2 commits - en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml en_US/Package_notes.xml
Paul W. Frields
pfrields at fedoraproject.org
Thu Nov 6 22:39:13 UTC 2008
en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
en_US/Package_notes.xml | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 1aa6d92b17200d0045b27368c4b68b64534d0a0c
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:36:29 2008 -0500
Finish porting in changes previously made on wiki.
diff --git a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 3bffd39..fa56f4f 100644
--- a/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en_US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -19,20 +19,31 @@
</section>
<section id="sn-Usage_information">
<title>Usage Information</title>
- <para>To boot from the Fedora Live image, insert it into your
+ <para>To boot from the Fedora Live image, insert the media into your
computer and restart. To log in and use the desktop environment,
enter the username <systemitem
class="username">fedora</systemitem>. There is no password on
this account. The GNOME-based Fedora Live images automatically
login after one minute, so users have time to select a preferred
language. After logging in, if you wish to install the contents of
- the live image to your hard drive, click on the <guiicon>Install
+ the Live image to your hard drive, click on the <guiicon>Install
to Hard Drive</guiicon> icon on the desktop.</para>
</section>
+ <section id="sn-Checking_live_media">
+ <title>Checking Your Media</title>
+ <para>
+ To check Fedora Live media, press any key during the initial
+ boot countdown to display a boot option menu. Select
+ <guilabel>Verify</guilabel> and boot to perform the media test.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Perform this test for any new Live medium.
+ </para>
+ </section>
<section id="sn-Text_mode_installation">
<title>Text Mode Installation</title>
- <para>You can do a text mode installation of the Fedora Live images
- using the <command>liveinst</command> command in the
+ <para>To perform a text mode installation of the Fedora Live image,
+ use the <command>liveinst</command> command in the
console.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-USB_booting">
@@ -40,8 +51,8 @@
<para>Another way to use these Fedora Live images is to put them on
a USB stick. To do this, use the
<package>liveusb-creator</package> graphical interface. Use
- <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem>, search for, then
- install <package>liveusb-creator</package>. To install using
+ <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem> to search for and
+ install <package>liveusb-creator</package>, or to install using
<command>yum</command>:</para>
<screen>
<userinput>su -c 'yum install liveusb-creator'</userinput>
@@ -49,14 +60,16 @@
<para>Instead of the graphical tool, you can use the command line
interface from the <package>livecd-tools</package> package. Then,
run the <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command> script:</para>
- <screen>
- <userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
- </screen>
+ <screen><userinput>/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput></screen>
<para>Replace <filename>/dev/sdb1</filename> 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>
+ <para>
+ A Windows version of this tools is also available that allows
+ users to try out or migrate to Fedora.
+ </para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Persistent_home_directory">
<title>Persistent Home Directory</title>
@@ -65,7 +78,7 @@
10. This includes support for encrypting
<filename>/home</filename> to protect your system if
your USB stick is lost or stolen. To use this feature, download the
- live image and run the following command:</para>
+ Live image and run the following command:</para>
<screen>
<userinput>livecd-iso-to-disk --home-size-mb 512 /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1</userinput>
</screen>
@@ -83,7 +96,7 @@
can specify <option>--unencrypted-home</option>.</para>
<para>Note that later runs of <command>livecd-iso-to-disk</command>
preserve the <filename>/home</filename> that is created on the USB
- stick, continuing to use it even if you change your live
+ stick, continuing to use it even if you change your Live
image.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-Live_USB_persistence">
@@ -142,7 +155,7 @@
file system from the Live media to the hard disk. After
the installation is complete, and your system has been
rebooted, you can add and remove packages as desired with the
- <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Packages</guimenuitem> tool,
+ <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Software</guimenuitem> tool,
<command>yum</command>, or the other software management
tools.</para>
</listitem><listitem>
commit b8b17a218aeb422e5da38ac13a310262682f5a10
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 17:26:39 2008 -0500
Use proper character entity
diff --git a/en_US/Package_notes.xml b/en_US/Package_notes.xml
index be46864..87f2e5c 100644
--- a/en_US/Package_notes.xml
+++ b/en_US/Package_notes.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
<para>The following legal information concerns some software in
Fedora.</para>
<para>
- Portions Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Charlie Poole or Copyright (c)
+ Portions Copyright © 2002-2007 Charlie Poole or Copyright ©
2002-2004 James W. Newkirk, Michael C. Two, Alexei A. Vorontsov or
- Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Philip A. Craig
+ Copyright © 2000-2002 Philip A. Craig
</para>
</section>
</section>
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