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this is the start of the installation thread. |
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We need some brainstorming befor creating a project task imho |
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* existing stuff for gentoo |
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Luke-Jr works on someting already (he'll explain it better than me) |
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http://glis.sourceforge.net/ |
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anaconda stuff (vprada@g.o) |
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* existing stuff for linux |
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the ton of linux distro installer... |
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But before looking at that, I think we should agree on what we want |
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My opinion : |
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The installer is something that gives the distro its identity. we should have |
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our installer. |
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We want (at least) an installer so that not-so-expert linux users can install |
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gentoo. That is, it must be GUI, simple, short. In my opinion, installation |
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should not include config tools that can be run after installation. |
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The installer should detect as much as possible, provide language selection, disk partitionning, |
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package selection, root passwd, maybe network, and X config. |
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We could use the livecd, build some graphical interface that asks minimal |
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question to be able to install, add some scripts that copy the needed stuff on |
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the harddrive, set up portage, and X. |
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That would be a first step, that is open enough to be developped |
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put all your ideas in this thread, it's the goal |
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dams |
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