Am 23.11.2011 01:00, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi: > Its add support for downloading the ISO image via HTTP/FTP with curl or > download *.sfs files. > The files are downloaded on /run/archiso/curlspace (tmpfs) and setup a loop > dev from it > (like in archiso_loop_mnt) in the ISO case, or just do a bind mount to > /run/archiso/bootmnt in the other case. > > This hook must be located after archiso_pxe_nbd in mkinitcpio.conf, in that > way > NBD is the default.
This is extremely useful. Can we get a resolver into initramfs, so we can use URLs instead of IPs? Can we also have an extracted version of the netinstall-dual image on releng, instead of only the ISO? We can use this in the following way: Either load gpxelinux via network boot, or boot gpxe from floppy/USB/CD/hard drive/a "kernel" image. Then, fetch syslinux configuration file and .c32 files via http. The configuration file can contain a menu that allows to choose an architecture and a mirror, allowing to boot the kernel and initrd via http or ftp, then using the archiso_pxe_curl hook to download and mount the .sfs files. Also: when can we get an image on releng that contains this hook?
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