en-US/nextsteps.xml

[Rüdiger Landmann]

 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>