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Bug 1487001 - Add rd.live.ram boot parameter into installation guide
Summary: Add rd.live.ram boot parameter into installation guide
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Installation_Guide
Version: 7.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Petr Bokoc
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Whiteboard:
: 1511334 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 1470091
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-31 03:16 UTC by Masahiro Matsuya
Modified: 2020-12-14 09:47 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-11-23 18:20:11 UTC
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Description Masahiro Matsuya 2017-08-31 03:16:51 UTC
Document URL: 
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/chap-anaconda-boot-options.html

Section Number and Name: 

22.1. Configuring the Installation System at the Boot Menu
- Advanced Installation Options
Or
- Debugging and Troubleshooting

Describe the issue: 
rd.live.ram boot parameter should be written in the installation guide.
This command is very useful for installation with NFS repository.
This boot option is used to copy the stage2 image into RAM before starting stage2 installation phase. 

In NFS installation, it mounts the stage2 image on NFS with loopback. Reconfiguring network upon the kickstart configuration in stage2 can affect the existing NFS connection. The stage2 image itself is on NFS share and it can make a problem. In this case, rd.live.ram boot parameter helps to resolve it.

This is a request from a customer.

Suggestions for improvement: 

rd.live.ram
If this option is specified, the stage2 image will be copied into RAM.
When the stage2 image on NFS repository is used, this option may make 
the installation proceed smoothly, since the installation is sometimes 
affected by reconfiguring network in an environment built upon the stage2 image on NFS.

Comment 1 Brian Lane 2017-11-09 16:50:26 UTC
*** Bug 1511334 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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