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 -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __________________________________________________