-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 15 January 2004 01:14, Jeff Griffiths wrote: > > why does installer equate with GUI? it also does not neccesarily > equate with 'dumbing down'. a lot of the learning involved in the > gentoo process that is valuable is about the linux / gentoo system > itself. i have spent lots of time trying to figure out hardware issues > during various linux installs but i can't say that i learned much from > them. > > i think for a gentoo server project it is *necessary* to be able to > script installs, probably remotely, and with as little fuss as > possible. the sane approach would be sort of like red hat's kickstart, > where all install options can be saved to a script which can then be > run on multiple machines for replication.
I think if you want to do this the best way is to add an option to catalyst to specify a custom run-at-boot script that does installing according to the preferences of the maintainer. Then installing just involves putting a cd in the computer and pressing the on switch (given that it is configured to boot from cd). > hardware detection in particular would also be a great benefit for > everyone. i don't think this will detract from the learnability of the > install process, especially if you still make people do things like > symlink the timezone file. That works a lot better if you actually know the range of hardware available. (in which case a custom script can do wonders) Paul - -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFABmWpbKx5DBjWFdsRAgumAJ0Y/EfyBbX4lPEjEO8BFD28GoQ29ACgy3bo 3Vcj8cNXC6kL59hCfXe42fg= =m6S1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
