Re: netinst.iso stage2

[Jeremy Katz <katzj redhat com>]

On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 17:02 -0500, Richard Hally wrote:
> In trying out the new netinst.iso,(3/1/08) I downloaded it and used the 
> livecd-iso-to-usb to put it on a stick. It boots on the target system and I 
> select "url" to do a net install. It then proceeds to download the stage2.img 
> from the network rather than use the one on the media(USB stick). Is that 
> intended or something that needs to be fixed?
> The reason I ask is that it seems like a waste of bandwidth to redownload stage2 
> every time you run an install when it has already been downloaded.

livecd-iso-to-stick is intended for _live cds_.  Not just any ISO.  

And getting some of the way that netinst.iso works to also work with a
USB stick requires a little bit more loader work (which is underway, but
not done)

Jeremy