[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH] installer: Prefer "cdrom" over "floppy"

[Peter Crowther]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 11:34, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:27:36AM +0100, Peter Crowther wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 11:18, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 12:00:56PM +0200, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> > > > Instead of using "floppy" as the way to perform unattended
> installations
> > > > for Windoes, let's prefer using "cdrom" instead.
> > >
> > > Aren't there versions of windows which /only/ support "floppy", which
> > > would require us to preferentially use "cdrom" but fallback to "floppy"
> > > for older versions ?
> > >
> >
> > Not for many, many years.  Even Windows 2000 enabled you to burn a CD
> with
> > a winnt.sif answer file on it; I've not checked further back.  How far
> back
> > do we wish to support?
>
> libosinfo provides install scripts back to XP vintage
>
> All fine - CD-only unattended installation was well established by that
point.

- Peter
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