[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH] installer: Prefer "cdrom" over "floppy"

[Peter Crowther]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 12:33, Fabiano Fidêncio <fidencio at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:49 PM Peter Crowther
> <peter.crowther at melandra.com> wrote:
> >> > Not for many, many years.  Even Windows 2000 enabled you to burn a CD
> with
> >> > a winnt.sif answer file on it; I've not checked further back.  How
> far back
> >> > do we wish to support?
> >>
> >> libosinfo provides install scripts back to XP vintage
> >>
> > All fine - CD-only unattended installation was well established by that
> point.
> >
>
> Peter,
>
> Are you sure about this? I couldn't start a unattended installation
> using a second cdrom containing the winnit.sif file on it.
>
> My bad.  I'd mistakenly assumed you were amending the existing CD image by
adding the new files for unattend and drivers (something we never got round
to doing for our unattends at the Stoller Biomarker Discovery Centre).  If
you're not then, agree, you can use a second CD-ROM drive for the more
modern OSs but will either need to amend the existing image or use floppy
for the earlier flavours.

- Peter
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