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Andrey Falko wrote: |
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> On 3/25/09, Aaron Lebahn <cplusplus328@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hello, I would like to apply as a student in the Google Summer of Code |
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>> program. I would like to work on creating a simple method to install Gentoo |
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>> on an EeePC. This will involve creating scripts and code that will |
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>> preconfigure the Gentoo instalation to be optimized for the EeePC, and to |
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>> contain all of the appropriate modules and configurations to enable all |
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>> hardware on the EeePC. |
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>> I own an EeePC 900 with which I wil be abe to test. I am uncertain if this |
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>> or something similar has been done before, or if this is an appropriate |
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>> Google SOC project. Please give feedback or questions, thankyou. |
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>> |
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>> -- |
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>> Aaron Lebahn. |
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>> |
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> |
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> Would it be possible to integrate these scripts into Gentoo current |
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> graphical installer, as well as included on one of the minimal install |
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> CDs? |
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> |
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You should be aware that the Gentoo Linux Installer project is no longer |
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under development. See |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/index.xml for more |
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information. |
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Any such installer is also highly unlikely to be included on the minimal |
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cd's, especially now they are automated. The minimal cd's have always |
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been just that, minimal. Many users like them this way and convincing |
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the developers to add packages requires a very good reason. |
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You may want to look at enhancing an existing project to perform this |
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task (such as the official replacement, Quickstart), or developing a |
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more generic installer project from scratch (altho I suspect this latter |
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suggestion may be a bit ambitious given the time frame involved). |
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The experiences of the GLI project have, in my opinion, shown that |
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supporting (any kind of) automated installation with Gentoo would be |
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very hit and miss. The type of install process you're talking about |
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would probably be served better by the generated cd's project to get a |
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disk with binary packages preloaded, then providing specific |
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configuration instructions (unofficial instructions are already |
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available on gentoo-wiki.com) |
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AllenJB |
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(PS. Disclaimer: I'm not a mentor or developer, I'm just an experienced |
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user, so you probably want to do your own investigations based on this |
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information) |
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