On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Pixel wrote: > > > - add drakautoinst > > is this a new interface to the auto_install.cfg thing? > here is what gc (who is in extended week-end (aka holidays:) for 5 days) says > about drakautoinst: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > As part of the work for Mandrake-8.1, I worked on an "auto install helper" > small tool. > It is not exactly the same spirit as RedHat Kickstart configurator: it is > aimed at replaying an installation, rather than configure a new one from > scratch, so the interface and complexity of the program is much more > lower: for each step, you may leave it in 'replay' mode (it will choose > what you've chosen during install) or you may ask for a 'manual' mode. > So, to use it, one needs first to do an install, at least with Build 533: > [gc@bi ~] cat /c/cooker/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/share/VERSION > /ChangeLog/1.533/Tue Aug 14 14:40:25 2001// > This install will save for you a file called `/root/replay_install.img', > which will be the base for `drakautoinst'. You may then launch > drakautoinst with drakxtools-newt-1.1.7-1mdk or later, and select the > manual steps from the GUI: > http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/drkauto.png > After clicking on `Ok', it will save the modified auto-install floppy for > you, and you may then replay your install. > It is not yet "heavily" tested, but all the steps of the install seem to > work correctly together with the replay/manual behaviour. (a bug in > creation of bootdisk and setup of bootloader is corrected in CVS, use > Build 534 or later if necessary) Cute! Since the "manual steps" part uses a patch that I provided, it's restored my faith that it is worth contributing to Mandrake. If I re-upload a set of "vanished" SRPMS to /incoming, is there a chance that they might crawl into Contribs this time? ;-) Michael
