Distinguish between HTTP booting stages #4304
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During network based provisioning, there are two stages where either TFTP or HTTP(S) can be used: fetching the boot loader and fetching installation files such as Linux kernel and initrd. Both were partly mixed, partly incomplete, and instructions were ambiguous or did not work.
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@stejskalleos Can you please review this? |
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During network based provisioning, there are two stages where either TFTP or HTTP(S) can be used: fetching the boot loader and fetching installation files such as Linux kernel and initrd.
Both were partly mixed, partly incomplete, and instructions were ambiguous or did not work.
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