Re: Installation guide - ISO media and USB clarification

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  On 10/04/2010 02:12 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
> Paul W. Frields wrote:
>> In cases where the user can't boot from a CD/DVD but wanted to use an alternative installation method, I thought the 'dd' tool was used with
>> the 'boot.iso' minimal boot image to make a USB device, rather than 'livecd-iso-to-disk'.
>> Can anyone confirm this?  Is applying livecd-iso-to-disk to images *other* than our Live images really supported?
> I have been doing some testing - and for me the dd method did not work
> for the DVD iso for F14 beta.
>
> I have reported a BZ using livecd-iso-to-disk as working to make a
> usable, bootable usbkey for the DVD install iso, but the documentation
> needs changing in some important ways:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639718
>
> I have only been testing the DVD install iso and not live isos - but
> it would be better in my mind if there were two separate sections for
> usbkey preparation - one for live usbkeys and one for a bootable
> usbkey for installing the larger more complete DVD iso.
>
> I hope this helps - and I hope there is still time to make the
> necessary changes before f14 GA

I've rewritten the whole section for F14; I'll have a draft up in the 
next few days

Cheers
Rudi

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