On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 02:14 +0100, Andy Stern wrote: > I had the idea to write a setup-script for a x86-installation, > thats what i got: > > www.trustop.org/gensetup/ > > what do you think
I don't know if one exists or not, because I haven't installed gentoo lately (only updated it for the last few years :) I had a look at your script - you've named it .tar.gz, but it's only a tar! I think you forgot to gzip it! Doing a quick google search, I found http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/ and there is also another graphical installer someone was working on, but I can't remember where. >From the gentoo installer page: Along with the GTK frontend, there is also a dialog-based frontend. This is useful for doing remote installs via SSH. gli-dialog also supports some things that the GTK frontend doesn't and vice versa... So I would ask: What is the purpose of your script? Do you want it to eventually be a great solve-all text installer for beginner and expert? Or just a simple install? > should i continue or is the gentoo-setup to complex for such a script? Definately continue - if only to further your understanding of bash / gentoo / installing. Even if the only purpose it to provide another option to the gentoo installer - that's good enough because diversity is great! I definately don't think gentoo setup is too complex for a script. If you can do it by hand, you can do it in a script :) so go for it! [PS - you seem to have made this post by replying to a different thread in the mailing list - not everybody will see it, as some people collapse or ignore threads they're not interested in] HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> ## Signoff: insurgent (razzin' frazzin' motherfu... stupid directx...) -- [email protected] mailing list
