[PATCH] Fix the askmethod documentation

Martin Kolman mkolman at redhat.com
Wed Jun 11 09:21:12 UTC 2014


The askmethod option is not deprecated but does a different
thing than before.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kolman <mkolman at redhat.com>
---
 docs/boot-options.txt | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/boot-options.txt b/docs/boot-options.txt
index 905b423..a847362 100644
--- a/docs/boot-options.txt
+++ b/docs/boot-options.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ Non-alphanumeric characters should be escaped with +\xNN+, where
 the space character (' ').
 ======================================================================
 
+== inst.askmethod ==
+Don't do any repository lookups and wait for the user to configure the
+installation source.
+
 === inst.stage2 ===
 This specifies the location to fetch only the installer runtime image;
 packages will be ignored. Otherwise the same as <<inst.repo,`inst.repo`>>.
@@ -362,11 +366,13 @@ Removed Options
 These options are obsolete and have been removed.
 
 === askmethod, asknetwork ===
-Anaconda's initramfs is now is completely non-interactive, so these have been
-removed.
+Anaconda's initramfs is now completely non-interactive. Therefore asknetwork has
+been completely removed and askmethod no longer asks about installation
+method in the initrd but instead just skips repo lookup until the user manually
+configures the installation source in Anaconda.
 
-Instead, use <<repo,`inst.repo`>> or specify appropriate <<network,`network`>>
-options.
+To set the installation source use <<repo,`inst.repo`>> and to configure the
+network specify the appropriate <<network,`network`>> options.
 
 === serial ===
 This option was never intended for public use; it was supposed to be used to
-- 
1.9.3



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