-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Chris Lumens wrote: | I think everyone's familiar with the mess that is prompting for the | method in loader and fetching the stage2 image. It's too late to do | anything for F9 besides patch the bugs, but it's time to start thinking | about what to do for F10. So, let's start thinking about it. | | The way I see it, the loader currently does the following things | regarding setting up the method: | | - Support the following installation sources: http/ftp, dvd/cd, nfs, | nfsiso, hdiso. It'd also be nice to support regular hd installs. | - If stage2= is given, use that as the stage2 image. | - If there's a CD in the drive and there's a stage2 image on it, use | that. stage2= overrides this. | - Support configuration from UI, cmdline, and kickstart. | - Configure and bring up the network if required for a method. | - DVD/CD should prompt for media check. | - Each method implies certain locations for updates.img, product.img, | etc. that are checked for automatically. | | Those are the current features, best I can see. Are there any of these | features we want to do away with? Does anything no longer make sense? | | Now for the more controversial stuff. Here's what I would like to see | happen in this area for F10. All these things are open for discussion, | so jump right in. | | - There shouldn't be any differences between booting off the network and | booting off media. | - loader should be moving to just doing what is required to fetch and | mount the stage2 image. This can perhaps include inferring an | installation repo based on the location of the stage2 image, but the | | Problem: If the user booted off a CD and we don't have any method | configuration screen, the implied updates.img and product.img checks | will never work. Another problem I can see right now: boot off CD/boot.iso and perform a network install. Useful in cases where: no PXE available, ISOs not mirrored - only packages The stage2= needs a repo= cousin (or ks.cfg) so we can use any compatible stage2 with any compatible repos. Thanks, Alexander. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFID0y/hmd3WOiFct4RCg8+AJ4hryL/lvRbCfKHp/qS7T2U/qchYgCgtgGe 2+2elNYt0y1fPf8HuF874PU= =HOtR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
