dd
or similar to write the image to an USB drive. Starting with the final release of Fedora 25, this tool will be offered as the primary download solution on https://getfedora.org/ instead of ISO images (ISO images will continue to be provided on the download website as well). Before the final release, you can visit https://stg.getfedora.org/en/workstation/prerelease/ to get the application. The Media Writer is available on Linux (RPM), Mac and Windows, and provides the same experience on all systems. Sources are available on GitHub: https://github.com/MartinBriza/MediaWriter.
Warning
FAT32
layout on the device, which will allow it to be used on all systems as a normal flash drive again.
CONTRIBUTING
file, which provides guidance for anyone wishing to contribute to the repository. Anyone thinking of making a contribution to the installer is strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the file at https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING before submitting a pull request.
localhost.localdomain
, which effectively that the installed system will obtain a host name from NetworkManager during configuration/activation of network devices after the installation finishes. At the same time, the Network & Hostname now displays the current host name for the installation environment next to the host name configuration field, and a new Apply button has been added which can change the host name during the installation.
timezone
Kickstart command without actually specifying a time zone, which was mandatory in previous releases. Every possible option for this command is therefore optional; however, if the command is present in the Kickstart file, at least one of the options must be used.
network
command has a new option: --no-activate
. Use this option to prevent the configured device from activating automatically.
clearpart
, part
, or ignoredisk
, can now have their targets specified in multiple variants using the pipe ("|
") delimiter. For example:
part / --device=sd*|hd*|vda,/dev/vdc
sd*
, hd*
, or vda
and /dev/vdc
. The specified variants are processed from left to right, and at least one of them must match an existing device in order for the command to succeed.
bootloader
command without specifying a drive using the --boot-drive=
option, the bootloader will now be installed on a drive determined by the following rules in this particular order:
--driveorder=
option was used, the boot loader will be installed on the first valid device specified
/boot
partition will be used
inst.nosave=
option to control which installation results will be saved to the installed system. Installation results are files generated after the installation, such as the anaconda-ks.cfg
autogenerated Kickstart file. This option is useful when using Anaconda to create a disk image, as it allows you to prevent potentially sensitive information such as installation logs and internal URLs from being saved in the disk image.
input_ks
(do not save the original Kickstart file), output_ks
(do not save anaconda-ks.cfg
), all_ks
(save neither Kickstart file), logs
(do not save log files), and all
(do not save any of the previous).
inst.lang=
, the specified language will be used during installation and configured on the target system. If no language was specified, Anaconda and the installed system will default to en-US.UTF-8
.
inst.dd=
boot option can now replace already loaded drivers in addition to providing new ones, as long as the original driver/module is not in use.
lsblk
, dmesg
, and lvmdump
commands) immediately upon starting, before it makes any changes to the system. This can provide additional debugging information as these logs describe the initial state of the system.