[install-guide] Commenting out a paragraph stating that UEFI installations from USB media does not work. Paragraph a

Pete Travis immanetize at fedoraproject.org
Sun Jul 7 06:10:49 UTC 2013


commit 01bef5ce9ee507872dcb7197a8a48b8482d1d25f
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Sat Jul 6 23:57:25 2013 -0600

    Commenting out a paragraph stating that UEFI installations from USB media does not work.
    Paragraph also contains an include to a file with the workaround procedure, which is no longer required.
    
    This functionality is part of the pre-release testing for recent versions of Fedora, see:
         https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_19_Final_RC1_Install?rd=Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test#USB_stick
         https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2013-May/115724.html

 en-US/Making_USB_media.xml |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml b/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml
index f53f716..4c91ad5 100644
--- a/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml
+++ b/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 			In a few cases with oddly formatted or partitioned USB media, image writing may fail.
 		</para>
 	</important>
+        <!-- We DO generally expect USB UEFI installations to function. 
 	<para>
-		You can install Fedora on 32-bit x86 systems and BIOS-based AMD64 and Intel&nbsp;64 systems using a USB flash drive, provided that your hardware supports booting from this type of device. Note that you cannot install Fedora on <!--POWER systems or--> UEFI-based AMD64 and Intel&nbsp;64 systems from a USB flash drive, although you can use a USB flash drive to boot the Fedora installer on UEFI-based AMD64 and Intel&nbsp;64 systems — refer to <xref linkend="Making_Minimal_Boot_Media"/>.
-	</para>
+		You can install Fedora on 32-bit x86 systems and BIOS-based AMD64 and Intel&nbsp;64 systems using a USB flash drive, provided that your hardware supports booting from this type of device.  Note that you cannot install Fedora on POWER systems or UEFI-based AMD64 and Intel&nbsp;64 systems from a USB flash drive, although you can use a USB flash drive to boot the Fedora installer on UEFI-based AMD64 and Intel&nbsp;64 systems — refer to <xref linkend="Making_Minimal_Boot_Media"/>.
+	</para>-->
 	<!-- <para>
 		You can transfer a distribution image file or a minimal boot media image file to USB media. Make sure that sufficient free space is available on the device. You require around 4&nbsp;GB for a distribution DVD image, or around 10&nbsp;MB for a minimal boot media image.
 	</para> -->


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