On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 04:58:00PM +0000, g4sra via Dng wrote: [cut]
> > To clarify further... > It is my view that the configuration program should be capable of being > run at any time after installation, even multiple times on separate > occasions as required. > I am not sure what you exactly mean here. The installer cannot be run in "demo" mode, because almost any of the steps involved (except keyboard and language selection) depend on the success of one or usually several of the previous steps. In other words, the installer is a *stateful* application. And could not be otherwise. You simply can't install the base system if you haven't downloaded the needed packages and mounted the root filesystem. You cannot mount the root filesystem if you have not formatted it. You cannot format the root filesystem if you haven't created a partition for it. You cannot create a partition if you haven't detected the available disks and decided how to configure them. Same for the packages: you cannot download the packages if you haven't configured the package manager and set a mirror. You can't configure a mirror if you haven't a working Internet connection. You can't have a working Internet connection if you haven't detected the available network hardware, loaded any needed firmware, fired it up, assigned to it a valid IP address, configured a default GW, and set up a DNS. What are we talking about, exactly? o_O > For a simple example of the concept see the Raspberry Pi 'raspi-config' > utility. > Differing configuration UI's could potentially be developed over time... > zsh, then ncurses, Xorg based (QT?)... > > You are confusing a simple config file that is read once and for all during boot time (the config file on raspberry pis) with the complete installation of a new system. They are not even comparable. There is no thing like "oh I re-run the installer configuration to change the layout of my partitions"..... HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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