On 02/15/2011 08:27 PM, Bob & Jeanne Good wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:31:43 +0100, Urs Beyerle<[log in to unmask]>
>   wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The latest SL6 beta3 LiveCDs, LiveDVDs and LiveMiniCD are ready for test
> ing
>>
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/iso
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/iso
>>
>>
>> Changes compared to beta1:
>>
>> - rebuild against SL6 beta3
>> - add LiveMiniCD for 64-bit
>> - make LiveMiniCD smaller
>> - add icewm to LiveCD
>> - customize icewm
>> - fix bug with system-config-firewall
>> - add boot parameter pw= to define a password at boot prompt
>> - add boot parameter noautologin to disable auto login
>> - several smaller bug fixes
>>
>>
>>
>> NOTES
>>
>> For SL6 the way how the LiveCD is built has completely changed. It is
>> now based on the Fedora livecd-tools. Some features which you might know
>
>>from SL4/SL5 LiveCD are not or not yet included.
>> If you install the LiveCD to hard drive, the installation of the live
>> image is now done by anaconda similar to the normal SL6 installation.
>> You can install the LiveCD on an USB stick with persistent changes using
>
>> liveusb-creator included in SL6.
>>
>>
>> KNOWN ISSUES / MISSING
>>
>> * Install to hard drive crashes, if a disk is mounted. Per default
>>   no hard drive are mounted.
>> * Boot parameter to set the keyboard layout (kb) does not work
>> * Reboot after install to hard drive may not work
>> * Support for diskless client is very limited. You need twice as
>>   much RAM as the size of the LiveCD (NOT PLANNED for SL60 release)
>> * Documentation is missing
>>
>>
>> BOOT PARAMETERS (working)
>>
>> kb=: set password
>> noautologin: disable auto login
>> noswap: do not search for SWAP partition
>> automount: to enable auto mounting (rw) of all found hard drives
>> user=username: user name of local user, default is sluser
>> cell=your.cell: to set an AFS cell
>> xdriver=drivername: to use a specific driver for the Xserver
>> cups=servername: set the CUPS server
>> serviceon=s1[:s2:..]: to enable the service(s) s1,s2,...
>> serviceoff=s1[:s2:..]: to disable the service(s) s1,s2,...
>> hostname=: to set the hostname
>>
>>
>> BOOT PARAMETERS (planned but not yet working)
>>
>> nox: do not start the X server
>> kde: use kde as default desktop
>> afs: to start AFS during boot up
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>     Urs
>
> Urs,
> Your SL6 LiveCD Beta 3 is functioning quite nicely. No problems to report
> .
> I've been using it for 3 or 4 days now. I have your download site
> bookmarked. My only complaint is you're a bit slow in reporting that you
> have a release ready for testing. ;).
>

I believe the slowness is my fault.  Urs had the livecd's ready soon 
after I released Beta 3, but I didn't check my email, so they sat for a 
while.
Troy
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