Re: Next release of RedHat Installer

["Andrew Smith" <rhml k1k2 com>]

> On 30 Jan 2002, Edward C. Bailey wrote:
> 
>> >>>>> "Trond" == Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg redhat com> writes:
>>
>> Trond> "Edward C. Bailey" <ed redhat com> writes:
>> ...
>> >>  Not being a member of the installer team, I cannot say for
>> >>  certain, but
>> >> I think it might be due to the installer being written in Python...
>>
>> Trond> A bigger factor is the use of ramdisks to store the programs,
>> Trond> some data and the rpm install transaction.
> 
> Hmm, could the install be split into multiple transactions maybe?  Do
> a base install, then add the fancy stuff?
> 
>> OK, what he said... :-)
>>
>>                                     Ed
> 
> -- 
> Bill Crawford, Unix Systems Developer, GTS Netcom

Or even better,

a really simple installer that gets the machine up and running
and the rest is up to you ... no X, no GUI interface

... and then I'm sure someone would go to the trouble of writing
a second stage installer for machines that have already got this
far ... a text one of course :-)

Actually, maybe something like the second stage installer already
exists? Anybody know of one that runs with the RedHat CD's?
e.g. local/internet networking, printing, X, ANY services on top of
networking (xinetd, mail, etc etc etc)
-- 
-Cheers
-Andrew

MS ... if only he hadn't been hang gliding!