Installation

The filesystem image containing the Anaconda installer, images/install.img, which is present both in DVD and netinstall ISOs, no longer embeds an ext4 filesystem image. Instead, files are stored directly in SquashFS, without an intermediate ext4 layer. Installer content is stored more efficiently this way, resulting in savings of up to 27MiB per ISO.

The installer mounts /tmp of the installed system as a tmpfs during the installation. (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306452)

The installer installs the kbd-legacy package to support non-ascii keyboard layouts. (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1919483)

Crashes in wireless networking configuration in installer GUI have been fixed. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2977)

Persistent network configuration from Kickstart configuration is now created in a later stage (not in initramfs), so all the persistent configuration files are generated using the NetworkManager API, which results in:

Added a metapackage for image dependencies - useful when generating boot.iso. (The plan is to eventually move stuff from lorax templates to there.) (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3126)

Removed support for the nfsiso: pseudo-protocol. Anaconda can these days detect that a nfs: target is an ISO file, so nfsiso: became redundant. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2889)

The inst. prefix, which was previously recommended for use with Anaconda-specific boot options, is now mandatory. Anaconda boot options such as inst.stage2= or inst.repo= will now be ignored if they do not use the prefix. This change helps Anaconda avoid conflicts with other projects which may use the same kernel parameters. You can read the discussion of this change on the devel mailing list.

The following boot options have been removed:

Encryption of thin logical volumes is now allowed on the Manual Partitioning screen. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3008)

Click the Encrypt my data checkbox on the Manual Partitioning screen to automatically generate encrypted default partitioning. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3183)

The bottom banner on the Time & Date screen shows a correct warning about NTP servers. (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1889180)

The GUI for wireless network configuration has been improved. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2977, https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3009, https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3098)

The caption of the Reset All button in custom partitioning changed to Discard all changes, and there is now a tooltip with detailed explanation. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2841)

Major languages are now listed first on installation the Language selection screen. Remaining languages are listed below in alphabetical order. This brings the installer experience closer to the GNOME desktop environment which already lists major languages first in its language picker. The list of major languages is maintained in the langtable project. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2935)

Similar to the above change, major common keyboard layouts are also listed first. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2788)

Keyboard layout ordering changed to show US layout first, "native" second. In locales which default keymap does not contain non-ASCII characters, it should be prepended by the US keymap. For example, the default keymap settings for the Russian locale is now "us,ru" instead of "ru,us". This is needed because almost everything that should be typed during installation is ASCII-only (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2782)

Category titles are now translated at runtime. This avoids untranslated strings showing up in categories added by Initial Setup and addons. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2907)

It is now again possible to toggle visibility of the root password and LUKS passphrase that have been typed in the installer. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3119)

Geolocation connection timeout has been lowered to 5 seconds. This avoids the installer getting stuck for several minutes if the system does not have correctly configured internet connectivity. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3022)

Media verification inside the installer can now be interrupted. Note that this does not apply to the pre-installer verification which is the default boot menu option (Test this media & Install Fedora 34). (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3060)

The installer does not translate the prompt keys in the text user interface anymore. (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892830)

* Anaconda now attempts to use the best matching font for the currently selected language instead always using eurlatgr which does not support scripts such as Cyrillic, Arabic, or Hebrew. (https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/3180)

Removed commands:

Removed options:

Removed the %traceback section - use %onerror instead.

Deprecated options: