On 03/06/16 14:48, Richard wrote: <<>> > You may want to look at the yum "shell" option (man yum-shell). > -- interesting. would you presume that something like this might run? yum-shell install < pkg-list.file > The dvd iso and netinstall approaches are very different. The dvd has > everything while netinstall assumes you pull the packages from > somewhere. If I'm doing more than one machine I always pull all the > packages to a local machine and use that for my netinstll source. > -- aware if use/purpose of netinstall. as stated, used netinstall on laptop with 6.5 without problems. may have been because it only has 1 cd/dvd drive and 3 usb ports. where as desktop has 1 sata cd/dvd and 7 usb ports with 1 cd/dvd at port 7. thanks for replying. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .