Karen Tung wrote: > Sanjay Nadkarni wrote: >> Karen Tung wrote: >>> Keith Mitchell wrote: >>>>> >>>>> In my opinion, the text installer should: >>>>> >>>>> - work on both x86 and sparc >>>>> - offer a similar installation experience and feature set as the >>>>> existing slim GUI installer >>>> Should it offer a similar installation experience? What does this >>>> mean? Is the target audience for the text installer the same as the >>>> target audience for the GUI installer (I would say that it's not). >>>> In that case, the experience - and feature set - should be tailored >>>> to the text installer's anticipated user base. >>> For me, a "similar installation experience" means similar questions >>> will be asked. Same things >>> can be configured/selected during installation. Not more, not less. >> Is there an implicit assumption about what type of an install this >> going to be - media or network ? For a network based install, will >> there be a need to ask further questions ? Like ability to choose the >> repo and mirror ? >> >> >> -Sanjay > The existing GUI installer is installing from media. If we decided > that we want to go for the similar install experience, > I imagine the text installer would be to install from media also. For > a network based install, I think it is required to > ask for more questions, like repo and mirror and also, the list of > packages to install. Also, it requires that people > have network connection to a repo/mirror. > > --Karen >
Would the time required to do a network install be acceptable?
