install-guide fedora-install-guide-beginninginstallation-en.xml, 1.9, 1.10 fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml, 1.13, 1.14 fedora-install-guide-en.xml, 1.23, 1.24 fedora-install-guide-intro-en.xml, 1.18, 1.19 fedora-install-guide-other-instmethods-en.xml, 1.14, 1.15
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sat Nov 26 16:59:35 UTC 2005
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv3895
Modified Files:
fedora-install-guide-beginninginstallation-en.xml
fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml
fedora-install-guide-en.xml fedora-install-guide-intro-en.xml
fedora-install-guide-other-instmethods-en.xml
Log Message:
Bump 1.0.2, hopefully adding organization improvements and a bit on /home
Index: fedora-install-guide-beginninginstallation-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/fedora-install-guide-beginninginstallation-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- fedora-install-guide-beginninginstallation-en.xml 22 Nov 2005 01:11:28 -0000 1.9
+++ fedora-install-guide-beginninginstallation-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 16:59:27 -0000 1.10
@@ -3,25 +3,23 @@
<title>Beginning the Installation</title>
<para>
- To begin installation of &FC;, boot the computer from the boot
- media. The boot media provides the necessary programs and files to
- start the installation program. Once you start the installation
+ To begin installation of &FC;, boot the computer from the bootable
+ media. The bootable media provides the necessary programs and files
+ to start the installation program. Once you start the installation
program, you may be able to install from a completely different
piece of media.
</para>
- <important>
- <title>Choosing a Different Installation Source</title>
- <para>
- To choose a different source for installation, enter
- <userinput>linux askmethod</userinput> at the
- <computeroutput>boot:</computeroutput> prompt. If you boot from
- some types of media such as USB or the network, the installation
- program <emphasis>always</emphasis> asks you to choose the
- installation source.
- </para>
- </important>
-
+ <para>
+ If you boot from the first installation disc of the &FC;
+ distribution, you may choose a different source for installation.
+ The default source is the CDs themselves. To change this behavior,
+ enter <userinput>linux askmethod</userinput> at the
+ <computeroutput>boot:</computeroutput> prompt. If you boot from
+ other media, the installation program <emphasis>always</emphasis>
+ asks you to choose the installation source.
+ </para>
+
<para>
The <indexterm>
<primary>BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)</primary>
Index: fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14
--- fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml 9 Jun 2005 00:18:04 -0000 1.13
+++ fedora-install-guide-diskpartitioning-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 16:59:27 -0000 1.14
@@ -246,26 +246,29 @@
<title>Partition Types</title>
<para>
- Every partition has a <indexterm>
- <primary>partition</primary>
- <secondary>type</secondary>
- <seealso>file system</seealso>
- </indexterm> <firstterm>partition type</firstterm>, to indicate the format of the <indexterm>
- <primary>file system</primary> </indexterm> <firstterm>file system</firstterm> on that
- partition. The file system enables Linux to organize, search, and
- retrieve files stored on that partition. Use the
+ Every partition has a <indexterm>
+ <primary>partition</primary>
+ <secondary>type</secondary>
+ <seealso>file system</seealso>
+ </indexterm> <firstterm>partition type</firstterm>, to indicate
+ the format of the <indexterm>
+ <primary>file system</primary> </indexterm> <firstterm>file
+ system</firstterm> on that partition. The file system enables
+ Linux to organize, search, and retrieve files stored on that
+ partition. Use the
<indexterm>
- <primary><systemitem
- class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem></primary>
- <see>file system</see>
- </indexterm><indexterm>
- <primary>file system</primary>
- <secondary
- sortas="filesystem"><systemitem>ext3</systemitem></secondary>
- </indexterm> <systemitem
- class="filesystem"><firstterm>ext3</firstterm></systemitem> file
- system for data partitions, unless you have specific needs that require another
- type of file system.
+ <primary><systemitem
+ class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem></primary>
+ <see>file system</see>
+ </indexterm><indexterm>
+ <primary>file system</primary>
+ <secondary
+ sortas="filesystem"><systemitem>ext3</systemitem></secondary>
+ </indexterm> <systemitem
+ class="filesystem"><firstterm>ext3</firstterm></systemitem>
+ file system for data partitions that are not part of LVM, unless
+ you have specific needs that require another type of file
+ system.
</para>
</section>
@@ -315,8 +318,31 @@
</para>
</note>
- </section>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-partitioning-home">
+ <title>Creating a <filename>/home</filename> Partition</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Many users find it helpful to create a separate partition for
+ the <filename>/home</filename> directory. With a separate
+ <filename>/home</filename> partition, you can reinstall &FC;
+ without erasing user data files. If you expect that you or
+ other users will be creating data files, you should create a
+ <filename>/home</filename> partition.
+ </para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <title>LVM and <filename>/home</filename></title>
+ <para>
+ If your &FC; system will host accounts for numerous users, you
+ should create the <filename>/home</filename> partition in an
+ LVM logical volume. LVM provides flexibility for adding more
+ user data storage later.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
+ </section>
</section>
Index: fedora-install-guide-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/fedora-install-guide-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.23
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -r1.23 -r1.24
--- fedora-install-guide-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 14:43:08 -0000 1.23
+++ fedora-install-guide-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 16:59:27 -0000 1.24
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
<!ENTITY DOCNAME "fedora-install-guide">
<!ENTITY DOCLANG "en">
-<!ENTITY DOCVERSION "1.01rc">
-<!ENTITY DOCDATE "2005-11-20">
+<!ENTITY DOCVERSION "1.0.2">
+<!ENTITY DOCDATE "2005-11-25">
<!ENTITY BOOKID "&DOCNAME;-&DOCLANG;-&DOCVERSION; (&DOCDATE;)">
<!ENTITY LEGALNOTICE SYSTEM "../docs-common/common/legalnotice-en.xml">
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
<book id="book" lang="en">
<bookinfo>
- <title>&FC; &FCLOCALVER; &IG;</title>
+ <title>&FC; &FCLOCALVER; &IG; - BETA</title>
<!-- Remove DOCLOCALVER for release -->
<copyright>
<year>2005</year>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
</revdescription>
</revision>
<revision>
- <revnumber>1.01rc1</revnumber>
+ <revnumber>1.0.1rc1</revnumber>
<date>2005-11-20</date>
<authorinitials>PaulWFrields</authorinitials>
<revdescription>
@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@
</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>1.0.2</revnumber>
+ <date>2005-11-25</date>
+ <authorinitials>PaulWFrields</authorinitials>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para>
+ Additional reorganization for clarity; information on
+ <filename>/home</filename> partition
+ </para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
</revhistory>
</bookinfo>
Index: fedora-install-guide-intro-en.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/fedora-install-guide-intro-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.18 -r1.19
--- fedora-install-guide-intro-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 14:45:12 -0000 1.18
+++ fedora-install-guide-intro-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 16:59:27 -0000 1.19
@@ -71,59 +71,25 @@
<title>Before You Begin</title>
<para>
- To install &FC; from discs, you need four installation CDs, or the
- installation DVD. There are separate disc sets for each supported
- <firstterm>architecture</firstterm>. Currently, &FC; supports the
- <firstterm>i386</firstterm>, <firstterm>ppc</firstterm>, and
- <firstterm>x86_64</firstterm> architectures. These architectures
- are described below:
+ Before installing &FC; you will need access to the following
+ things:
</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>i386</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Intel x86-compatible processors, including Intel Pentium and
- Pentium-MMX, Pentium Pro, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron,
- Pentium 4, and Xeon; VIA C3/C3-m and Eden/Eden-N; and AMD
- Athlon, AthlonXP, Duron, AthlonMP, and Sempron
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ppc</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- PowerPC processors, such as those found in Apple Power
- Macintosh, G3, G4, and G5, and IBM pSeries systems
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>x86_64</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 64-bit AMD processors such as Athlon64, Turion64, Opteron;
- and Intel 64-bit processors such as EM64T
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>
- You should also have the following documents:
- </para>
-
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- a current copy of the Release Notes
+ Boot or installation media (refer to <xref
+ linkend="sn-preparing-media"/> for more information)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Information about your network configuration
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- a copy of this &IG;
+ A copy of this &IG; and the Release Notes for this version of
+ &FC;
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -138,8 +104,7 @@
<para>
The Release Notes are available on the first disc in HTML and
plain text format. The latest versions of this &IG; and the
- Release Notes can always be found at <ulink
- url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/">&FDPDOCS-URL;</ulink>.
+ Release Notes can always be found at &FDPDOCS-URL;.
</para>
<section id="sn-installing-network-configurations">
@@ -226,7 +191,8 @@
<firstterm>PXE</firstterm> (Pre-boot eXecution Environment) to
boot your computer. Boot your computer using either an
installation DVD, the first installation CD, a boot CD, or a
- prepared USB storage device.
+ prepared USB storage device. Refer to <xref
+ linkend="sn-preparing-media"/> for more information.
</para>
<para>
@@ -235,11 +201,6 @@
device. &FC; includes utilities that allow it to function as a
PXE server for other computers.
</para>
-
- <para>
- Booting your computer is explained in the next section, <xref
- linkend="ch-beginninginstallation"/>.
- </para>
</section>
@@ -338,35 +299,83 @@
</note>
<para>
+ To install &FC; from discs, you need five installation CDs, or the
+ installation DVD. There are separate disc sets for each supported
+ <firstterm>architecture</firstterm>. Currently, &FC; supports the
+ <firstterm>i386</firstterm>, <firstterm>ppc</firstterm>, and
+ <firstterm>x86_64</firstterm> architectures. These architectures
+ are described below:
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>i386</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Intel x86-compatible processors, including Intel Pentium and
+ Pentium-MMX, Pentium Pro, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron,
+ Pentium 4, and Xeon; VIA C3/C3-m and Eden/Eden-N; and AMD
+ Athlon, AthlonXP, Duron, AthlonMP, and Sempron
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ppc</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ PowerPC processors, such as those found in Apple Power
+ Macintosh, G3, G4, and G5, and IBM pSeries systems
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>x86_64</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 64-bit AMD processors such as Athlon64, Turion64, Opteron;
+ and Intel 64-bit processors such as EM64T
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <important>
+ <title>Architecture-Specific Distributions</title>
+ <para>
+ To install &FC; you need the boot or installation media that is
+ particular to your architecture.
+ </para>
+ </important>
+
+ <para>
The &FC; distribution includes <firstterm>image files</firstterm>
for boot-only CD or DVD media and USB media. These files can be
converted into bootable media using standard Linux utilities or
third-party programs on other operating systems.
</para>
- <note>
- <title>CD or DVD Installation Media</title>
- <para>
- You may also use the first CD or DVD disc from the complete &FC;
- distribution as boot media. For instructions to download and
- prepare this media, refer to <ulink
- url="http://fedora.redhat.com/download/"/>. If you already
- have the full set of &FC;, skip to <xref
- linkend="sn-booting-from-disc"/>.
- </para>
- </note>
+ <para>
+ You may also use the first CD or DVD installation disc from the
+ complete &FC; distribution as boot media. For instructions to
+ download and prepare this CD or DVD installation media, refer to
+ <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/download/"/>. If you already
+ have the full set of &FC; installation media, skip to <xref
+ linkend="sn-booting-from-disc"/>.
+ </para>
<section id="sn-preparing-cd-or-dvd-media">
- <title>Preparing CD or DVD Boot Disc</title>
+ <title>Preparing CD or DVD Media</title>
<para>
The <filename>images/boot.iso</filename> file on the first &FC;
installation disc is a boot image designed for CD and DVD media.
- This file also appears on FTP and Web sites providing &FC;.
+ This file also appears on FTP and Web sites providing &FC;. You
+ can also find this file on mirror sites in the &FC; distribution
+ directory for your particular architecture.
</para>
<para>
- To convert the ISO file into a physical CD, use the option in
+ To convert an ISO file into a physical CD, use the option in
your CD-writing program that burns a CD image file to a CD. If
you copy the file itself to a CD instead, the disc will not boot
or work correctly. Refer to your CD writing program
@@ -438,7 +447,7 @@
</para>
<screen>
-<userinput>dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda1</userinput>
+<userinput>dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda</userinput>
</screen>
</step>
Index: fedora-install-guide-other-instmethods-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/fedora-install-guide-other-instmethods-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- fedora-install-guide-other-instmethods-en.xml 9 Jun 2005 00:18:55 -0000 1.14
+++ fedora-install-guide-other-instmethods-en.xml 26 Nov 2005 16:59:27 -0000 1.15
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- You booted with PXE, or USB media.
+ You booted with PXE, USB media, or boot-only CD or DVD media.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@
<note>
<title>CD/DVD Activity</title>
<para>
- If a &FED; disc is in your computer's CD or DVD drive, the
- installation program loads its next stage from that disc. The
- installation program downloads package data from the source you
+ If the first &FC; distribution installation disc is in your
+ computer's CD or DVD drive, the installation program loads its
+ next stage from that disc. The installation program still
+ downloads <emphasis>package data</emphasis> from the source you
choose.
</para>
</note>
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