitioning
> eventually used a partition saved for something else
>
> clean install
>
> sharing swap space (low disk space with FC13 which seems to randomly
> suspend because of power cord and battery issues)
>
>  grub install on partition instead of /sda
>
> can't run the new install after hours of download, burn and install
>
> worst of two worlds, either losing access to the older partitions
> why not just do a diff and give me both?
>
> rescue disk
> tried to get it back
>
> took some photos of screens
> in case others are interested in helping
>
> --
> Jerry W
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