Bug 2227242

Summary:	[DDF] --url is not mandatory (see ). You don't need to use --url. You need to use either --url, --mirrorlist or --metalink.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	Direct Docs Feedback <ddf-bot>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	Sagar Dubewar <sdubewar>
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Description Direct Docs Feedback 2023-07-28 13:32:30 UTC

--url is not mandatory (see ). You donât need to use --url. You need to use either --url, --mirrorlist or --metalink.

Reported by: jayman2000

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/performing_an_advanced_rhel_9_installation/kickstart-commands-and-options-reference_installing-rhel-as-an-experienced-user#annotations:8c746fe3-db68-4d05-8fc1-b44305c083cf

Comment 6 Sagar Dubewar 2023-08-01 12:41:43 UTC

(In reply to Direct Docs Feedback from comment #0)
> --url is not mandatory (see ). You donât need to use --url. You need to use
> either --url, --mirrorlist or --metalink.
> 
> Reported by: jayman2000
> 
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/
> html/performing_an_advanced_rhel_9_installation/kickstart-commands-and-
> options-reference_installing-rhel-as-an-experienced-user#annotations:
> 8c746fe3-db68-4d05-8fc1-b44305c083cf

Thank you for reporting this issue and helping to improvise the documentation. After having discussion about the reported updates with the internal team, I have updated documentation based on the suggestions. Here are the links to the updated documentation:

RHEL 9: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html-single/performing_an_advanced_rhel_9_installation/index#url_kickstart-commands-for-installation-program-configuration-and-flow-control

RHEL 8: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/performing_an_advanced_rhel_8_installation/index#url_kickstart-commands-for-installation-program-configuration-and-flow-control

No more updates are pending on this issue hence closing it for now. In case any more comments are required, feel free to reopen this issue or create a new one. 

thanks!