Re: Gentoo Installer : first checkpoint

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 14:18, [email protected] wrote:
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> But I have one major interrogation : in the discussion, it's not clear
> where the installer stops, and where the config starts. We agree that the
> configuration process has to use the config tools, to avoid redundance.
> Now, should the install do minimal install (network + partitioning +
> installing base system - no package choice), then reboot or chroot in the
> new environment, then start various config tools, among them a portage
> frontend, user conf, sound, printing, X, language/i18n, ... ? Or do you
> want these steps to be in the installer GUI? (in the GUI/console concept,
> you could emerge stuff and configure everything by hand in the console, no
> need to reboot/chroot)

I don't know what we want. However we must remember that the installer CD h=
as=20
a more rich environment than is available in a base system. I don't think i=
t=20
is nice to have installation to depend on having any resources like X=20
available at the running system. To me that means that we don't do the rebo=
ot=20
for some while, instead run the tools which are on the cd from the installe=
r=20
directly. We could also have it depend on whether the user chooses to insta=
ll=20
the configuration tools. If the latter is the case then we can shortcircuit=
=20
the installation phase and reboot after these are installed.

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
Gentoo Developer
Mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net

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