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On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 21:57, Kumba wrote: |
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> Since Gentoo's mantra is about choice, I think a menu-driven system |
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> could succeed, or supplement the command line interface, giving the user |
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> the choice of going either route. I've taken a brief look at the |
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> install manuals, and the basic steps taken are universally similar. |
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> Some differences are only in the fdisk setup (depending on your |
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> architecture), stage selections (like GRP and Portage's upcoming binary |
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> installing ability), and so on. It's really not until the end of the |
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> install, right around the kernel installation, where things change, |
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> mainly due to the bootloaders used, and final cleanup tasks and such. |
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I think a simple menu-based installer would easily be able to accomplish |
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these requirements, especially if we dropped a person to an editor to |
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make their changes to their respective bootloader, etc. |
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> Right now, this is just an idea. I would probably need to create a GLEP |
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> for it to get it more cemented, after some logistical ideas get worked |
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> out (like whether to use dialog, ncurses, or lsdialog, etc..). However, |
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> I think it's an overdue idea, and complete implementation of it will go |
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> a long way to making the install process easier for users. So let's |
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> start trading ideas on this. |
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> Debian's Installer can be found here (Source): |
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> http://cvs.debian.org/debian-installer |
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> FreeBSD's Sysinstall Source: |
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> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/ |
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> So, Ideas, Thoughts, Comments......Flames? |
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Slackware's installer is also a good place to look. =] |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |