Re: Next release of RedHat Installer

["Andrew Smith" <rhml k1k2 com>]

> On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 17:26, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
>> At 1/31/2002 10:53 AM +1100, you wrote:
>> >It is funny that you can put a complete Linux router on a floppy but
>> >the RedHat version requires 32Meg of RAM just to run install :-)
>> 
>> I just needed to read this again; food for thought.
>> 
> ----
> flip it around...why would anyone want to use redhat's newest and
> gui-est if they can just get a floppy?
> 
> The absurd thing is the notion of all things to all people. If you want
> to run a current RH product what's wrong with needing 32mb to run the
> installer?
> 
> Craig

Yes it is an absurd notion ... why mention it?
I haven't seen it suggested anywhere in this thread
and saying it has been suggested is just as absurd as the notion itself

Um, have you read any of this thread.

A few people at least have mentioned what is wrong with needing 32M
or RAM and I'm not going to requote any of it (even my own comments :-)

 Go re-read the thread
OR
 point out (with reference to any of the reasons given why 32M is
 too much) why the reason/s are invalid



As for "food for thought".

It is certainly not months of effort for a single person to create a
CD that will install lots of RedHat 7.2 onto a machine that only has
16M (or maybe even 4M is possible?)
I guess you could work your way through the current install and find
the bits that do CD, HDD & keyboard identification and config (would
that be enough?) and then let kudzu do the rest when it boots?
Hmm ... well yes I've missed some of the point here, don't expect
the PC recipient to know how to setup everything else.
I guess we still need a good post install config program if we are
aiming at people who can't config the rest themselves
But we will have put RedHat into a larger - though maybe not much
larger - market already, that they don't want :-)

Hey, first of two steps to putting RedHat on old/small memory machines.

Anyone got about 150 or 200 hours spare time to do the first bit?
- its a guess at how long, but I'd be surprised if it took longer
and it would take a lot less for someone who knew a lot about what
goes on already

Now for the second step ... what happens after you install RedHat
and you want to add more functionality and you aren't a CLI type
of person? (never considered this on current RedHat - I have no idea)
Do you have to wipe out and reinstall?
Do you have to rerun the original installer?
Is there some other tool like "add/remove windows components"?
(then we need to add X configurator to step 1)

It is a pity that RedHat seems to think that the cut down installer
is too much effort for them when they even have all the info at hand
to do it.

Also, since, if someone else did it, they would have to redo it for
each new RedHat release (which would of course get easier each time,
but still be the same or harder than someone at RedHat doing it)
it is a pity RedHat doesn't appear to want to do it.
-- 
-Cheers
-Andrew

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