install-guide/devel/en_US new-users.xml,1.4,1.5
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Wed May 2 02:57:45 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv2575/en_US
Modified Files:
new-users.xml
Log Message:
Add some bits on the Live and minimal USB media
Index: new-users.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US/new-users.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- new-users.xml 1 May 2007 02:17:29 -0000 1.4
+++ new-users.xml 2 May 2007 02:57:42 -0000 1.5
@@ -30,22 +30,29 @@
of CD and DVD media available, including:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>A Live CD that you can use to try &DISTRO;, and install it
- to your system if you like it</para>
+ <para>A Live CD or USB flash disk that you can use to try
+ &DISTRO;, and install it to your system if you like it</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A full set of the installable software on CD or DVD
media</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>Minimal boot CD and USB flash disk images that allows you
+ to install over an Internet connection</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>Source code on CD or DVD media</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Most users want either the Live CD or the full set of
- installable software on CD or DVD. Source code is always
- available, but is intended for use by experienced users.</para>
+ installable software on CD or DVD. The minimal boot CD image is
+ suitable for users who have a fast Internet connection and only
+ want to install &DISTRO; on one computer. Source code discs are
+ not used for installing &DISTRO;, but are useful to experienced
+ users and software developers.</para>
<tip>
- <title>Downloading CDs and DVDs</title>
+ <title>Downloading media</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>CD/DVD media</primary>
<secondary>downloading</secondary>
@@ -55,13 +62,18 @@
<primary>ISO images</primary>
<secondary>downloading</secondary>
</indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>USB flash media</primary>
+ <secondary>downloading</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
<para>Users with a broadband Internet connection can download
- <firstterm>ISO images</firstterm> of CD and DVD media. An ISO
- image is a full copy of an entire disc in a format that can be
- written directly to a CD or DVD.</para>
+ <firstterm>ISO images</firstterm> of CD and DVD media or images
+ of USB flash disks. An ISO image is a copy of an entire disc in
+ a format suitable for writing directly to a CD or DVD. A USB
+ flash disk image is a copy of an entire disk in a format
+ suitable for writing directly to a USB flash disk.</para>
<para>For more information on burning CDs and DVDs, refer to
- <ulink
- url="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/"/>.</para>
+ <xref linkend="sn-making-media"/>.</para>
</tip>
<para>&DISTRO; software is available for download at no cost in a
variety of ways. </para>
@@ -117,6 +129,11 @@
participates in a nearby group. To download and use the &DISTRO;
BitTorrent files, visit <ulink
url="http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/"/>.</para>
+ <tip>
+ <title>Minimal Boot Images</title>
+ <para>Minimal boot CD and USB flash disk images are not
+ available through BitTorrent.</para>
+ </tip>
</section>
</section>
<section id="sn-which-arch">
@@ -127,7 +144,7 @@
<para>Releases are separated by <firstterm>architecture</firstterm>,
or type of computer processor. Use the following table to
determine the architecture of your computer according to the type
- of processor. Consult your manufacturer’s documentation for
+ of processor. Consult your manufacturer's documentation for
details on the processor if necessary.</para>
<indexterm>
<primary>architecture</primary>
@@ -170,95 +187,145 @@
files for each &DISTRO; distribution. For example, the file for
the DVD distribution of &DISTRO; &DISTROVER; for x86_64 is named
&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-x86_64-DVD.iso. Refer to <xref
- linkend="sn-which-arch"/> if you are unsure of your computer's
+ linkend="sn-which-arch"/> if you are unsure of your computer's
architecture.</para>
- <note>
- <title>No Live Images for <systemitem>ppc</systemitem></title>
- <para>&DISTRO; does not offer Live CD images available for the
- <systemitem>ppc</systemitem> architecture due to resource
- constraints.</para>
- </note>
- <section id="sn-which-files-livecd">
- <title>Option 1: Live CD</title>
- <para>If you want to try &DISTRO; before you install it on your
- computer, download the “Live CD†version. If your computer
- supports booting from CD, you can boot the operating system
- without making any changes to your hard disk. The Live CD also
- provides an "Install to Hard Disk" menu option. If you decide
- you like what you see, and want to install it, simply activate
- the selection to copy &DISTRO; to your hard disk. You can then
- customize the software as needed after you reboot from your
- system’s hard disk.</para>
- <para>The Live CD is a single file in the ISO image format. An ISO
- image is a file that represents an entire disc from beginning to
- end. Use your favorite CD or DVD creation program to create the
- disc directly from the image. This option is often labeled "Burn
- ISO to disc" or "Create disc from image."</para>
- <para>You can download the Live CD directly from a mirror, or
- using BitTorrent.</para>
- </section>
- <section id="sn-which-files-distro">
- <title>Option 2: Full Distribution on CD or DVD</title>
- <para>If you have plenty of time and a fast Internet connection,
- and want to be able to install a broader choice of software,
- download the full CD or DVD version. Both types of media are
- bootable, and include an installation program as well as a mode
- to perform rescue operations on your &DISTRO; system in an
- emergency. The CD version of the full distribution is only
- available via BitTorrent. You can download the DVD version
- directly from a mirror, or via BitTorrent.</para>
- </section>
- <section id="sn-which-files-boot">
- <title>Option 3: Minimal Boot Media</title>
- <para>If you have a fast Internet connection but do not want to
- download the entire distribution, you can download a small boot
- image. &DISTRO; offers images for a minimal boot environment on
- CD or USB flash disk. Once you boot your system with the minimal
- media, you can install &DISTRO; directly over the Internet.
- Although this method still involves downloading a significant
- amount of data over the Internet, it is almost always much less
- than the size of the full distribution media. Once you have
- finished installation, you can add or remove software to your
- system as desired.</para>
- <tip>
- <title>Download Size</title>
- <para>Installing the default software for &DISTRO; over the
- Internet requires more time than the Live CD, but less time
- than the entire DVD distribution. Actual results depend on
- the actual software you select and network traffic
- conditions.</para>
- </tip>
- <para>The following table explains where to find the desired files
- on a mirror site.</para>
- <segmentedlist>
- <title>Locating Files</title>
- <segtitle>Media Type</segtitle>
- <segtitle>File Locations</segtitle>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Live CD</seg>
- <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Live/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-Live.iso</filename>,
- <filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Live/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-KDE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-Live.iso</filename></seg>
- </seglistitem>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Full distribution on CD or DVD</seg>
- <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Live/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-DVD.iso</filename>
- (or use BitTorrent for CD version)</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Minimal CD boot media</seg>
- <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Fedora/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os/images/boot.iso</filename></seg>
- </seglistitem>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Minimal USB boot media</seg>
- <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Fedora/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os/images/bootdisk.img</filename></seg>
- </seglistitem>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Minimal PXE boot media</seg>
- <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Fedora/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os/images/pxelinux/vmlinuz</filename>,
- <filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Fedora/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os/images/pxelinux/initrd.img</filename></seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
- </section>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Full Distribution on DVD</title>
+ <para>If you have plenty of time and a fast Internet
+ connection, and want to be able to install a broader choice
+ of software, download the full DVD version. Both types of
+ media are bootable, and include an installation program as
+ well as a mode to perform rescue operations on your &DISTRO;
+ system in an emergency. You can download the DVD version
+ directly from a mirror, or via BitTorrent.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Live CD</title>
+ <para>If you want to try &DISTRO; before you install it on
+ your computer, download the Live CD version. If your
+ computer supports booting from CD, you can boot the
+ operating system without making any changes to your hard
+ disk. The Live CD also provides an "Install to Hard Disk"
+ menu option. If you decide you like what you see, and want
+ to install it, simply activate the selection to copy
+ &DISTRO; to your hard disk. You can download the Live CD
+ directly from a mirror, or using BitTorrent.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <note>
+ <title>No Live Images for <systemitem>ppc</systemitem></title>
+ <para>&DISTRO; does not offer Live CD images available for the
+ <systemitem>ppc</systemitem> architecture due to resource
+ constraints.</para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Minimal Boot Media</title>
+ <para>If you have a fast Internet connection but do not want
+ to download the entire distribution, you can download a
+ small boot image. &DISTRO; offers images for a minimal boot
+ environment on CD or USB flash disk. Once you boot your
+ system with the minimal media, you can install &DISTRO;
+ directly over the Internet. Although this method still
+ involves downloading a significant amount of data over the
+ Internet, it is almost always much less than the size of the
+ full distribution media. Once you have finished
+ installation, you can add or remove software to your system
+ as desired.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <tip>
+ <title>Download Size</title>
+ <para>Installing the default software for &DISTRO; over the
+ Internet requires more time than the Live CD, but less time
+ than the entire DVD distribution. Actual results depend on
+ the actual software you select and network traffic
+ conditions.</para>
+ </tip>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para>The following table explains where to find the desired files
+ on a mirror site.</para>
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <title>Locating Files</title>
+ <segtitle>Media Type</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>File Locations</segtitle>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Live CD</seg>
+ <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Live/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-Live.iso</filename>,
+ <filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Live/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-KDE-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-Live.iso</filename></seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Full distribution on DVD</seg>
+ <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Live/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/&FCX;-&DISTROVER;-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-DVD.iso</filename></seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Minimal CD boot media</seg>
+ <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Fedora/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os/images/boot.iso</filename></seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Minimal USB boot media</seg>
+ <seg><filename>&FEDLC;/linux/core/&DISTROVER;/Fedora/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os/images/diskboot.img</filename></seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-making-media">
+ <title>How Do I Make &DISTRO; Media?</title>
+ <para>To make media, choose one of the following options:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Making CD and DVD Media</title>
+ <para>To learn how to turn ISO images into CD or DVD media,
+ refer to <ulink
+ url="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/"/>.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Making Live USB Flash Media</title>
+ <para>The &DISTRO; Live USB image does not require a blank USB
+ flash drive. If you have sufficient space on an existing
+ USB flash drive, <remark role="FIXME">ADD PROCEDURE FOR LIVE
+ USB IMAGE HERE.</remark></para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Making Minimal USB Boot Media</title>
+ <para>The minimal USB disk image,
+ <filename>diskboot.img</filename>, requires a blank USB
+ flash drive. <emphasis>Writing the minimal USB boot image
+ to a USB flash drive will destroy all the data on the
+ drive.</emphasis></para>
+ </formalpara>
+ <para>On a Linux system, as <systemitem
+ class="username">root</systemitem>, use the following
+ command to write the image to the drive:</para>
+ <screen><command>dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sd<replaceable>X</replaceable></command></screen>
+ <warning>
+ <title>Write to the Correct Device</title>
+ <para>Make sure you are writing to the proper disk. Consult
+ the <filename>/var/log/messages</filename> log or use the
+ <command>dmesg</command> command. If your system supports
+ dynamic device creation, run the command <command>ls -l
+ /dev/disk/by-id/</command> to locate the device.</para>
+ </warning>
+ <para>A comparable <command>dd</command> program for Windows
+ systems is available at <ulink
+ url="http://users.erols.com/gmgarner/forensics/"/>. The
+ website gives examples of how to use this Windows program to
+ copy an image to a physical disk device.</para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Caveat Emptor</title>
+ <para>This website is not part of the &FP;, and the &FP; is
+ not responsible for its content.</para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id="sn-cannot-download">
<title>What If I Can't Download &DISTRO;?</title>
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