Re: F12 alpha needs network during install?

[Mark McLoughlin <markmc redhat com>]

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 07:44 -0400, 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 -- the network was being used
> despite there being no reason for it.  maybe it's related, maybe not.

Unlikely it's related, but for reference that bug was:

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/496298

Cheers,
Mark.