+++ Arnd Bergmann [2011-06-01 16:11 +0200]: > On Wednesday 01 June 2011, Wookey wrote:
> I absolutely agree that we should consequently think beyond image > generation, but that doesn't necessarily mean that a CD image > to perform an unattended installation is a better answer. > > My main question to this is "install from where?". I'd say the default case (at least for current hardware) is booting from SD or USB stick and installing from the network. (Which is how I install PCs these days too - it's a very long time since I got a CD out :-)). All sorts of things are possible (and a well-designed installer will be flexible about sources and sinks, as the existing Debian one is), but if we only supported the above option I think that would cover most of what we want to support. (ARM servers might want different boot media?) > but that doesn't necessarily mean that a CD image > to perform an unattended installation is a better answer I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you suggesting that there is some third way between a locally-bootable installer image and pre-built images? (In which case what - I don't see this), or just that CDs are no longer the default media (agreed). Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
