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
