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8.2. Installation Media

As we've explained before, composing installation media is a little different then composing live media. That's not just because installation media should start an installation procedure and live media should show you a nice, shiny, fully-functional Desktop.
For one, installation media allows split media. This means that Revisor can span the payload of the product over multiple ISO images or multiple discs, if you will. When composing installation media, Revisor basically does the following:
  • Of course, Revisor goes through the loading of configuration options mentioned in the Overview.
  • When you're done specifying options in the GUI, or when Revisor thinks it can go ahead using the options specified in CLI mode, it takes the list of packages selected from either the GUI or the kickstart %packages manifest.
    Not getting too deep into details here, yet, because some of these things are routines shared with other composing modes, but here's a few additional considerations Revisor makes when doing the package selection.
    • Normally, a kickstart %packages manifest only allows you to select package names. With Revisor though, you can select exact package NEVRA to select a certain version or architecture for the package that you want. Additionally, if a package is not available, Revisor searches the Provides of the available packages.