Gentoo Archives: gentoo-installer

From: Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-installer@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-installer] Installer update 2004-10-12
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:27:11
Message-Id: 41716629.3090809@skylineaero.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-installer] Installer update 2004-10-12 by Chris Stahl
1 Chris Stahl wrote:
2 > i've done a bit of work on partitioning from the concepts to using
3 > cfdisk in a script with a basic UI. no python-based work as i don't
4 > know python. in anycase i'm interested in seeing what you guys can
5 > come up with as many distros have terrible "interesting" partitioning
6 > support.
7 >
8 > I have access to a number of SPARC computers as well. possibly for
9 > testing. i know sparc uses a lot of odd stuff.
10
11 I'm the one that's been working on the partitioning stuff lately. While the
12 first release of the installer will support x86 only, all the code I've been
13 writing has been with other arches (including sparc...I've got a SPARCStation 20
14 and an Ultra 2) in mind also.
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16 New ideas and approaches are always a good thing. If you think you've got
17 something to contribute, drop by the #gentoo-installer channel on the Freenode
18 IRC network and let us know.
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