install-guide/devel/en_US beginninginstallation.xml, 1.5, 1.6 locale.xml, 1.2, 1.3 other-instmethods.xml, 1.5, 1.6
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun May 6 20:32:37 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
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Index: beginninginstallation.xml
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changes to your computer until package installation begins.
</para>
</note>
-
- <para>The following table summarizes the different boot methods and
- recommended installation methods to use with each:</para>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Boot Method</segtitle>
- <segtitle>Installation Method</segtitle>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>DVD</seg>
- <seg>DVD, network, or hard disk</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Minimal boot CD or USB</seg>
- <seg>Network or hard disk</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>Live CD or USB</seg>
- <seg><application>Install to Hard Disk</application>
- application</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- <section id="sn-booting-from-disc">
- <title>Booting from CD, DVD, or USB Media</title>
-
- <para>
- To boot your computer:
- </para>
-
- <procedure>
- <step>
- <para>Switch on the computer.</para>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>Insert the first disc into the CD or DVD drive, or attach
- the USB media.</para>
- </step>
- <step>
- <para>A boot screen appears.</para>
- </step>
- </procedure>
-
- <note>
- <title>BIOS Boot Order</title>
- <para>
- The BIOS contains settings that control the order of boot
- devices. If your PC boots from a device other than the &FC;
- boot media, check the BIOS boot configuration.
- </para>
- </note>
-
-<!--
- <figure id="fig-boot">
- <title>Boot Screen</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/bootprompt.eps" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/bootprompt.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject id="tx-boot">
- <phrase>
- &FC; boot screen.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
--->
-
- <para>
- If you boot from the first installation disc of the &FC;
- distribution, you may choose a different source for installation.
- The default source is the CDs themselves. To change this
- behavior, enter <userinput>linux askmethod</userinput> at the
- <computeroutput>boot:</computeroutput> prompt. If you boot from
- other media, the installation program <emphasis>always</emphasis>
- asks you to choose the installation source.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- If you hit <keycap>Enter</keycap>, the installation runs in
- default mode. In the default mode, the installation uses a
- graphical interface if possible. If the installation program runs
- from the &FC; installation CD or DVD media, in default mode it
- uses these media as the installation source. To change the
- installation mode, at the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt, type
- <userinput>linux</userinput> followed by one or more of the
- following options:
- </para>
+ <section id="sn-boot-menu">
+ <title>The Boot Menu</title>
+ <para>The boot media displays a graphical boot menu with several
+ options. If no key is hit within 60 seconds, the default boot
+ option runs. To choose the default, either wait for the timer to
+ run out or hit <keycap>Enter</keycap> on the keyboard. To select
+ a different option than the default, use the arrow keys on your
+ keyboard, and hit <keycap>Enter</keycap> when the correct option
+ is highlighted. If you want to customize the boot options for a
+ particular option, hit the <keycap>Tab</keycap> key.</para>
+ <para>If you boot the Live CD, the options include:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- To install from a hard drive or network server, add the
- directive <userinput>askmethod</userinput>.
- </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Run from image</title>
+ <para>This option is the default. If you select this option,
+ only the kernel and startup programs load into memory. This
+ option takes less time to load. As you use programs, they
+ are loaded from the disc, which takes more time. This mode
+ can be used on machines with less total memory.</para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- To use a text interface, add the directive
- <userinput>text</userinput>.
- </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Run from RAM</title>
+ <para>If you select this option, the Live CD environment loads
+ entirely into memory. This option takes longer to load,
+ since the entire CD is loaded at one time. As you use
+ programs later, they are loaded directly from memory, which
+ results in a more responsive environment. This mode can
+ only be used on machines with at least 1 GB of RAM.</para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- To retry installation because the installation aborted at an
- early stage, add the directive
- <userinput>acpi=off</userinput>. ACPI is responsible for many
- kinds of installation errors. If you turn ACPI off, you may
- be able to overcome some of these errors.
- </para>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Verify and run from image</title>
+ <para>This option lets you verify the disc before you run the
+ Live CD environment. Refer to <xref
+ linkend="sn-verifying-media"/> for more information on the
+ verification process.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>If you boot the DVD, the boot menu options include:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Install or upgrade an existing system</title>
+ <para>This option is the default. Choose this option to
+ install &DISTRO; onto your computer system using the
+ graphical installation program.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode)</title>
+ <para>Choose this option to install &DISTRO; onto your
+ computer system using the text-based installation program.
+ If your computer system has problems using the graphical
+ installation program, you can install the system with this
+ option. Installing with this option does
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> prevent you from using a graphical
+ interface on the system once it is installed.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Rescue installed system</title>
+ <para>Choose this option to repair a problem with your
+ installed &DISTRO; system that prevents you from booting
+ normally. Although &DISTRO; is an exceptionally stable
+ computing platform, it is still possible for occasional
+ problems to occur that prevent booting. The rescue
+ environment contains utility programs that allow you fix a
+ wide variety of these problems.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Boot from local drive</title>
+ <para>After you boot from the &DISTRO; media, if you decide
+ you need to boot your system from its existing hard disk,
+ choose this option.</para>
+ </formalpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
- <para>
- Refer to the Release Notes for additional options that may help if
- you encounter problems with the installation program. A current
- copy of the Release Notes is always available at &FDPDOCS-URL;.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- When you issue a command at the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt, the
- first stage of the installation program starts.
- </para>
-
- </section>
- <section id="sn-media-testing">
- <title>Testing CD and DVD Media</title>
-
- <figure id="fig-media-test">
- <title>Media Test Screen</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/mediacheck.eps" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/mediacheck.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>
- Media test screen.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
-
- <para>
- Select <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to test the disc, or select
- <guibutton>Skip</guibutton> to proceed with the installation
- without testing the disc.
- </para>
-
- <caution>
- <title>Testing Discs</title>
- <para>
- Test any discs which you have not previously tested. A disc
- error during the installation process may force you to restart
- the entire procedure.
- </para>
- </caution>
-
- <para>
- After you test the first disc, another screen appears and shows
- the result:
- </para>
-
- <figure id="fig-mediacheck-result">
- <title>Media Check Result</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/mediacheckresult.eps" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/mediacheckresult.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>
- Media check result.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
-
- <para>
- Select <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The following screen appears:
- </para>
-
- <figure id="fig-mediacheck-next">
- <title>Next Disc Screen</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/mediachecknext.eps" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="./figs/mediachecknext.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>
- Next disc or continue.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
-
- <para>
- Select <guibutton>Test</guibutton> to test the next disc in the
- set, or <guibutton>Continue</guibutton> to proceed with the
- installation.
- </para>
-
-<!--
-
- <note>
- <title>The <guilabel>Media Check</guilabel> may fail usable
- discs</title>
- <para>
- Discs that are valid and usable may still fail to pass the
- <guilabel>Media Check</guilabel>.
- </para>
- </note>
-
- Let's hash this out before we print this in the guide. The media
- check performs a MD5 checksum over the entire data area of a CD,
- save for a small reserved area at the top, which is not used for any
- installation data. It is possible for a disc to fail this sum and
- still install, because the error may occur in, for example, a RPM
- package that the user has not selected. However, the user may
- encounter this error later when he tries to install that package.
- Or he may pass the disc(s) on to another person, who may make
- different choices and thus induce the media error.
-
- It's best to have discs that pass this check; although the user
- *may* not have a problem, we don't want to encourage people to try
- installing from bad discs on that chance. - PWF.
-
--->
- <para>
- After you test your discs and select
- <guibutton>Continue</guibutton>, or if you choose to skip testing,
- the main graphical installation program loads.
- </para>
-
- <note>
- <title>BIOS Boot Order</title>
- <para>
- The BIOS contains settings that control the order of boot
- devices. If your PC boots from a device other than the &FC;
- boot media, check the BIOS boot configuration.
- </para>
- </note>
-
</section>
-
+ <section id="sn-verifying-media">
+ <title>Verifying Media</title>
+ <para>The distribution DVD media and the Live CD media offer an
+ option to verify the integrity of the media. Recording errors
+ sometimes occur while producing CD or DVD media in home computer
+ equipment. An error in the data for package chosen in the
+ installation program can cause the installation to abort. To
+ minimize the chances of data errors affecting the installation,
+ verify the media before installing.</para>
+ <section id="sn-verifying-livecd">
+ <title>Verifying the Live CD</title>
+ <para>If you boot from the Live CD, choose <guilabel>Verify and
+ run from image</guilabel> from the boot menu. The
+ verification process runs automatically during the boot process,
+ and if it succeeds, the Live CD continues loading. If the
+ verification fails, create a new Live CD using the ISO image you
+ downloaded earlier.</para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-verifying-dvd">
+ <title>Verifying the DVD</title>
+ <para>If you boot from the &DISTRO; distribution DVD, the option
+ to verify the media appears after you choose to install
+ &DISTRO;. If the verification succeeds, the installation
+ process proceeds normally. If the process fails, create a new
+ DVD using the ISO image you downloaded earlier.</para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
<section id="sn-booting-from-pxe">
<title>Booting from the Network using PXE</title>
@@ -329,12 +190,22 @@
If your PC does not boot from the netboot server, ensure that
the BIOS is configured to boot first from the correct network
interface. Some BIOS systems specify the network interface as a
- possible boot device, but do not support the PXE standard.
- Refer to your hardware documentation for more information.
+ possible boot device, but do not support the PXE standard. Refer
+ to your hardware documentation for more information.
</para>
</note>
</section>
+ <section id="sn-graphics-problem">
+ <title>Graphical Interface Problems</title>
+ <para>
+ If the installation system fails to identify the display hardware
+ on your computer, it displays text screens rather than the default
+ graphical interface. The text screens provide the same functions
+ as the standard screens. Later in the installation process you can
+ manually specify your display hardware.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</chapter>
Index: locale.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US/locale.xml,v
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<chapter id="ch-installer-locale">
<title>Identifying Your Locale</title>
- <para>
- If the installation system fails to identify the display hardware on
- your computer, it displays text screens rather than the default
- graphical interface. The text screens provide the same functions as
- the standard screens. Later in the installation process you can
- manually specify your display hardware.
- </para>
<section id="sn-installer-language">
<title>Language Selection</title>
Index: other-instmethods.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US/other-instmethods.xml,v
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from the ISO images stored on hard disk, or from a network using
NFS, FTP, or HTTP methods.
</para>
+ <para>The following table summarizes the different boot methods and
+ recommended installation methods to use with each:</para>
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Boot Method</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installation Method</segtitle>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>DVD</seg>
+ <seg>DVD, network, or hard disk</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Minimal boot CD or USB</seg>
+ <seg>Network or hard disk</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>Live CD or USB</seg>
+ <seg><application>Install to Hard Disk</application>
+ application</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
<para>
If you booted a &FC; DVD, or the first installation CD, without the
<option>askmethod</option> option, proceed to <xref
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