"Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> If Mandrake were to create a "run-time" package (i.e. RPM) for the > installer, like RedHat does with their "anaconda" RPM, doing a UML > install would not require that it be run from the actual install CD > (or an ISO image of it). > > If one could install a "uml" rpm, and a "drakx" rpm and then run > "drakx" from a shell prompt (probably need some arguments like UML > root image, etc.) and install the UML using DrakX that way, that would > be just great. No need to put it on the install CD. so what you want is the ability to run install "live", for example in a chrooted environment or an uml. there's no real pb doing this, except one needs to *do* it. Running install2 with "--test" already enables a pseudo install in /tmp/test-perl-install. it would be great to have this (both chrooted and uml). It could be a package providing .pm's missing from the drakxtools & drakxtools-newt packages (like install2.pm, install_steps*) i don't think i'd have the time to do this, but i welcome any question/patch that would try to meet this goal :) some remarks: - install is a bit dirty, writing carelessly things in /tmp - install uses /tmp/image to access the root of the mandrake repository (eg: i have /tmp/image -> /export, and i have rpms in /export/Mandrake/RPMS) - in test mode, install uses /tmp/test-perl-install instead of /mnt as the prefix to install packages to
