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. ;). Keep up the good work. Later... Bob