On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 13:09 -0700, Jane Dogalt wrote:
I agree with all of this.
I noticed some network bits in nash a while back that seemed new (as in within the last 5 years).
I wonder, how hard would it be to do the http-fuse-knoppix hackage with the current nash/initramfs infrastructure? (i.e. bring up the network, use fuse to mount an http exposed iso, and use it instead the media iso)
I think it would make sense to extend mayflower to do this; I don't think we need the whole http-fuse thing; just use curl/wget to get the entire ISO to RAM and off you go just like it's "run from RAM" only you get the image from a PXE server. It shouldn't be too much work in mayflower I think...
Btw, uou need 1GB+ of RAM but that is getting more and more common these days and I think it's fair enough to require it for this case. The most obvious use of this I can think of includes KIOSK and OS QA. Anyway, when this is working you can do the whole http-fuse as an afterthought and you wouldn't need to require 1GB+ of RAM anymore.
Also, the PXE server could be included on the live cd itself such as to bootstrap other clients from a single computer. Perhaps with a small GNOME applet to control it. Can you have multiple PXE servers on a network? If not, maybe you want to use Avahi instead.
Is anyone interested in working this?
David