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From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Will Woods <wwoods-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] livenet: module for fetching live images from the network
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:01:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E44C1C7.9050705@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1312230160-11295-1-git-send-email-wwoods-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

On 01.08.2011 22:22, Will Woods wrote:
> The livenet module allows you to use a root arg like:
> 
>     root=http://server.name/path/to/live.img ip=dhcp
> 
> The named live image will be downloaded with wget and then set up as the
> root device.
> 
> It currently supports FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS. dracut will try to install
> the CA bundle (/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt) into the initramfs so that
> SSL certificate checking will work properly.
> 
> If an HTTPS URL is given and the site fails the certificate check, the
> file will be rejected and the system will not boot into it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Will Woods <wwoods-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-08-12  6:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-01 20:22 [PATCH] livenet: module for fetching live images from the network Will Woods
     [not found] ` <1312230160-11295-1-git-send-email-wwoods-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-08-02 15:33   ` Will Woods
2011-08-05 20:03   ` Will Woods
2011-08-12  6:01   ` Harald Hoyer [this message]

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