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This is a post-FOSDEM call for people with interest for a Gentoo |
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text-based installer. |
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If you are a developer, or Gentoo user, and feel like spending some time |
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on (possibly) creating a text-based installer for Gentoo in cooperation |
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with others, please contact me (off-list). |
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During FOSDEM, I've been asked by a developer to share efforts on a |
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text-based installer for Linux distributions. There is a fair share of |
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work already done, but for the Gentoo case, certain pieces will be |
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missing. I am looking for someone to take the lead in using the |
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existing efforts to craft a scenario for the installer that performs the |
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Gentoo Linux installation e.g. from the livecd. |
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I do not wish to start a discussion on wether or not an installer makes |
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sense. I do not wish to replace the installation handbook at all |
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either. It has been brought to my attention that an installer (that |
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also can be pre-configured with the right options) is useful for certain |
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scenarios, and I would like to give it a shot to see how easy such thing |
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could be provided. |
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The installer in mind here, would also possibly work for Gentoo Prefix |
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bootstraps, for which we would use a bootstrap cd. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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