release-notes/devel/en_US Live.xml,1.10,1.11
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Mar 17 13:03:12 UTC 2008
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
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Live.xml
Log Message:
Import changes for F9 from wiki
Index: Live.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Live.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- Live.xml 8 Oct 2007 22:55:04 -0000 1.10
+++ Live.xml 17 Mar 2008 13:03:10 -0000 1.11
@@ -22,52 +22,10 @@
<section id="sn-Available-Images">
<title>Available Images</title>
- <para>
- There are four Live images available for Fedora 8.
- </para>
- <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
- <listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Fedora Live (i686, x86_64, ppc)</title>
- <para>This image includes the GNOME desktop environment,
- integrates all supported Fedora locales, and features a
- basic set of productivity applications. Only the i686
- version fits on a CD. The x86_64 version has the same
- feature set and includes multilib packages.</para>
- </formalpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title>Fedora KDE Live (i686, x86_64)</title>
- <para>This image includes the KDE desktop environment, with
- full support for English language only. Only the i686
- version fits on a CD. The x86_64 version has the same
- feature set and includes multilib packages.</para>
- </formalpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title><ulink
- url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue102#head-53444e1645ab6dc131718253c5300e6b55e60d92">Fedora
- Developer Live</ulink> (i686)</title>
- <para>This Live image is designed for software developers, and
- features the GNOME desktop environment. The toolkit includes
- the Eclipse integrated development environment, API
- documentation, and a variety of debugging and profiling
- utilities.</para>
- </formalpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <formalpara>
- <title><ulink
- url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraElectronicLab">Fedora
- Electronic Lab (FEL) Live</ulink> (i686)</title>
- <para>This Live image is designed for engineers working on
- electronics, and includes a toolkit for electronic component
- design and simulation. The image fits on a CD.</para>
- </formalpara>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
+ <para>For a complete list of current spins available, and
+ instructions for using them, refer to:</para>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins"/></para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Usage-Information">
@@ -96,58 +54,88 @@
the <command>liveinst</command> command in the console.</para>
</section>
- <section id="sn-USB-Booting">
- <title>USB Booting</title>
- <para>
- Another way to use these Live images is to put them on a USB
- stick. To do this, install the <package>livecd-tools</package> package
- from the development repository. Then, run the
- <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> script:
- </para>
- <screen><![CDATA[/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1]]></screen>
- <para>
- Replace <replaceable>/dev/sdb1</replaceable> with the partition where
- you want to put the image.
- </para>
- <para>
- This is <emphasis>not</emphasis> a destructive process; any data
- you currently have on your USB stick <emphasis>is
- preserved</emphasis>.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="sn-Differences-From-a-Regular-Fedora-Install">
- <title>Differences From a Regular Fedora Install</title>
- <para>
- The following items are different from a normal Fedora install
- with the live images.
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Live images provide a subset of packages available in the
- regular DVD image. Both connect to the same repository that
- has all the packages.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>SSH is disabled by default and NetworkManager is enabled
- by default in the Live images. SSH is disabled because the
- default username in the Live images does not have any
- password. Installation to hard disk prompts for creating a new
- user name and password however. NetworkManager is enabled by
- default since Live images target desktop users.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Live image installations do not allow any package
- selection or upgrade capability since they copy entire the
- filesystem from media to hard disk or USB disks. After the
- installation is complete and rebooted, packages can be
- added and removed as desired with <command>yum</command> or
- the other software management tools.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Live images do not work on <systemitem>i586</systemitem>
- architecture.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
+ <section id="sn-direct-installation">
+ <title>Direct Installation</title>
+ <para>You can add <option>liveinst</option> or
+ <option>textinst</option> as a boot loader option to perform a
+ direct installation without booting up the live CD/DVD.</para>
+ <section id="sn-USB-Booting">
+ <title>USB Booting</title>
+ <para>
+ Another way to use these Live images is to put them on a USB
+ stick. To do this, install the <package>livecd-tools</package>
+ package from the development repository. Then, run the
+ <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> script:
+ </para>
+ <screen><![CDATA[/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso
+ /dev/sdb1]]></screen>
+ <para>
+ Replace <replaceable>/dev/sdb1</replaceable> with the partition
+ where you want to put the image.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This is <emphasis>not</emphasis> a destructive process; any data
+ you currently have on your USB stick <emphasis>is
+ preserved</emphasis>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-live-usb-persistence">
+ <title>Live USB Persistence</title>
+ <para>Work has continued to better integrate the Live images with
+ the rest of the system, and improve the tools used for building
+ them. The <command>livecd-creator</command> utility now also
+ provides an API for building alternative front-ends as well as
+ tools for other types of images.</para>
+ <para>The initial work to support persistent changes with a Live
+ image has also landed. The primary use case is booting from a
+ Live image on a USB flash drive and storing changes to that same
+ device. To do this, download the Live image and then run the
+ following command:</para>
+ <screen><![CDATA[livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1]]></screen>
+ <para>Replace <replaceable>/dev/sdb1</replaceable> with the
+ partition where you want to put the image.</para>
+ <para>Replace <replaceable>512</replaceable> with the desired size
+ in megabytes of the persistent data, or overlay. The
+ <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> shell script is stored in
+ the <filename class="directory">LiveOS</filename> directory at
+ the top level of the CD image. The USB media must have
+ sufficient free space for the Live image, plus the overlay, plus
+ any other data to be stored on the media.</para>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-Differences-From-a-Regular-Fedora-Install">
+ <title>Differences From a Regular Fedora Install</title>
+ <para>
+ The following items are different from a normal Fedora install
+ with the live images.
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Live images provide a subset of packages available in
+ the regular DVD image. Both connect to the same repository
+ that has all the packages.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>SSH is disabled by default and NetworkManager is enabled
+ by default in the Live images. SSH is disabled because the
+ default username in the Live images does not have any
+ password. Installation to hard disk prompts for creating a
+ new user name and password however. NetworkManager is
+ enabled by default since Live images target desktop
+ users.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Live image installations do not allow any package
+ selection or upgrade capability since they copy entire the
+ filesystem from media to hard disk or USB disks. After the
+ installation is complete and rebooted, packages can be added
+ and removed as desired with <command>yum</command> or the
+ other software management tools.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Live images do not work on <systemitem>i586</systemitem>
+ architecture.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+</section>
</section>
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