Perhaps take a cue from Apple on this one. The CD boots to an environment that can be used for recovery, diagnostics, or an install.
For edge use cases where GPARTED would need to be used or some tweaking of a GRUB boot loader could be performed prior to starting the install... On Sep 10, 2015 9:46 PM, "Antony Gordon" <cuzint...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you just want to do the EULA thing, you can put a generic, this > contains free software based on several licenses, including GNU GPL, MIT, > and BSD. By continuing with this install, you accept all applicable > licenses. To view them in detail, view C:\FREEDOS\DOC. > On Sep 10, 2015 9:34 PM, "Jerome Shidel" <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > >> >> > On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: >> > >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> >> wrote: >> >> [..] >> >> I have the FDI 1.2 prototype installer about 30% done already. >> > >> > Excellent! >> > >> > >> >> Next up: >> >> >> >> Locate packages to install. No sense going any farther if they can't >> be found. >> >> >> >> To display Eula. Accept or quit? (Reminds me to finish vview utility >> in V8PT) >> >> >> >> Give install options: >> >> 1 basic >> >> 2 full (default?) >> >> 3 basic + sources >> >> 4 full + sources >> >> Quit >> >> >> >> Do sys c: >> >> Do install packages. >> >> >> >> Do we are done thanks. Quit or reboot? >> > >> > I don't know about displaying the EULA. There are many free software / >> > open source licenses used in the FreeDOS distribution. The kernel and >> > many utilities in Base are under the GNU GPL, but many other programs >> > are under the BSD license, or MIT license, etc. I don't think you want >> > to display all of those for an EULA. >> > >> > I think a simple info screen will suffice. Something like: >> > >> >> Welcome to FreeDOS! >> >> >> >> FreeDOS is a free version of DOS, an operating system that you install >> >> on your computer. FreeDOS is made up of many smaller programs, called >> >> utilities. >> >> >> >> Most of FreeDOS is distributed to you under the GNU General Public >> >> License, a free software license that guarantees you have access to >> >> the source code. Other parts of FreeDOS are distributed under a >> >> similar license that includes source code. >> >> >> >> For details on the specific licenses used in FreeDOS, refer to the >> >> documentation. This is usually installed in C:\FDOS\DOC >> > >> > >> > But I lack the time just now to make that shorter or clearer. :-) >> > >> >> Yeah, your right. There is no "one Eula to rule them all" >> No Eula page then. >> >> Hummm.... >> How about on welcome page? Something like: >> >> 1 Continue to install >> 2 More information >> 3 Quit >> >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Freedos-devel mailing list >> > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> >
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