I tried to install the latest netinstall version (20210622) of rawhide yesterday using optical media. Everything seems to work fine, except... without a net connection it does not fall back to using the minimal install on the CD.
My router is set up to disable my ISP's DNS so that I can set the DNS servers to what I want them to be. So installing the netinstall fails if the router is on because it keeps timing out waiting for DNS. I could revert that for the setup, and then set it again, but I vaguely recalled that I could just use the minimal setup on the CD itself. So, I turned off the router, and did the install. I had to switch the default source to be the media instead of the net. And it said it verified the media as good to go. When I returned to the hub, the repos and software setup claimed they were working, but after many minutes, nothing seemed to be happening. When I followed the spoke to set the root password, and returned to the hub, they were both indicating error conditions.
So, finally, my question. Is this expected behavior, or a bug? I see in the repos setup that there is the option to use an ISO for the repo. If I download the everything server install, will I be able to use it as the install source? Once I have a minimal install, I can set it up to use the router as currently configured, and complete the new version.
I always have the fallback of changing the configuration of the router if this doesn't work. But exploring is learning, and kind of fun when there is no urgency.
Thanks for any answers.