Perhaps someone can refresh my memory:  under old EL, was the mirror 
list statically built into the install package, dynamically loaded if an 
Internet connection is available, or a mix of these two?  I do not 
recall having to type long strings such as mirror URLs into the "old" 
installs.

For IBM RH, a limited list of IBM RH "owned" servers makes business 
sense, but not for an open system licensed for free.  (The argument of 
cost transference through the use of a no-cost-to-the-business server 
often is outweighed by market control and brand identification enforced 
loyalty arguments.)

On 4/12/21 2:55 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 5:23 AM Takashi Ichihara
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>>>> My recollection of a fresh install of SL (it has been a number of years,
>>> and thus memory may be defective) is that SL provided a set of mirrors.
>>> Is one to assume that AL8 has no such mirrors or that AL8 network
>>> bootable media does not include the list so established?
>>
>> Just one comment.
>>
>> AlmaLinux already has a lot of mirros! ( 75 mirror sites now :-) )
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mirrors.almalinux.org_&d=DwIBaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=y7r9iro2whYATmZvTlfDdVMBibosCwY4wOi8tLPubYc&s=iNBj7JqH-k8I7-Rb1JRBt7cEypGutVRrBPCPo7siPmc&e=
> 
> RHEL 8 installation media do not have a console selectable "pick a
> mirror from this list to install from", nor does CentOS 8. You have to
> type it in manually in the network based installation interface, or
> work from the installation DVD rather than the netinstall ISO and
> avoid network installation altogether. AlmaLinux 8 would have to
> violate binary consistency with RHEL to fix this flaw.
> 
> This kind of stupidity is one of customer burdening regression in a
> vital tool is one of the reasons I'm not happy with RHEL 8 and the
> clones, and am not championing it.
>