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docs/install: two minor tweaks 

Mainly wanted to clarify the ISO situation.

Signed-off-by: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
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@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ There is a `root` user present, but its password is locked.
Many people who just want to "try things out" will find it easiest to start
with [the cloud image](https://github.com/CentOS/centos-bootc-layered/tree/main/cloud).
(It's a separate container image because cloud-init does not work on every deployment
target, and it also serves as an effective demonstration of layering)
The [bootc playground](https://github.com/vrothberg/bootc-playground) repository
helps automate this.
@ -33,13 +35,10 @@ passwords. This means that in contrast to what was said just before, it's
possible to directly install (and update from) an "unconfigured base image"
provided by this project.
This hinges on the
[ostreecontainer](https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#ostreecontainer)
kickstart verb, which is new in Fedora 38; for example, there is a
[netinst.iso](https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/39/Everything/x86_64/iso/)
which can be scripted with kickstart. Because a current development target for
this project is [Fedora ELN](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/eln/), it's
also supported to use the ISO generated by that project.
Because a current development target for this project is [Fedora ELN](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/eln/),
which includes the latest support for `bootupd`, it's recommended to use
that ISO at this time. The support for `ostreecontainer` does not
yet exist in CentOS Stream 9.
See [example.ks](example.ks) for an example Kickstart file. The
[virt-install --initrd-inject](https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/blob/main/man/virt-install.rst#--initrd-inject)