hi ya...
> > This is a feature of the new graphical installer. Creating raid
> > partitions is not available if you are using the text mode installer.
>
> Is it available if you do a kickstart installation?
I'd be interested in writing an installer/duplicator...
- am tired of doing it the redhat way...
- also installed many suse, caldera, slackware, pht, debian...
- biggest problem is kernel upgrades... to have to do it n-times...
on different revs of redhat ( 5.x, 6.x ) and different distro... files are
are different....
- I like to do something like:
a. give um a bootable cdrom... ( self detect the hardwara )
( aka rescue cdrom )
if they have MS already installed...read the registry
- the installer should automatically detect the hardware installed...
( don't ask about hardware... go and look for it )
- if MS can do it...( add new hw wizzard ) ... we can do it too..
if the users want dual booting... we do that too...
b. ask them if they know about partitions...etc...
if not use the default /, /tmp, /var, /usr, /swap /home [ /opt /export
]
( just overwrite the disk like MS overwrites the disk )
- check for disk space availability...
- guess I don't like just / and swap... too unreliable
c. ask about raid setup.... and backup setup...
- raid0/raid1, raid5...
d. install the "linux distro cdrom" or dd the "master distro" disk
- master distro disks already have all the patches done..
- .bashrc, .login, .alias etc all setup and fixed...
e. install using tar or rpm or dpkg or ???
f. apply patches from the "distro site"... if so desired...
- if we have 100 employee or 1,000 employees...we do not want to install
linux the current way... we need a distribution server and an automated
script to upgrade itself from the distro server...
have fun
alvin
