From 1812b6b2e1aa59ad5b482f1fb20e50ae7062868c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl=20Hertzog?= Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:48:09 +0000 Subject: Document the new iso-scan/copy_iso_to_ram feature (see #868900). --- debian/changelog | 3 +++ en/using-d-i/modules/iso-scan.xml | 13 +++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index b150127f0..e31b21294 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ installation-guide (2017XXXX) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium [ Martin Michlmayr ] * Remove QNAP TS-109, TS-209 and TS-409 as they are no longer supported. + [ Raphaël Hertzog ] + * Document the new iso-scan/copy_iso_to_ram feature (see #868900). + -- Samuel Thibault Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:17:02 +0200 installation-guide (20170614) unstable; urgency=medium 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 iso-scan does exactly this. At first, iso-scan 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 .iso (or .ISO 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. + + +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 iso-scan/copy_iso_to_ram debconf question (it is +only asked if the memory requirement is met). + -- cgit v1.2.3