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
===================================================================
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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