On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:53:45 -0300 Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/21/2011 04:58 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > > maybe add some documentation too. like, how does the http/ftp > > support work (downloads the full image first?) and how does it > > compare to nbd (less efficient?) > > > > Dieter > > > * download full image to RAM. This is curl only, not fuse with > curlftpfs/httpfs. > * compared to nbd, well... much much more memory is needed. Also more > memory than when using nbd+copytoram, since copytoram only copies > needed *.sfs. So for example if you boot with archiso_pxe_curl and > fetch "core-dual.iso", ~700MiB of RAM is needed just for the iso, > while using nbd+copytoram ~350MiB needed. > > Maybe, can be added in a near future a switch or hook to download > only *.sfs from http/ftp ;) Now logic parts are split (setup > network / pxe mount hook), so the doors are open for another > archiso_pxe_*. > I suggest to document these thoughts in the documentation of archiso. Dieter
