en-US/nextsteps.xml
Rüdiger Landmann
rlandmann at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jan 7 05:06:55 UTC 2010
en-US/nextsteps.xml | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 5a1c5f27a2b7e60a85d4f209278eba23cef081f7
Author: Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann at redhat.com>
Date: Thu Jan 7 15:01:38 2010 +1000
Further expand switching to a graphical login BZ#552071
diff --git a/en-US/nextsteps.xml b/en-US/nextsteps.xml
index 8811191..b8a4090 100644
--- a/en-US/nextsteps.xml
+++ b/en-US/nextsteps.xml
@@ -323,12 +323,12 @@
<section id="sn-enabling-repos-disc">
<title>Using a Fedora Installation CD or DVD as a Software Repository</title>
<para>
- To use a Fedora installation CD or DVD as a software repository:
+ You can use a Fedora installation CD or DVD as a software repository, either in the form of a physical disc, or in the form of an ISO image file.
</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>
- Insert the CD or DVD into your computer.
+ If you are using a physical CD or DVD, insert the disc into your computer now.
</para>
</step>
<step>
@@ -348,12 +348,29 @@
</step>
<step>
<para>
- <firstterm>Mount</firstterm> the CD or DVD on the mount point that you just created. You need to know the <firstterm>device name</firstterm> of your CD or DVD drive. You can find the names of any CD or DVD drives on your system with the command <command>cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info</command>. The first CD or DVD drive on the system is typically named <literal>sr0</literal>. When you know the device name, mount the CD or DVD:
+ <firstterm>Mount</firstterm> the CD or DVD on the mount point that you just created. If you are using a physical disc, you need to know the <firstterm>device name</firstterm> of your CD or DVD drive. You can find the names of any CD or DVD drives on your system with the command <command>cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info</command>. The first CD or DVD drive on the system is typically named <literal>sr0</literal>. When you know the device name, mount the CD or DVD:
</para>
<screen><command>mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/<replaceable>device_name</replaceable> <replaceable>/path/to/repo</replaceable></command></screen>
<para>
For example: <command>mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/repo</command>
</para>
+ <para>
+ If you are using an ISO image file of a disc, mount the image file like this:
+ </para>
+<screen><command>mount -r -t iso9660 -o loop <replaceable>/path/to/image/file</replaceable>.iso <replaceable>/path/to/repo</replaceable></command></screen>
+ <para>
+ For example: <command>mount -r -o loop /home/root/Downloads/Fedora-&PRODVER;-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/repo</command>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that you can only mount an image file if the storage device that holds the image file is itself mounted. For example, if the image file is stored on a hard drive that it not mounted automatically when the system boots, you must mount the hard drive before you mount an image file stored on that hard drive. Consider a hard drive named <filename>/dev/sdb</filename> that is not automatically mounted at boot time and which has an image file stored in a directory named <filename>Downloads</filename> on its first partition:
+ </para>
+<screen><command>mkdir /mnt/temp</command>
+<command>mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp</command>
+<command>mkdir /mnt/repo</command>
+<command>mount -r -t iso9660 -o loop mount -r -o loop /mnt/temp/Downloads/Fedora-&PRODVER;-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/repo</command></screen>
+ <para>
+ If you are not sure whether a storage device is mounted, run the <command>mount</command> command to obtain a list of current mounts. If you are not sure of the device name or partition number of a storage device, run <command>fdisk -l</command> and try to identify it in the output.
+ </para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
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