netinst.iso stage2

[Richard Hally]

Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 17:02 -0500, Richard Hally wrote:
>> In trying out the new netinst.iso,(3/1/08) I downloaded it and used the 
>> livecd-iso-to-usb to put it on a stick. It boots on the target system and I 
>> select "url" to do a net install. It then proceeds to download the stage2.img 
>> from the network rather than use the one on the media(USB stick). Is that 
>> intended or something that needs to be fixed?
>> The reason I ask is that it seems like a waste of bandwidth to redownload stage2 
>> every time you run an install when it has already been downloaded.
> 
> livecd-iso-to-stick is intended for _live cds_.  Not just any ISO.  
> 
> And getting some of the way that netinst.iso works to also work with a
> USB stick requires a little bit more loader work (which is underway, but
> not done)
> 

Ah, ok. I'll give it a whirl on a CD.

Jeremy, thanks very much for all your work!

Richard