Bug 743367

Summary:	Install guide should allow/recommend use of livecd-iso-to-disk for non-live images
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora Documentation	Reporter:	Adam Williamson <awilliam>
Component:	install-guide	Assignee:	Petr Bokoc <pbokoc>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Ruediger Landmann <rlandman+disabled>
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Description Adam Williamson 2011-10-04 17:30:51 UTC

These days, 'livecd-iso-to-disk' is a bit of a misnomer: it has specific support for writing non-live images (net install and DVD) to USB sticks and both anaconda and livecd-tools teams 'support' this usage. Currently, the install guide states that livecd-iso-to-disk should only be used for live images, and dd should be used for DVD / netinst images. This should be updated. (It would also probably be a good idea to document the use of the --efi parameter to livecd-iso-to-disk for writing EFI-bootable images, but this has some mantraps in it, I think, so I might file a different bug for that).

The introduction to section 3.2.2.1 for F15 reads:

"The graphical tool and the works only with the Fedora live image. To create Fedora USB media from the distribution image or minimal boot media image, use the command-line method described in Section 3.2.2.1.3, “Making Fedora USB Media with dd”."

There's obviously some kind of typo here, as there's clearly meant to be something between "and the" and "works only". It's probably meant to read:

"The graphical tool and livecd-tools work only with the Fedora live image. To create Fedora USB media from the distribution image or minimal boot media image, use the command-line method described in Section 3.2.2.1.3, “Making Fedora USB Media with dd”.

But it should probably be amended to read:

"The graphical tool works only with Fedora live images. To create Fedora USB media from the distribution image or minimal boot media image, use the command-line method described in Section 3.2.2.1.2, “Making Fedora USB Media with livecd-tools”, or the alternative command-line method described in Section 3.2.2.1.3, “Making Fedora USB Media with dd”.

Comment 1 Jack Reed 2011-10-20 05:16:07 UTC

Thanks for this, Adam. I've incorporated your amended passage into the Fedora 16 version of the guide.

The draft is at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Installation_Guide/index.html

Cheers,

Jack

Comment 2 Karsten Wade 2011-12-14 03:48:38 UTC

Removing myself for these bug components as I'm either no longer involved in that aspect of the project, or no longer care to watch this particular bug. Sorry if you are caught in a maelstrom of bug changes as a result!