Re: Installation guide - ISO media and USB clarification

[mike cloaked]

Paul W. Frields wrote:
>  In cases where the user can't boot from a CD/DVD but wanted to
> use an alternative installation method, I thought the 'dd' tool was used with
>  the 'boot.iso' minimal boot image to make a USB device, rather than
> 'livecd-iso-to-disk'. 
>  Can anyone confirm this?  Is applying livecd-iso-to-disk to images
> *other* than our Live images really supported? 
I have been doing some testing - and for me the dd method did not work
for the DVD iso for F14 beta.

I have reported a BZ using livecd-iso-to-disk as working to make a
usable, bootable usbkey for the DVD install iso, but the documentation
needs changing in some important ways:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639718

I have only been testing the DVD install iso and not live isos - but
it would be better in my mind if there were two separate sections for
usbkey preparation - one for live usbkeys and one for a bootable
usbkey for installing the larger more complete DVD iso.

I hope this helps - and I hope there is still time to make the
necessary changes before f14 GA?

-- 
mike c

Installation guide - ISO media and USB clarification

[Ruediger Landmann]

  On 10/04/2010 02:12 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
>  Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > In cases where the user can't boot from a CD/DVD but wanted to use an alternative
> installation method, I thought the 'dd' tool was used with
> > the 'boot.iso' minimal boot image to make a USB device, rather than
> 'livecd-iso-to-disk'.
> > Can anyone confirm this?  Is applying livecd-iso-to-disk to images *other* than our
> Live images really supported?
>  I have been doing some testing - and for me the dd method did not work
>  for the DVD iso for F14 beta.
>
>  I have reported a BZ using livecd-iso-to-disk as working to make a
>  usable, bootable usbkey for the DVD install iso, but the documentation
>  needs changing in some important ways:
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639718
>
>  I have only been testing the DVD install iso and not live isos - but
>  it would be better in my mind if there were two separate sections for
>  usbkey preparation - one for live usbkeys and one for a bootable
>  usbkey for installing the larger more complete DVD iso.
>
>  I hope this helps - and I hope there is still time to make the
>  necessary changes before f14 GA 
I've rewritten the whole section for F14; I'll have a draft up in the 
next few days

Cheers
Rudi

Installation guide - ISO media and USB clarification

[mike cloaked]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Ruediger Landmann
<r.landmann(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  I've rewritten the whole section for F14; I'll have a draft up in the
>  next few days
>
>  Cheers
>  Rudi 
Excellent - I look forward to reading the new version.

-- 
mike c