[fedora-arm] Boot image vs PXE install

[Paul Whalen]

----- Original Message -----
> The thread from Tomasz is interesting.  I was jsut in the mode of
> thinking that armv7 builds would be copy an image to SD and go.
> 
> I mean how much time to you save on an PXE build to SD versus xzcat to
> SD?  I might think that for the basic build, xzcat on a host is faster.

Speeds can vary from board to board. Customization is the largest benefit.

> Then you run a script that does what kickstart does.  The only
> consideration I have so far with this is sizing the partitions on the SD
> card.  I would like a larger swap to prepare for when I can hibernate to
> swap and getting the / partition to fill the card.
> 
> But then I started working with the partitions on the HDD.  It is a
> little harder to move a HDD between systems than a mSD card, so minimum
> boot from an SD card that then did the kickstart to the HDD (or SSD)
> makes more sense.
> 
> I can pull the F22-arm and repo to my local server; I do that for a
> number of distros every night (rsync changes) and do testing of a local
> install that way.  Of course my repo is on a different subnet than my
> install testing; I would have to put up the PXE boot function, etc.
> 
> So, lending a hand on a more Anaconda-style install to HD from a minimal
> SD card is something that I can help with, point me to what I can do to
> help.

Installation testing is greatly appreciated. You will need a tftp boot 
server setup, rsyncing the entire repo isn't required but will speed
up the installations. 

The tests can be found here[1]. Installation on the development boards
does require a couple of manual steps at the end of an interaction 
installation or a section in %post to deal with the 'fdtdir' and re-write
uboot if you formatted the mSD/SD during installation.

Paul 

[1] - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Summary