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Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> said: |
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> On Sunday 16 November 2003 22:14, dams@×××.fr wrote: |
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>> The installer should detect as much as possible, provide language |
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>> selection, disk partitionning, package selection, root passwd, maybe |
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>> 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 |
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>> on the harddrive, set up portage, and X. |
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> About X, I think we should design the system that the screen even works on |
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> 640x480. In that case we can just use the standard vga modes if something |
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> goes wrong. Of course it looks lousy, but it allows anyone to use the |
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> installer. |
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doesn't the livecd work that way already? I thought so.. |
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Oh it probably uses the framebuffer, whitout defaulting to vga if fb fails |
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(which happens) |
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dams |
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