On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 11:44:31AM +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
On 7 August 2012 09:40, Suvayu Ali
<fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Disclaimer: I'm no expert.
>
> I do not think any Fedora Live media supports text mode install. It is
> designed to present you a working desktop and if you like it, install to
> hard drive using anaconda. A good example of a text mode live media
> would be the Archlinux boot image.
>
This certainly appears to be the case (though not really sure why you
make a point of saying 'any Fedora Live media' as there's more of a
distinction between that and the install media), but in that case the
documentation at:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/ch-...
is incorrect.
Confession: I haven't looked at the doc page you pointed to.
I say "any Fedora Live media" because there is a distinction between
Installation media, and Live media. The official spins and remixes are
live images, in the sense that you can boot to a working desktop without
installing anything on your hard drive. Whereas, installation media are
the DVDs[1] which lets you install with all the installation methods and
features supported by anaconda but *does not* give you a working desktop
before installing to the disk.
To summarise:
1. DVD installation media: no live desktop, but all installation methods
are supported.
2. Live media: presents you a working desktop without installation,
which can be optionally installated by limited support for different
installation methods.
HTH
Footnotes:
[1] There are some Live DVD spins though, e.g. Games spin.
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Suvayu
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