Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by KarstenWade: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live?action=diff&rev2=3&rev1=2 The comment on the change is: fixes and such for test release ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - = Fedora Live Images = + {{{#!html + <h2>Fedora Live Images</h2>}}} - The Fedora 7 release includes several live images in addition to the traditional installation ISO images. These ISO images are bootable, and you can burn them to media and use them to try out Fedora. They also include a feature that allows you to install the live CD content to your hard drive for persistence and higher performance. + The Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatVer)]] release includes several live ISO images in addition to the traditional installation images. These ISO images are bootable, and you can burn them to media and use them to try out Fedora. They also include a feature that allows you to install the live CD content to your hard drive for persistence and higher performance. + These images are also available for test releases, to allow easier testing of the Fedora test release. + - == Available Images == + === Available Images === There are three live images available for Fedora 7. @@ -12, +15 @@ 1. Fedora 7 x86_64 Desktop DVD. This is a DVD sized image for x86_64 machines. The package set is the same as that of the i386 Desktop CD. 1. Fedora 7 i386 KDE CD. This is a CD sized image for i386 machines. It includes the KDE Desktop environment and a large set of KDE applications. Note that this image only has full support for English language. - == Usage Information == + === Usage Information === - The live images should boot on any machine that supports booting from CD-ROM. Upon booting the CD, you can log in and use the desktop environment as the {{{fedora}}} user. After logging in, if you wish to install the contents of the live image to your hard drive, click on the "Install to Hard Drive" icon on the desktop. + The live images should boot on any machine that supports booting from CD-ROM. Upon booting the CD, you can log in and use the desktop environment as the `fedora` user. After logging in, if you wish to install the contents of the live image to your hard drive, click on the '''Install to Hard Drive''' icon on the desktop. - == Other Methods of Booting == + === Other Methods of Booting === Another way to use these live images is to put them on a USB stick. To do this, install the `livecd-tools` package from the development repository. Then, run the `livecd-iso-to-stick` script: - {{{ + - # /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-stick /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1 + {{{/usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-stick /path/to/live.iso /dev/sdb1 }}} - Replace ''/dev/sdb1'' with the partition onto which you want to put the image. - Note that this is ''not'' a destructive process; any data you currently have on your USB stick ''will be preserved''. + Replace ''/dev/sdb1'' with the partition where you want to put the image. + This is ''not'' a destructive process; any data you currently have on your USB stick ''is preserved''. + - == Differences From a Regular Fedora Install == + === Differences From a Regular Fedora Install === The following items are different from a normal Fedora install with the Live images. -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
