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Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com>
Date: Mon Jul 10 13:34:54 2017 +0200
Add installer relnotes
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en-US/Installation.xml | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 126 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en-US/Installation.xml b/en-US/Installation.xml
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--- a/en-US/Installation.xml
+++ b/en-US/Installation.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,131 @@
<section id="sect-installation">
<title>Installation</title>
+
+ <section id="sect-installation-anaconda">
+ <title>Anaconda Changes</title>
+ <para>
+ This section covers changes in the <application>Anaconda</application>
installer, including changes in the graphical and text mode interactive installers,
Kickstart, and installer boot options.
+ </para>
+ <section id="sect-installation-anaconda-gui">
+ <title>Changes in the Graphical Interface</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A new, alternate partitioning interface provided by the the
<application>blivet-gui</application> tool is now available in the manual
partitioning sceeen. Unlike the existing partitioning interface,
<application>blivet-gui</application> allows you to configure partitioning
from the "bottom up": for example, in case of LVM you first create physical
volumes, then a volume group, and then logical volumes, while in the old interface, you
start with logical volumes and everything [...]
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The previous partitioning interface continues to be available as alongside
the new one. For additional information, see the <ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AnacondaBlivetGUI"&... Project
Wiki</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The installer now shows more detailed indication of current progress during
all phases of the installation.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-installation-anaconda-tui">
+ <title>Changes in the Text Mode Interface</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The text mode interface now supports setting up IP over Inifiniband IPoIB
connections in the Networking screen.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The built-in help system, which was previously available in the graphical
installation interface, has been extended to the text mode interface.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <application>Initial Setup</application> post-setup text mode
interface now runs on all available consoles.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-installation-kickstart">
+ <title>Kickstart Changes</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A new command, <command>snapshot</command>, has been added to
provide LVM snapshot support for devices in an LVM thin pool. The command has the
following syntax:
+ </para>
+ <screen>snapshot --name
<replaceable>snapshot_name</replaceable> --when [post-install|pre-install]
+</screen>
+ <para>
+ Available options are:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <option>--name=</option> - provide a name for the snapshot.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <option>--when=</option> - controls when the snapshot will be
created. Use <literal>pre-install</literal> to create the snapshot before the
installation begins, but after commands in the <command>%pre</command> part of
the Kickstart are executed, or use <literal>post-install</literal> to create
the snapshot after the installation and after commands in the
<command>%post</command> part of the Kickstart are executed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Three new options are now available for the
<command>autopart</command> command:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <option>--nohome</option> - do not create a separate
<filename>/home</filename> partition or volume if one would be created under
partitioning rules
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <option>--noboot</option> - do not create a separate
<filename>/boot</filename> partition or volume
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <option>--noswap</option> - do not create any swap space
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-installation-anaconda-boot-options">
+ <title>Changes in Anaconda Boot Options</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <option>inst.waitfornet=</option> boot options is now
available. Use it to force the installer to wait for network connectivity before starting
the installer interface for a specified number of seconds - for example,
<option>inst.waitfornet=30</option> to wait 30 seconds.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A new option named <option>inst.ksstrict</option> is available.
You can use it during a Kickstart-based installation to treat Kickstart warnings and
error, meaning they will be printed on the output and the installation will terminate.
Without specifying this option, warnings are printed to the log and the installation
proceeds.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sect-installation-anaconda-other">
+ <title>Other Anaconda Changes</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Driver Update Disks can now be loaded from local disk devices.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <literal>Installclass</literal> can now modify rules for storage
checks and their constraints.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
<section id="sect-installation-fmw">
<title>ARM Support in Fedora Media Writer</title>
<para>Fedora Media Writer has gained the ability to write ARM images to SD
@@ -27,4 +152,5 @@
DNF 2.0 provides usability improvements, including better messages during
resolution errors, showing whether a package was installed as a weak dependency, better
handling of obsolete packages, fewer tracebacks, and others.
</para>
</section>
+
</section>
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