creating minimal boot image for network installations

[John Reiser]

Yanko Kaneti wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 10:05 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:

>> Note that while kernel + initrd is all you "need", not having the stage2
>> means we have to ask where to find it rather than being able to automate
>> the use of the mirror list for everything
> 
> Anything in particular that prevents the loader from using the mirror
> list to find a suitable location for stage2 ?  ..other than "no patches
> for it yet"

Especially for testing rawhide, I find that using the mirror list is problematic.
Some mirrors sync quickly (a couple hours), others take significantly longer
(*many* hours).  I would rather specify the mirror explicitly.

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