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The Gentoo Linux Installer team would like to announce version 0.5[.4] (we've |
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found a few bugs since the initial 0.5 release) of the installer. This release, |
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which is available on the 2007.0 x86 and amd64 LiveCD/DVDs, has a lot of changes |
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from the previous one (so many that it really should have been a new major |
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version, but we haven't even reached 1.0 yet, so it's a bit hard to jump to |
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2.0). |
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The major change is that the installer is now interactive, so instead of |
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configuring everything and then letting the install go, it acts more like every |
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other installer that has ever existed. If you're looking for something to do |
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automated installs, check out the installer's sister project, Quickstart at |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/quickstart.php>. |
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As always, there are many improvements (and bugfixes) since the last version. |
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* Yet Another Partitioning Code Overhaul: partitioning is now done in real |
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time, so all of the problems that affected previous installer versions are |
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now gone. It is completely and absolutely safe. The worst it can do is mess |
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up when deleting a partition you wanted to delete or creating a new |
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partition, neither of which will result in data loss. |
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* GTK+ frontend redesign: most of the screens have been redesigned from the |
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ground up to go along with the new real-time functionality of the installer. |
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The content of the screens is drawn dynamically as you reach the screen, |
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instead of just disabling elements that don't apply anymore due to previous |
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decisions. This makes the interface seem a lot less clunky. We also have some |
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cool new graphics for the splash screen and banner image thanks to blackace. |
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* GTK+ frontend allows you to choose from 3 modes: Networkless, Standard, and |
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Advanced. |
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* GRP mode is now only available in Networkless mode. |
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* When existing prematurely from the installer, it will offer to clean up after |
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itself (unmount partitions, move logfiles, etc.) |
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* Dialog frontend has been given an overhaul and now has complete i18n support |
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along with 5 translations. |
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* CLI frontend fixup: the non-interactive CLI frontend has been fixed up. It |
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can be used to do automated installs with GLI if you create an install |
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profile by hand if you pre-partition or use the recommended partition layout. |
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As always with improvements, there are new bugs created to go along with them. |
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If you do encounter a bug, make sure to save your /tmp/installprofile.xml and |
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/var/log/installer.log.failed from the LiveCD right after the install fails. |
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File a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org/. Select the "Gentoo Release Media" product |
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and the "Installer" component. If you can't find that, just use the following |
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link: |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Gentoo%20Release%20Media&component=Installer&format=guided |
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Andrew Gaffney http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/ |
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Gentoo Linux Developer Installer Project |
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