en_US/Installation_notes.xml
Karsten Wade
quaid at fedoraproject.org
Thu Nov 6 21:33:40 UTC 2008
en_US/Installation_notes.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit b3a432563a7da8284d69e336f1f6b85f9e578da8
Author: Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade at calliope.phig.org>
Date: Thu Nov 6 13:30:56 2008 -0800
Merged final bits from Wiki, one-way sync.
* Some local changes made to wording that are not on the wiki; this is an OK practice now not to sync both ways
diff --git a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
index baabc15..c1af986 100644
--- a/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Installation_notes.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
<section id="sn-Installation_media">
<title>Installation media</title>
<note>
- <title> If you intend to download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep
+ <title>Fedora DVD ISO image is a large file.</title>
+ <para>If you intend to download the Fedora DVD ISO image, keep
in mind that not all file downloading tools can accommodate
files larger than 2 GiB in size. </title>
<para> The programs <command>wget</command> 1.9.1-16 and above,
@@ -41,9 +42,9 @@
For Fedora Live media, press any key during the initial boot
countdown, to display a boot option menu. Select
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Verify and
- boot</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to perform the media test. The
- pure installation medium can be used to verify a Fedora Live
- medium. <application>Anaconda</application> asks during the
+ boot</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to perform the media test.
+ Installation media can be used to verify Fedora Live
+ media. <application>Anaconda</application> asks during the
mediacheck if you want to check any other disc than the one
<application>Anaconda</application> is running from. To test
additional media, select
@@ -107,9 +108,8 @@
<application>NetworkManager</application> by communicating
with it via D-Bus during installation. The move to
<application>NetworkManager</application> in
- <application>Anaconda</application> is still ongoing,
- but the bulk of existing
- functionality has been retained.
+ <application>Anaconda</application> is still ongoing, but the
+ bulk of existing functionality has been retained.
<application>NetworkManager</application> is enabled by
default on newly installed systems, so moving to
<application>NetworkManager</application> in
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
using the Fedora mirrorlist URL as the installation source.
The method selection screen no longer appears by default. If
you do not wish to use the mirrorlist URL, either add
- <literal>repo=<replaceable><your installation
- source></replaceable></literal> or add
+ <option>repo=<replaceable><your installation
+ source></replaceable></option> or add
<option>askmethod</option> to the installer boot parameters.
The <option>askmethod</option> option causes the selection
screen to appear as it did in previous releases. To add boot
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@
<section id="PXE_booting_from_a_.iso">
<title>PXE booting from a <filename>.iso</filename></title>
<para>When PXE booting and using a <filename>.iso</filename> file
- for the installation media via NFS you are now required to add
+ mounted via NFS for the installation media, add
<userinput>method=nfsiso:server:/path</userinput> to the command
- line.</para>
+ line. This is a new requirement.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-IDE_device_names">
<title>IDE device names</title>
@@ -250,16 +250,16 @@
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'e2label /dev/example f7-slash'</userinput>
</screen>
- <para>For a VFAT filesystem use <command>dosfslabel</command>
+ <para>For a VFAT file system use <command>dosfslabel</command>
from the <package>dosfstools</package> package, and for NTFS
- filesystem use <command>ntfslabel</command> from the
+ file system use <command>ntfslabel</command> from the
<package>ntfsprogs</package> package. Before rebooting the
machine, also update the file system mount entries, and the
GRUB kernel root entry.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Update_the_file_system_mount_entries">
<title>Update the file system mount entries</title>
- <para>If any filesystem labels were added or modified, then the
+ <para>If any file system labels were added or modified, then the
device entries in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> must be
adjusted to match: </para>
<screen>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
<title>Update the <filename>grub.conf</filename> kernel root
entry</title>
<para>If the label for the <filename>/</filename> (root)
- filesystem was modified, the kernel boot parameter in the grub
+ file system was modified, the kernel boot parameter in the grub
configuration file must also be modified: </para>
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf'</userinput>
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