On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 05:23:55PM +0200, mkol...@redhat.com wrote:
> As already mentioned, the installation image has grown and in some
> scenarios its size can directly impact RAM requirements, as the image
> needs to be downloaded and held in RAM at installation size (PXE boot
> with HTTP installation source).�

nbdkit!

nbdkit -U /tmp/sock curl https://...
nbd-client -unix /tmp/sock /dev/nbd0
# install off /dev/nbd0, image is demand-loaded over HTTP

It even works if the remote disk is compressed.

Rich.

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