Re: Reipl support (David Cantrell)

[Steffen Maier <maier linux vnet ibm com>]

John Summerfield wrote:
> fwiw I'm subscribed to the Linux-390 hosted by Marist. AFAICS people
> generally don't use the vendor's install procedure very much, atm
> they're discussing procedures to clone and customise systems, and some
> discussion as to whether it's better done in VM or in Linux: the Linux
> proponent has just said he can have a new system on the network in under
> a minute.

Absolutely. However, those are experienced users having a framework for
doing their Linux cloning. Think of potential new customers doing a
proof of concept or similar installing RHEL for the first time. IMHO,
chances are quite high, they use the distro installer anaconda and we
should make their life as easy as possible.

Steffen Maier

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