[SoaS] SoaSv6 - Last stages

[Thomas C Gilliard]

On 10/27/2011 03:27 PM, Frederick Grose wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Peter Robinson<pbrobinson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We're in the final stages of SoaSv6. It would be good for people to
>> test and see if I've missed any issues. I believe we're in pretty good
>> shape for this release. In fact I think its going to be one of our
>> better releases. We've had no major breakages due to upstream this
>> cycle and Fedora is locking down for the final run to release so we're
>> past the possibility of that (thankfully!).
>>
>> To create it run the following command. Note you need to correct the
>> image name for the downloaded version, and also update the device name
>> for your relevant usb key.
>>
>> sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --efi Fedora-SoaS-Image-Name.iso /dev/sdz
>>
>> I'm interested in feedback on how it works on Intel based Mac's as the
>> vast majority of Mac boot issues should be resolved with this release.
>> We have a nice increase in the number of Activities shipping which
>> should make it more interesting.
>>
>> I look forward to your feedback.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> i386 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3459573
>> x96-64 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3459574
>> _______________________________________________
>>
> Considering the risk to flash hardware described here,
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_Damage_a_FLASH_Storage_Device
> (with updated discussions in this thread from March 2011,
> http://www.mail-archive.com/devel@lists.laptop.org/msg26369.html
> describing newer trends),
>
> Is it reasonable to consider the --format install option only necessary for
> Intel Macintosh systems or others requiring EFI boot, and for situations
> where the flash device would be shared between such systems and other PCs
> supporting factory (FAT-formatted) devices?
>
>          --Fred
>
I have been formatting and testing using USB devices for several years 
here. I have only had one device fail. This is out of many hundreds of 
installs and formats . I use mainly lexar firefly and  toshiba USB's 
(2-16 GB.'s. ).

My preference for USB's when using Anaconda is to use / ext4 with no swap.

So even though this may be true theoretically, In reality this seems a 
moot point.
Besides, If there is a failure, USB's are cheap and disposable.)

My personal experiences....

Tom Gilliard/satellit_
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