From d9bdbca50e549c2dc011ee9f1cf030bfebc31d5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Bokoc Date: Aug 26 2020 14:35:54 +0000 Subject: Issue 52 - add a warning about Media Writer not working on MacOS Catalina --- diff --git a/modules/install-guide/pages/install/Preparing_for_Installation.adoc b/modules/install-guide/pages/install/Preparing_for_Installation.adoc index e75176b..fcaccf1 100644 --- a/modules/install-guide/pages/install/Preparing_for_Installation.adoc +++ b/modules/install-guide/pages/install/Preparing_for_Installation.adoc @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Fedora images are `Hybrid ISOs` and can be used to create installation media wit [application]*Fedora Media Writer* has been significantly improved and is now the official, tested and supported way to make bootable media. [application]*Fedora Media Writer* supports Linux, Mac, and Windows. It is an easy way to make bootable USB media to install Fedora (or other operating systems). Using [application]*Fedora Media Writer* is strongly encouraged, although other USB media creation software can work as well. +[NOTE] +==== +Fedora Media Writer currently does not work on MacOS 10.15 (Catalina). It appears to work, but it does not actually write any data to your USB drive. See the link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F32_bugs#Fedora_Media_Writer_does_not_work_on_macOS_10.15_.28Catalina.29[Fedora 32 Common Bugs Wiki page] for a workaround. +==== + Some of the new additions to [application]*Fedora Media Writer* are that Fedora Workstation and Server are easily and quickly accessible from the selection on the main screen. Further choices are available if you select the button below _Custom image_. This offers a selection of various Fedora Spins, such as Xfce or Mate. Historically, universal USB creation tools, such as [application]*Unetbootin*, are a popular way to create USB installers from ISOs intended for optical media. They typically create a filesystem on the USB drive by extracting files from the image, and writing [application]*syslinux* bootloader to the device.