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| author | Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> | 2017-11-30 07:48:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> | 2017-11-30 07:48:09 +0000 |
| commit | 1812b6b2e1aa59ad5b482f1fb20e50ae7062868c (patch) | |
| tree | 0649efe4e0b689e4d6a885f89764f2a680653d6f /en/using-d-i | |
| parent | 577d97f5d4765fa487c36faefdf5262a0c935b5c (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-1812b6b2e1aa59ad5b482f1fb20e50ae7062868c.zip | |
Document the new iso-scan/copy_iso_to_ram feature (see #868900).
Diffstat (limited to 'en/using-d-i')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/using-d-i/modules/iso-scan.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/iso-scan.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/iso-scan.xml index 926e44fb2..e3f6d8898 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/iso-scan.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/iso-scan.xml @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ component <command>iso-scan</command> does exactly this. </para><para> At first, <command>iso-scan</command> automatically mounts all block -devices (e.g. partitions) which have some known filesystem on them and -sequentially searches for filenames ending with +devices (e.g. partitions and logical volumes) which have some known +filesystem on them and sequentially searches for filenames ending with <filename>.iso</filename> (or <filename>.ISO</filename> for that matter). Beware that the first attempt scans only files in the root directory and in the first level of subdirectories (i.e. it finds @@ -43,5 +43,14 @@ placed on a filesystem recognizable by &d-i;, and if it is not corrupted (verify the checksum). Experienced Unix users could do this without rebooting on the second console. +</para><para> + +Note that the partition (or disk) hosting the ISO image can't be reused during the +installation process as it will be in use by the installer. To work-around +this, and provided that you have enough system memory, the installer can copy +the ISO image into RAM before mounting it. This is controlled by the low +priority <literal>iso-scan/copy_iso_to_ram</literal> debconf question (it is +only asked if the memory requirement is met). + </para> </sect3> |