Description of problem: Since F17 anaconda split its root image from initrd, we have a new use case - we want to boot the installer from PXE, but we want to install the packages from online repositories, without the requirement to have it mirrored locally. [1] Currently repo= documentation says it's not possible: "This option must point to a valid yum repository." http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options However, Will Woods confirmed this use case is to be supported. Please update repo= documentation to say that the remote location doesn't have to contain package repository, just the required images (that is currently broken by bug 790348). > adamw so you can pass repo= for a location which does not in fact contain packages, but does contain the installer 16:10 > adamw and anaconda should deal correctly with that? 16:10 > wwoods as long as there's a .treeinfo file that points to the [stage2] mainimage it should work Or, wwoods proposed to create an alternative solution if repo= couldn't be adjusted: > kparal I'm 100% sure that missing yum repository in the repo= location aborts installation. I reported bug about it. I can dig it up 16:14 > wwoods kparal: if that's the case I'll make sure we have some alternate method to boot with just images Please either adjust the documentation (and fix the linked bug) (preferred), or create a new solution for that use case instead. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20120326#t15:50:50
I believe this is fixed by the new stage2= documentation: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options#stage2 https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Anaconda_Boot_Options&action=historysubmit&diff=286392&oldid=280756 Thanks, Adam.