We had a discussion during DebConf about di-netboot-assistant.
Here are the ideas we gathered
Verifying netboot image signatures
-----------------------------------
netboot images for Debian are already signed by Release file
1. check SHA256SUM only
2. download the Release file
3. verify the GPG signature for SHA256 only
"gpgv --keyring .... /usr/share/keyrings/debian-role-keys.gpg"
Daily image ?
TODO! note: the HTTP directory hierarchy for Daily and regular
release aren't the same.
Easier installation of netboot images
-------------------------------------
Idea: Installing a debian-installer-netboot-*** image should invoke
di-netboot-assistant in postinst.
di-netboot-assistant
Suggests: debian-installer-netboot-amd64
Suggests: debian-installer-netboot-i386
debian-installer-netboot-{amd64,i386}
Recommends: di-netboot-assistant
in postinst
=> di-netboot-assistant install --package=debian-installer-netboot-amd64
Note: each time the debian-installer-netboot-amd64 is upgraded on the
system, then debian-installer-netboot-amd64 overwrites that TFTP
directory.
Debian-CD
Put a copy of the netboot image on the DVD.
Which format should be on the DVD? .deb, tarball, extracted ?
Which netboot image arch should be present on which DVD image ?
Validate the di-source file.
implement a feature to make sure that all the netboot images listed in
/etc/di-netboot-assistant/di-source.list exist
Andreas and Franklin
