Dave Miner wrote: > The way the Live CD is constructed is not conducive to partial installs, > except as an "install it all and then remove portions" implementation. > > Going back a point: One of the problems with not offering selections in > the installer is that it can present the impression that packages which > aren't included on the media for space reasons are just not available, > at the critical time when the user is sticking a toe in the water. I > think that's an especially vital issue with (Open)Solaris, as lack of > available software has been a persistent impression that we're fighting > hard to address. > > Beyond that issue, requiring a two-step (install, reboot, then work on > it) to get the popular things presents a fairly clunky experience, in my > opinion. The point here is not to be perfect, hence the limited > selection set being proposed, but to be good enough in a lot of cases.
This issue is one that has come up several times at LOSUG meetings. Particular from people very skilled with Jumpstart and the existing legacy interactive installer. What has been requested as a result of those discussions is a "simple" do what the LiveCD does now but BEFORE the reboot allow using the GUI package manager to fine tune the result (usually add). For other more custom stuff the AI and Distro Constructor are good answers. -- Darren J Moffat
