as-IN/Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.po | 49 --------
en-US/adminoptions.xml | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit d3d56fd56b8856bf01c131dfee1225eff93d3429
Author: Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann(a)redhat.com>
Date: Wed Mar 25 23:36:35 2009 +1000
Expand Boot Options with material from RHEL Installation Guide
diff --git a/as-IN/Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.po
b/as-IN/Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 9361448..0000000
--- a/as-IN/Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# translation of Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.po to Assamese
-# Language /var/docsdrone/cvs/Installation translations for PACKAGE package.
-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# Automatically generated, 2006.
-# Amitakhya Phukan <aphukan(a)redhat.com>, 2007.
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2001-02-09 01:25+0100\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2007-02-08 14:10+0530\n"
-"Last-Translator: Amitakhya Phukan <aphukan(a)redhat.com>\n"
-"Language-Team: Assamese <assam(a)mm.assam-glug.org>\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"X-Generator: KBabel 1.11.4\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1)\n"
-
-#. Tag: command
-#: Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.xml:9
-#, no-c-format
-msgid "display=<replaceable>ip</replaceable>:0"
-msgstr "display=<replaceable>ip</replaceable>:0"
-
-#. Tag: para
-#: Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.xml:11
-#, no-c-format
-msgid ""
-"this command allows remote display forwarding. In this command, "
-"<replaceable>ip</replaceable> should be replaced with the IP address of
the "
-"system on which you want the display to appear."
-msgstr "এই আদেশে দূৰৰ প্ৰদৰ্শন আগবঢ়াব'লৈ অনুমতি দিয়ে । এই আদেশত,
<replaceable>ip</replaceable> ৰ সলনি ক'ত প্ৰদৰ্শন হোৱা বিচাৰে সেই
ব্যৱস্থাপ্ৰণালীৰ IP ঠিকনা দিব লাগে ।"
-
-#. Tag: para
-#: Boot_Options_common-listitem-3-display.xml:15
-#, no-c-format
-msgid ""
-"On the system you want the display to appear on, you must execute the "
-"command <command>xhost
+<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable></command>, "
-"where <replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable> is the name of the host
from "
-"which you are running the original display. Using the command <command>xhost
"
-"+<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable></command> limits
access to the "
-"remote display terminal and does not allow access from anyone or any system "
-"not specifically authorized for remote access."
-msgstr ""
-"প্ৰদৰ্শন বিচৰা ব্যৱস্থাপ্ৰণালীত, আপুনি এই আদেশ command
<command>xhost+<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable></command>
চলাবই লাগিব, "
-"য'ত <replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable> হ'ল সেই গৃহস্থৰ
নাম য'ৰ পৰা প্ৰাৰম্ভিক প্ৰদৰ্শন চলোৱা হৈছে । <command>xhost
+<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable></command> আদেশৰ ব্যৱহাৰে দূৰৰ
প্ৰদৰ্শনৰ টাৰ্মিনেল উপক্ৰম কৰা সীমিত কৰে আৰু দূৰৰ উপক্ৰমৰ বাবে অনুমতি নথকা যিকোনো ব্যক্তি
বা ব্যৱস্থাপ্ৰণালীক উপক্ৰম কৰিব নিদিয়ে ।"
-
diff --git a/en-US/adminoptions.xml b/en-US/adminoptions.xml
index a7048f9..fa8eb85 100644
--- a/en-US/adminoptions.xml
+++ b/en-US/adminoptions.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
<option>text</option> mode, enter:
</para>
<screen>
- <userinput>linux text</userinput>
+<userinput>linux text</userinput>
</screen>
<para>
To enable support for a
@@ -138,6 +138,39 @@
option.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Use <option>display=<replaceable>ip</replaceable>:0</option>
to allow remote display forwarding. In this command,
<replaceable>ip</replaceable> should be replaced with the IP address of the
system on which you want the display to appear.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ On the system you want the display to appear on, you must execute the command
<command>xhost
+<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable></command>, where
<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable> is the name of the host from which
you are running the original display. Using the command <command>xhost
+<replaceable>remotehostname</replaceable></command> limits access to
the remote display terminal and does not allow access from anyone or any system not
specifically authorized for remote access.
+ </para>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="sn-boot-options-update">
+ <title>Updating anaconda</title>
+ <para>
+ You can install Fedora with a newer version of the
<application>anaconda</application> installation program than the one supplied
on your installation media.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The boot option
+ </para>
+<screen>
+ <userinput>linux updates</userinput>
+</screen>
+ <para>
+ presents you with a prompt that asks you for a floppy disk containing
<application>anaconda</application> updates. You do not need to specify this
option if you are performing a network installation and have already placed the updates
image contents in <filename>rhupdates/</filename> on the server.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To load the <application>anaconda</application> updates from a network
location instead, use:
+ </para>
+<screen>
+ <userinput>linux updates=</userinput>
+</screen>
+ <para>
+ followed by the URL for the location where the updates are stored.
+ </para>
</section>
<section id="sn-boot-options-installmethod">
@@ -690,6 +723,11 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
<screen>
<userinput>linux dd</userinput>
</screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Note that the <option>dd</option> option is interchangeable with the
<option>driverdisk</option> option.
+ </para>
+
<para>
When prompted, select <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> to provide a
driver disk. Choose the drive that holds the driver disk from
@@ -775,6 +813,14 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
<entry><option>headless</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>Disable passing keyboard and mouse information to stage 2 of the
installation program</entry>
+ <entry><option>nopass</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Disable frame buffer support</entry>
+ <entry><option>nofb</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>Disable automatic monitor detection (DDC)</entry>
<entry><option>skipddc</option></entry>
</row>
@@ -783,27 +829,63 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
<entry><option>xdriver=vesa</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>Disable shell access on virtual console 2 during
installation</entry>
+ <entry><option>noshell</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Enable advanced programmable interrupt controller (APIC) support on Intel
symmetic multi-processor (SMP) motherboards with this feature (for example, thos with the
440GX chipset)</entry>
+ <entry><option>apic</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>Disable mainboard APIC</entry>
<entry><option>noapic</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Disable power management (ACPI)</entry>
+ <entry>Disable advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI)</entry>
<entry><option>acpi=off</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>Disable advanced power management (APM)</entry>
+ <entry><option>apm=off</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Disable hyperthreading</entry>
+ <entry><option>noht</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Disable machine check exception (MCE) CPU self-diagnosis.</entry>
+ <entry><option>nomce</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Disable non-uniform menory access on the AMD64 architecture</entry>
+ <entry><option>numa-off</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>Disable Direct Memory Access (DMA) for IDE, SATA, and
ATAPI drives</entry>
- <entry><option>libata.dma=0</option></entry>
+ <entry><option>libata.dma=0</option> (or
<option>ide=nodma</option>)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Force kernel to detect a specific amount of memory, where
<replaceable>xxx</replaceable> is a value in megabytes</entry>
+ <entry><option>mem=<replaceable>xxx</replaceable>m</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Enable DMA only for IDE and SATA drives</entry>
<entry><option>libata.dma=1</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>Disable probing for SCSI and RAID hardware</entry>
+ <entry><option>nostorage</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>Disable BIOS-assisted RAID</entry>
<entry><option>nodmraid</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry>Force Firewire device detection</entry>
+ <entry><option>firewire</option></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>Disable Firewire device detection</entry>
<entry><option>nofirewire</option></entry>
</row>
@@ -822,10 +904,10 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
<row>
<entry>Disable all USB device detection</entry>
<entry><option>nousb</option></entry>
- </row>
+ </row>
<row>
- <entry>Force Firewire device detection</entry>
- <entry><option>firewire</option></entry>
+ <entry>Disable all probing of network hardware</entry>
+ <entry><option>nonet</option></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Prompt user for ISA device configuration</entry>
@@ -878,6 +960,33 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
<keycap>Esc</keycap> at any time.
</para>
</section>
+
+ <section id="sn-boot-mediacheck">
+ <title>Verifying boot media</title>
+ <para>
+ You can test the integrity of an ISO-based installation source before using it to
install Fedora. These sources include CD, DVD, and ISO images stored on a local hard drive
or on an NFS server. Verifying that the ISO images are instace before you attempt an
installation helps to avoid problems that are often encountered during installation.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora offers you three ways to test installation ISOs:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ select the <guilabel>Verify and Boot</guilabel> option on the Fedora
Live CD. To access the Live CD boot menu, press any key within ten seconds of the splash
screen appearing.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ select <guilabel>OK</guilabel> at the prompt to test the media before
installation when booting from the Fedora distribution CD set or DVD
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ boot Fedora with the option <option>mediacheck</option> option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
<section id="sn-mode-rescue">
<title>Booting Your Computer with the Rescue Mode</title>
@@ -914,6 +1023,19 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
<filename>/mnt/sysimage/</filename>.
</para>
</section>
+
+ <section id="sn-mode-upgradeany">
+ <title>Upgrading your computer</title>
+
+ <para>
+ A previous boot option, <option>upgrade</option>, has been superceded by a
stage in the installation process where the installation program prompts you to upgrade or
reinstall earlier versions of Fedora that it detects on your system.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ However, the installation program may not correctly detect a previous version of Fedora
if the contents of the <filename>/etc/fedora-release</filename> file have
changed. The boot option <option>upgradeany</option> relaxes the test that the
installation program performs and allows you to upgrade a Fedora installation that the
installation program has not correctly identified.
+ </para>
+
+ </section>
</section>
</appendix>