> > > this could be possible if we wrote all the options to a config file and > then reading from this file before the actual start of the installation. > > this method could also be used for an automated installation/remote > installation/wateva.
This is quite possible. We can do it. > [3] The installer should not be LiveCD based - boot > > using LiveCD and > > then invoke the installer type. we could possibly have a boot option - boot into the live cd version or boot > into the installer version. boot into installer can bring up a minimal OS required for the installer to run. Quite possible but how necessary is it? RAM constraints might not be big for a perl based installer. > [4] Detect other partitions and provide information > > in an easy to understand form. > > ok > > > [5] Simple and fast. > > Go Perl!!! :=)) > > > The last I used ubuntu (a few months back), it did > > not have a GUI > > installer and this has not stopped people from > > adopting it. > > well, there is a gui installer provided by debian but its still not as > good as the text based installer. > > Sriram, i am willing to help a bit with the installer part of the problem. > I am currently looking at your installer to code to see if i can do a manual > installer (similar to gentoo)... and then automate the necessary parts. do > let me know if there is any part you need help with! I also need to look in to the code and figure out what I have written ;-) Thanks. We will workout offline. Regards, > Ananth ~Sriram This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > ug-bosug mailing list > List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/attachments/20070528/9b83e3d6/attachment.html>
