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[Casey Harkins <charkins AT upl.cs.wisc.edu>]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Hamish Greig wrote:

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> Using the individual cache files to install has brought a question into my 
> mind.
> Shouldn't the actual transfer to hard-disk be done after configuring 
> everything ?
> 
> Thanks to conversing with Worf who found the solution to the 
> simpleinit/initrd 
> problem, I have made some dirs writable during install (at a cost of ~1MB 
> in 
> memory) so much of the stuff that used to be done in chroot after transfer 
> can now be done in the iso_root and then just copied to ${TARGET}. This 
> also 
> lets you use the cd as a sort of live cd if you so wish (no binutils or gcc 
> on it though)
> As a result of this 
> timezone
> architecture
> configure/install kernel (if compile then do after transfer to harddisk)
> networking
> configure bootloader (but not run "it" until after transfer)
> configure logger
> could all be done before the transfer, and then a single set of commands 
> can 
> install. Now there are 5 separate install sections needed to handle all the 
> items, which makes it awkward to configure/select the optional spells now 
> available for install.
> There are a set of must-install spells that won't be configurable but the 
> optionals will be menu selected, and having the list of networking spells, 
> fs 
> spells, etc already chosen before offering up a menu would simplify the 
> process somewhat.
> 
> Anyone care to comment ?


Sounds great! Would formatting the partitions be done at the beginning of 
the "transfer" step, or earlier in the iso flow as it is now. This might 
be a nice addition as well, if you hadn't already considered it. 

-casey