Dave Miner wrote:
Shawn Walker wrote:
With that said, I have to wonder why Ubuntu and similar OS
distributions that have a similar that don't offer the installation of
additional software during install don't have this issue?
For one, Ubuntu's the current standard; we aren't. Sometimes you have
to try a little harder when you're the scrappy underdog.
You're correct that the live CD's typically don't, because they all
install the same way we currently do. Fedora, however, offers the
install DVD that allows customization up front, or later. Ubuntu's
server install writes the base system, then lets you customize it, but
still in the guided flow. Haven't looked at any others lately, though
SuSE was similar to Fedora last time I looked.
Right, but as you said, it's an install DVD, not a Live one, which makes
a huge difference.
As someone else mentioned, there's no reason you couldn't just have the
packagemanager run (packagemanager -R /mountpoint) at the end of the
install process. That would avoid the two-step part you're talking
about. Plus, as I already mentioned, I wonder why this isn't such a
big issue for other distributions.
I think it's an interesting additional option. There are other use
cases that it doesn't address, such as being able to hand out even
out-of-date media and have the user directly install the latest stuff
rather than install then update.
When you start mixing a Live environment that is cpio'd to disk along
with network-based install where we don't know what the numbers are
ahead of time, things start to unravel. If everything is on the media
in package form, then you can definitely have various sizes and other
information very quickly.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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