Re: [Rule-list] install disk idea

[Marco Fioretti]

On Fri, May 10, 2002 23:17:32 at 11:17:32PM -0400, Michael Fratoni wrote:
> > I too was thinking to something like this (see my posts some week ago
> > about looking at the application database and generating the package
> > list from there). Where you thinking about modifying
> > mkkickstart/ksconfig, or something else?
> 
> I think the "something else" option.
> Perhaps a shell script containing only variable definitions, with 
> detailed instructions, which could have definitions for all the variables 
> used by the installer. Since disk1 is a dos formated disk, the user could 
> edit it on either a linux or windows machine.
> 
> Then the installer could source that file, and prompt only for missing 
> information. If not defined prompt for the answer, otherwise, use the 
> pre-defined variable and continue? 
> 
> It's just a rough idea at this point, but adding support for it wouldn't 
> be too difficult. This would be just for slinky, as miniconda already 
> supports a standard kickstart file.
> 

Then what we want (not now, of course) is that eventually slinky
supports the standard kickstart format too, maybe with some
extensions, isn't it?

        Ciao,
                Marco Fioretti
                RULE project leader
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