[install-guide] Added liveimg kickstart command

Jack Reed jjr at fedoraproject.org
Thu May 30 04:53:15 UTC 2013


commit d779d6e71dc04df9b712fa66f601901f8ffe0c91
Author: Jack Reed <jreed at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu May 30 14:53:07 2013 +1000

    Added liveimg kickstart command

 en-US/Kickstart2.xml |   45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Kickstart2.xml b/en-US/Kickstart2.xml
index d510790..832f4fd 100644
--- a/en-US/Kickstart2.xml
+++ b/en-US/Kickstart2.xml
@@ -1019,8 +1019,51 @@ driverdisk --source=nfs:host:/path/to/img</screen>
 	</para>
 <screen>harddrive --partition=hdb2 --dir=/tmp/install-tree</screen>
 </listitem>
-						
 
+<listitem>
+	<para>
+		<command>liveimg</command> &mdash; Install a disk image instead of packages. The image can be the <filename>squashfs.img</filename> file from a live image or a bare image from any existing filesystem mountable by the installation media, such as ext4. The image will be downloaded to the target drive after it has been partitioned. 
+	</para>
+	
+	<itemizedlist>
+			
+					  <listitem>
+					    <para>
+					      <command>--url=<replaceable>&lt;url&gt;</replaceable></command> &mdash; specify where the live image should be downloaded from. HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and local file access are all supported.
+					    </para>
+					  </listitem>
+					  
+					  <listitem>
+					    <para>
+					      <command>--proxy=[protocol://][username[:password]@]host[:port]</command> &mdash; specify a HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP proxy, if desired.
+					    </para>
+					  </listitem>
+					  
+					  <listitem>
+					    <para>
+					      <command>--checksum=</command> &mdash; pass the optional sha256 image checksum before files are copied to the target system.
+					    </para>
+					  </listitem>
+					  
+					  <listitem>
+					    <para>
+					      <command>--noverifyssl</command> &mdash; skip checking the SSL certificate if downloading via HTTPS.
+					    </para>
+					  </listitem>
+	
+					</itemizedlist>	
+					
+					<para>
+					  For example:
+					</para>
+<screen>liveimg --url=https://<replaceable>&lt;server&gt;</replaceable>/<replaceable>&lt;dir&gt;</replaceable> [--checksum=sha256] [--noverifyssl]</screen>
+				<important>
+				  <para>
+				    The disk image must have the necessary utilities that <application>anaconda</application> needs to complete the installation, so <application>livemedia-creator</application> is recommended for creating the disk image.
+				  </para>
+				</important>
+				
+				</listitem>
 						
 
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