Thanks for your support. You have good ideas, but some of them won't fly. We NEED rpm to keep things uniform. Easy to upgrade, easy to replace, (not-so)easy to build, and the same for every package. Seriously. If there is ANYTHING that linux needs to survive it's a bit of standardization (even WITHIN each distro). Having two package systems could be a nightmare.
Also, you CAN just download ISO1 and do the rest via ftp/http. I've done it many times. You can even just download one floppy and install everything by ftp! (Thanks to rpm...) It would be nice to have a "semi-network" install option on CD1 though. You boot CD1, pick some sort of hybrid install with VERY few options and menus and such. This installs basesystem, X, a window manager, and the "draks" and lets you select a mirror, and CONFIGURES the mirror in urpmi BEFORE rebooting. Then you reboot and install the rest from you new super-speedy Mandrake system. Great idea. Austin On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 21:39, allen wrote: > > I would like to 2nd this concept. > > > Also I would like to add a little something for some day in the future, > maybe... > > Follow the thought, it would be too hard to describe otherwise... > > 1. Say CD1 is a minimal installer and a file system, rudimentary, ready to > go. ( And yes, I've actually created such a thing on contract for a > company in the Northwest so I know this pretty well... ) > > 2. You do the "install" and partition, and format, and BLLLLLAAAAMMMM ! > > Your whole entire basic file system is copied over ready to go. > > 3. Reboot. > > 4. Now add the things you want. > > How hard is that ? > > I don't want to start a flame thing, but compared to this sort of capability, > initially, I do not like rpm's. > > This sort of "install" is a LOT faster, a LOT LOT faster. > > Heck, you could even fit a few more architecture specific base file systems > on there... Maybe just X needs to "go on" the rpm way initially... > > Is the rpms thing really so necessary all the way "from the beginning" ? > > ( Humble and sincere question ) > > The other thing is that perhaps you really don't need to download a whole > bunch of ISO's. Maybe just part of one. The rest can install itself as > needed over the net... uprmi.addmedia (somewhere) urpmi.finishinstalling ;) > > ? > > -AEF > > > On Monday 12 August 2002 08:18 pm, Austin Acton wrote: > > <snips> > > > Hello! > > > > I only have one request to add to v9.0 in the installer. I want an > > "Install All" button - ala Redhat. Disks are cheap. The time required to > > get the system fully operational isn't. Having an install all capability > > would be a real productivity enhancer for one-off configurations. > > > > It would be even nicer if all extra services beyond those required to > > normally operate the system are OFF by default when installed. That way, > > you don't soak up memory and add more security holes. (At least until > > the software is configured >
