commit 5f49853b98ca88c2b26050359e0d875115e18610
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Sun Nov 16 23:19:43 2014 -0700
obigatory warning about universal usb tools
en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml b/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml
index 5015944..084f565 100644
--- a/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml
+++ b/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml
@@ -147,12 +147,25 @@ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
<section id="sect-preparing-boot-media">
<title>Preparing Boot Media</title>
<para>
- TODO
+ Fedora images are <literal>Hybrid ISOs</literal> and can be used to
create installation media with both optical and USB disks, for booting on both BIOS and
UEFI systems.
</para>
+ <important>
+ <title>Note on Universal USB Creators</title>
+ <para>
+ Universal USB creation tools such as
<application>Unetbootin</application> are a historically popular way to create
USB installers from ISOs intended for optical media. They typically function by creating
a filesystem on the USB drive, extracting files from the image, and writing
<application>syslinux</application> bootloader to the device.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ These methods circumvent the bootloader configuration built into Fedora
images, which are pre-partitioned and designed to boot on UEFI systems with SecureBoot
enabled as well as BIOS systems. They do not produce a consistent result with
Fedora's images, especially for use with UEFI systems.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Utilities that use a direct write method, and do not modify the Fedora image,
will produce the most consistently successful results.
+ </para>
+ </important>
+
<warning>
<title>Be sure you choose the right device!</title>
<para>
- This media creation method is destructive. Ensure you do not need any
data on the USB stick, and double check you have chosen the correct device before
continuing.
+ Most media creation methods in this section are destructive. Ensure you
do not need any data on the USB stick, and double check you have chosen the correct device
before continuing.
</para>
</warning>
<procedure>
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