Hi Nio (inline replies) On 09/22/2014 03:04 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi Israel, > [replying inline] > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2014-09-21 23:32, Israel skrev: >> Hey everyone, >> >> I found a page that confirms my suspicions about using deboostrap/chroot >> to install on hardware. >> It basically uses the same principles as the script I am using to build >> the OS. Though I was actually searching for something else :) > This is very good news :-) I agree!! >> http://www.debian-administration.org/article/426/Installing_new_Debian_systems_with_debootstrap >> >> So... I think it would be very possible to use the current script (with >> modifications of course) to setup a NEW computer. >> I think we can write a very simple UI using dialog/zenity and simply >> 'copy' the current OS' packages over (minus a few ones we wont need, >> such as nodm and live-boot) >> and simply chroot into the hardware we are installing on after running a >> quick partition program. based on a couple of choices. >> Like: >> >> 1. *Erase EVERYTHING* and install ToriOS ONLY >> 2. Install alongside ${DETECTED_OS} >> 3. Manual partition and install > Ubuntu has big problems with several users every week destroying > valuable (and not backed up data plus Windows) because the 'Install > alongside' option does not work properly. Sometimes it does not > recognize Windows, and in such cases it erases everything without > telling the poor user. So I warn you, do not port such a feature to > ToriOS !!! > > Manual partitioning is much safer, but there should be a strong warning > (that must be seen and checked), that things can go wrong, and a fresh > backup of everything is important. I used the install alongside option a few times in the past without any trouble, but if there have been those kinds of issues, I would rather not include that option either.
I would like to include a basic informative page on which partitions to make and what size. Nio, do you know a quick command to get the total available memory on a system (RAM) so calculate the SWAP size for the user? If not I can go looking around. But I'd like to have something like: /You need at least 2 total partitions:// /// root// /// swap (double your system memory size)// // //Another common option is to have 3 partitions:// /// root (around 15-20 Gig)// ///home (everything else minus the swap)// ///swap//(double your system memory size)// // //There are other configurations available, but those require familiarity with GNU/Linux.// / And then have a link to a good Wiki page at Ubuntu. >> So this is definitely something I will be looking into, especially now >> that I have some hardware to install ToriOS on in every single way I can >> think to try. >> I can safely do crazy things to it, because well... that is its only >> purpose (for now). >> >> Since I am currently adding a lot of error checking, and cleaning up the >> process for building the ISO I will be putting the code on github soon. >> I think it would be a wise decision to make a ToriOS github page, so we >> can host everything related to ToriOS there... or at least link to it. >> >> I will be putting the script for ToriOS on GitHub soon, well... when I >> am satisfied with the quality of it for others to use. >> @Nio >> Do you mind if I include the 9w directory with it, since the script uses it? > It is free and open source software, so you are welcome to upload it :-D Thank you I will do this! I just like to ask, because that is the nice thing to do when you are friends with the one who wrote it :) >> Also, once this script is refined to a point I am happy with I will copy >> it and attempt to modify a few simple things to see if I can reasonably >> set up an automated script to install torios from a chroot. >> As, this would be a good second option to have, since I personally >> always have a separate /home partition and would like that feature to be >> available for ToriOS at some point. >> If it is too complicated I may wait to do it until 1.0 comes out.... but >> if it is a fairly simple change to the current version I can write a >> simple front end from Zenity that asks a couple questions and lets the >> user configure everything the way they want right from the get-go. >> I can make a archives.tar.xz of all the /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb >> files and then extract it into the new install's >> /var/cache/apt/archives/ and we could include a lot of languages, and >> some extras an still stay under a CD limit (i think). >> >> -- >> Regards >> -- Regards
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