Re: loader/stage2 interaction

[James Laska <jlaska redhat com>]

On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 10:32 -0400, Chris Lumens wrote:
> - 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.

Caveat: Thinking out loud ... insanity likely.

That's an interesting idea.  What about having two sets of media
(iso's), one that contains stage#2 and packages, and another that's just
used to get you to the "Method selection screen"?

This sounds familiar (aka boot.iso).  The difference here being we would
never prompt you if you booted from DVD or disc1.  Would this make
things simpler?

Thanks,
James
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