Fedora Cinnamon Live 44 chosen as the concrete base (interchangeable
with Workstation Live for this purpose), tuxflotte.mode kernel cmdline
flag name, 10s countdown with auto as default entry, and the
xorriso-based build.sh/extract.sh that no longer needs root. Checks
off 'Boot from local disk' in the installer roadmap, now verified
end-to-end in QEMU/KVM.
Moves from a Fedora DVD/netinst base (GRUB boots straight into Anaconda
via a static inst.ks= URL, bypassing installer.sh entirely) to a real
live medium. installer.sh runs as an application inside the live
session; backend_launch() starts the native installer explicitly at
the end instead of a boot-time kickstart parameter.
The boot menu offers two entries: a default with a countdown that
leads to an unattended flow, and a manual entry for the branded
interactive flow. The unattended flow is gated on
device.registration_status == "existing" - unknown devices always
fail closed into the interactive enrollment path. Device registration
now documents that this is a condition of registering a device.
Also notes the tension with the installer roadmap's long-term
minimal-medium vision: distribution packages still aren't bundled and
are pulled per install, but the live environment itself makes the
medium larger, accepted for the UX it enables.
Details: architecture/13-live-provisioning-boot.md.
