install-guide/devel/en_US packageselection.xml,1.12,1.13
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Tue Oct 16 06:54:21 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv6534/en_US
Modified Files:
packageselection.xml
Log Message:
- Live CD does not offer package selection (#330381)
- Offer information about locating a repository when adding one (#323191)
Index: packageselection.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/devel/en_US/packageselection.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- packageselection.xml 16 Oct 2007 06:45:39 -0000 1.12
+++ packageselection.xml 16 Oct 2007 06:54:19 -0000 1.13
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
<chapter id="ch-packageselection">
<title>Software Selection</title>
+ <important>
+ <title>Installing from a Live Image</title>
+ <para>If you install from a &DISTRO; Live image, you cannot make
+ package selections. This installation method transfers a copy of
+ the Live image rather than installing packages from a repository.
+ To change the package selection, complete the installation, then
+ use the <application>Add/Remove Software</application> application
+ to make desired changes.</para>
+ </important>
<para>
By default, the &FED; installation process loads a selection of
software that is suitable for a desktop system. To include or remove
@@ -113,6 +122,15 @@
<para>To find a &DISTRO; software mirror near you, refer to <ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mirrors"/>.</para>
</tip>
+ <para>Once you have located a mirror, to determine the URL to use,
+ find the directory on the mirror that
+ <emphasis>contains</emphasis> a directory named <filename
+ class="directory">repodata</filename>. For instance, the
+ "Everything" repository for &DISTRO; is typically located in a
+ directory tree
+ <filename>releases/&FCVER;/Everything/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/os</filename>,
+ where <replaceable>arch</replaceable> is a system architecture
+ name.</para>
<para>
Once you provide information for an additional repository, the
installer reads the package metadata over the network. Software
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