Can I do a fully offline installation of F41 minimal?

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I have installed Fedora a number of times over the last couple of years.
Always it demands an internet connection to complete, even if it is a Live USB that can boot to a desktop or console.
There is a ‘source’ selection, I set the USB, but then it still won’t let me proceed and I must enable a network download. Am I missing something? (Related to Fedora installs I mean :slight_smile: )

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You can perform a minimal offline install using the Fedora Server DVD image.
AFAIK, this is the only official image that provides a limited local RPM repo.
Note, that some packages including the kernel can be older than the ones fetched with netinstall, so be ready to upgrade.

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Wait what? I have never required an internet connection for any Fedora install, other than the Everything iso. Or do I not understand the question?

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You probably missed the part about the kick-start file, which would only work with the Network Install iso file or the two Server iso files. With the Live iso files, the kick-start doesn’t work, or to be more exact, the kick-start file was applied on the build server when build the iso image.

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That’s odd … I have installed Fedora over the years with no network connection at all. Are you certain you did not download the “Network Install iso”?

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Yes I did use the Network Install, however it does have a ‘use this install media’ setting which does not work. So it tricked me :slight_smile:

I am not sure if in Workstation or KDE Spin one can have any choice of what is installed.

I always use the network installer and it is so great because one can choose what to bring in.
However I always go for ‘minimal’ and then bring what I want in on the command line.

Now I know that I can use the Server DVD to do a fully offline minimal install (tested), so for my purposes the problem is solved. Server does not have the options to install Sway, XFCE, Budgie etc that the Network Installer does.

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There are numerous schemes to accomplish offline installs.

A pattern I’ve used is to offline kickstart something minimal from the server dvd, harden it, then add to it after putting it online. For fully air-gapped I’ve sneakernet’d data from an online mirror to the air-gapped mirror. Maybe a site-local mirror would be helpful for you.

The packages on the workstation live dvd can be obtained and used for offline installation.

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