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Author: Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann(a)redhat.com>
Date: Thu Apr 2 09:15:06 2009 +1000
boot.iso for UEFI systems and tweaks to text of Installer section
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<para>
<note>
<para>
- Graphical installation remains the recommended method for installing Fedora. If you
are installing Fedora on a system that lacks a graphical display, consider performing the
installation over a VNC connection. If your system has a graphical display, but graphical
installation fails, try booting with the xdriver=vesa option (see Appendix A. Boot Options
in the Fedora 11 Installation Guide for details)
+ We recommend that you use the graphical installer to install Fedora on your computer
wherever possible. If you are installing Fedora on a system that lacks a graphical
display, consider performing the installation over a VNC connection (see "Chapter 12.
Installing Through VNC" in the <citetitle>Fedora 11 Installation
Guide</citetitle>). If your system has a graphical display, but graphical
installation fails, try booting with the <command>xdriver=vesa</command>
option (see "Chapter 9. Boot Options" in the <citetitle>Fedora 11
Installation Guide</citetitle>) or with the <guilabel>Install system with
basic video driver</guilabel> option when booting from the Fedora 11 Distro DVD.
</para>
</note>
- The text-mode installation option in Fedora 11 is significantly more streamlined than
it was in earlier versions. Text-mode installation now omits the more complicated steps
that were previously part of the process, and provides users with an uncluttered and
straightforward experience.
+ The text-mode installation option in Fedora 11 is significantly more streamlined than
it was in earlier versions. Text-mode installation now omits the more complicated steps
that were previously part of the process, and provides you with an uncluttered and
straightforward experience.
</para>
<para>
These steps are now automated in text mode:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Package selection</emphasis>: Anaconda now automatically
selects packages only from the base and core groups. These packages are sufficient to
ensure that the system is operational at the end of the installation process, ready to
install updates and new packages.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Advanced partitioning</emphasis>: Anaconda still presents
users with the initial screen from previous versions that allows them to specify where
anaconda should install Fedora on their systems. Users can choose to use a whole drive, to
remove existing Linux partitions, or to use the free space on the drive. However, anaconda
now automatically sets the layout of the partitions and does not ask users to add or
delete partitions or file systems from this basic layout. Users who require customised
layouts at installation time should perform a graphical installation over a VNC connection
or a kickstart installation. More advanced options yet, such as LVM, encrypted
filesystems, and resizable filesystems continue to be available only in graphical mode and
kickstart.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Bootloader configuration</emphasis>: Anaconda now performs
bootloader configuration automatically.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Package selection
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>Anaconda</application> now automatically selects packages
only from the base and core groups. These packages are sufficient to ensure that the
system is operational at the end of the installation process, ready to install updates and
new packages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Advanced partitioning
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>Anaconda</application> still presents you with the
initial screen from previous versions that allows you to specify where
<application>Anaconda</application> should install Fedora on your system. You
can choose to use a whole drive, to remove existing Linux partitions, or to use the free
space on the drive. However, <application>anaconda</application> now
automatically sets the layout of the partitions and does not ask you to add or delete
partitions or file systems from this basic layout. If you require a customised layout at
installation time, you should perform a graphical installation over a VNC connection or a
kickstart installation. More advanced options yet, such as LVM, encrypted filesystems, and
resizable filesystems are still only available only in graphical mode and kickstart.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Bootloader configuration
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>Anaconda</application> now performs bootloader
configuration automatically.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
<section>
<title>Kickstart installations in text mode </title>
<para>
- Text-mode installations using kickstart are carried out in the same way that they
were in previous versions. However, because package selection, advanced partitioning, and
bootloader configuration are now automated in text mode, anaconda cannot prompt users for
information that it requires during these steps. Users must ensure that the kickstart file
includes the packaging, partitioning, and bootloader configurations. If any of this
information is missing, anaconda will exit with an error message.
+ Text-mode installations using kickstart are carried out in the same way that they
were in previous versions. However, because package selection, advanced partitioning, and
bootloader configuration are now automated in text mode,
<application>anaconda</application> cannot prompt you for information that it
requires during these steps. You must therefore ensure that the kickstart file includes
the packaging, partitioning, and bootloader configurations. If any of this information is
missing, <application>anaconda</application> will exit with an error message.
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title>Upgrade Notes</title>
<para>
- Upgrading from Fedora 9 directly to Fedora 11 using yum is not possible, you must
upgrade to Fedora 10 first, then upgrade to Fedora 11. See <ulink type="http"
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq">http://fed...
for more information. You can also use preupgrade to upgrade directly to Fedora 11 using
Anaconda, minimizing the system downtime by downloading the packages in advance.
+ Upgrading from Fedora 9 directly to Fedora 11 using
<application>yum</application> is not possible, you must upgrade to Fedora 10
first, then upgrade to Fedora 11. See <ulink type="http"
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq">http://fed...
for more information. You can also use <application>preupgrade</application>
to upgrade directly to Fedora 11 using <application>anaconda</application>,
minimizing the system downtime by downloading the packages in advance.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Some modified configuration files will be replaced by their original versions during
the upgrade. Your modified versions of these configuration files will be saved as
*.rpmsave files in that case.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Boot menu</title>
+ <para>
+ The boot menu for the Fedora Distro DVD includes a new
+ option: <guilabel>Install system with basic video driver</guilabel>. This
+ option boots the system with the generic vesa driver
+ (using the <command>xdriver=vesa</command> boot option)
+ and allows you to use Fedora's graphical installation mode
+ even when <application>anaconda</application> cannot load the correct
driver for your
+ video card.
</para>
-<para>
- Some modified configuration files will be replaced by their original versions during the
upgrade. Your modified versions of these configuration files will be saved as *.rpmsave
files in that case.
-</para>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Boot menu</title>
- <para>
- The boot menu for the Fedora Distro DVD includes a new
- option: Install system with basic video driver. This
- option boots the system with the generic vesa driver
- (using the <command>xdriver=vesa</command> kernel option)
- and allows you to use Fedora's graphical installation mode
- even when anaconda cannot load the correct driver for your
- video card.
- </para>
+ <title>boot.iso now works on systems with UEFI </title>
+ <para>
+ The Fedora installation CDs and DVD provide you with an image file,
<filename>boot.iso</filename> that you can burn to a CD and use to boot a
system and start the installation process. Typically, you would do this prior to
installing Fedora from a local hard drive or from a location on a network. You can now use
the CD produced from the <filename>boot.iso</filename> image to start
installation on a system that uses Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). CDs
produced from older versions of <filename>boot.iso</filename> only worked with
systems that used Basic Input Output System (BIOS).
+ </para>
</section>
- </section>
+ </section>