[email protected] wrote: >On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 04:27:02PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> Exactly. The live installation options in Calamares are *easy* for a >> simple installation, but also incredibly limited in flexibility. For >> wider choices, we very much recommend using d-i instead. It's still >> not *hard*, but you might need to actually think about your >> installation. If you really want to see all the options, run d-i in >> expert mode. It takes a long time... > >Oh .... not having done a Debian installation recently I had forgotten about >d-i.
Yeah, I guessed. Looking at your description of working around Calamares for a more complex disk setup was cringe-inducing. :-( We do a lot of testing of various disk scenarios with d-i (RAID, LVM, lots of different filesystems, etc.) so we can have confidence that it's working OK. The interface available in the d-i environment is quite limiting, but it can be used to set up complex things quite readily. I just wish I had the time to do the partman rewrite I've half-designed in my head. >I just clicked on 'Install' (or whatever) on the desktop when I booted from the >live CD. > >It would be really good if Calamares very early on said "please use d-i for >more flexible installs" or something better worded than what I just wrote. Actually, that's a really good idea. Could you please submit a wishlist bug for that? :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
