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Bug 1006941 - [RFE]: New anaconda boot option
Summary: [RFE]: New anaconda boot option
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 6.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Release Test Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-09-11 14:26 UTC by Nuno Fernandes
Modified: 2015-10-21 19:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-10-21 19:02:41 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Proposed patch to add support for hdx boot option (1.14 KB, patch)
2013-09-11 14:26 UTC, Nuno Fernandes 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Nuno Fernandes 2013-09-11 14:26:07 UTC 
Created attachment 796421 [details]
Proposed patch to add support for hdx boot option

Description of problem:
We should be able to install from an exploded tree in hd instead of ISOs. For that i propose a new boot option "hdx" that means harddisk exploded. The "hd" option allows the instalation from harddisk but anaconda searches for the redhat ISOs in the hardisk. With the proposed option it would use the harddisk as a repository already exploded (/repodata, /Packages).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 13.21.195


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. dd if=DVD.ISO of=/dev/USBdrive
2. boot USBdrive with the options: stage2=hd:/dev/sda:/ repo=hdx:/dev/sda:/
3.

where sda is the USBdrive.

Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:
Attached is a proposed patch.
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2013-10-14 02:14:48 UTC 
This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 3 Nuno Fernandes 2013-10-14 08:04:39 UTC 
Hello,

Please consider it to the next release.

Thanks,
Nuno Fernandes
Comment 4 Chris Lumens 2014-12-08 21:40:12 UTC 
Do we have a customer asking for this?  If so, what do they want it for?  In general, we are trying to keep the number of installation methods down.  Each method means a higher maintainence and QA burden, and we already have an awful lot of methods and ways of finding installation media right now.
Comment 5 Nuno Fernandes 2014-12-09 09:26:51 UTC 
No, we don't have a customer asking for this. Let me explain, there is a opensource project called nuxis (http://nuxis.com). It's a virtualization solution (much like ovirt) that it's based on centos (in turn based on rhel).

We use this patch (that we are trying to make it upstream) so that the same ISO boots from CD as well as from USB disk (using isohybrid).

We think that this should also be a good feature to the rhel product.
Comment 6 Steve Almy 2015-10-21 19:02:41 UTC 
Hi Nuno,

Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. After carefully evaluating your request, we are unable to include it in RHEL 6, based on our focus for the remaining updates to RHEL 6.

Thanks,
Steve
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