[arch-general] Is there any project or interest for an new installer?
Guys, As I sit cobbling together script snippets to help automate the new media install for my use, I am curious if there is any current effort/project to develop a new AIF type installer? Or, is there any plan to take the current old AIF and update it going forward. If not, is there any suggestion/desire to set up a development page/wiki to capture thoughts/ideas/notes concerning what Arch users are currently doing to help automate the install. That way at least there is a central place for the information to be coordinated that would foster a bit of development in that direction regardless of whether it ever becomes an official project. For example, to make grub2 config a little easier I cobbled together a couple of lines from the Install_Guide, Beginners_Guide and Grub2 wiki to come up with a short snippet for my use: # Install a bootloader (grub2) - PART2 instdev="$1" modprobe dm-mod grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --debug "$instdev" mkdir -p /boot/grub/locale cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo sed -i 's/GRUB_GFXMODE=.*$/GRUB_GFXMODE=1024X768X32/' /etc/default/grub grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Nothing special about any of this, but if there was an interest in capturing this type of information and other information related to the install for later use (or just to prevent reinventing the wheel), then some central page makes sense. Also, if there was any interest in a future AIF continuation, I'd be happy to help where I could. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> writes:
Guys,
As I sit cobbling together script snippets to help automate the new media install for my use, I am curious if there is any current effort/project to develop a new AIF type installer? Or, is there any plan to take the current old AIF and update it going forward.
I've been working on fixing up AIF. I currently have basic support for syslinux and grub-bios working, part of my aim is getting enough of an understanding of AIF's current codebase to either clean it up well, or pull out the good parts into a mature "third system". My main personal interest concerns unattended installs. I am currently using AIF successfully with the latest iso releases... there is a lot of work that needs done on it though. -- Jeremiah Dodds github : https://github.com/jdodds freenode : exhortatory
On 08/05/2012 03:56 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
I've been working on fixing up AIF. I currently have basic support for syslinux and grub-bios working, part of my aim is getting enough of an understanding of AIF's current codebase to either clean it up well, or pull out the good parts into a mature "third system".
My main personal interest concerns unattended installs. I am currently using AIF successfully with the latest iso releases... there is a lot of work that needs done on it though.
Where can I pull your current AIF from? I'll take a look at it. I'm currently busy with TDE, but I can at least get familiar with the current AIF code to start. It looks like the pages have all been ditched. All I can find is: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AIF_Configuration_File and it doesn't have a link to any of the other pages... :( -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 08/06/2012 05:29 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/05/2012 03:56 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
I've been working on fixing up AIF. I currently have basic support for syslinux and grub-bios working, part of my aim is getting enough of an understanding of AIF's current codebase to either clean it up well, or pull out the good parts into a mature "third system".
My main personal interest concerns unattended installs. I am currently using AIF successfully with the latest iso releases... there is a lot of work that needs done on it though.
Where can I pull your current AIF from? I'll take a look at it. I'm currently busy with TDE, but I can at least get familiar with the current AIF code to start.
It looks like the pages have all been ditched. All I can find is:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AIF_Configuration_File
and it doesn't have a link to any of the other pages... :(
Searching, the only versions I can find are the last version from /var/abs/extra. Is there a newer code repository somewhere? GIT/SVN? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On Aug 6, 2012 6:43 PM, "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
On 08/06/2012 05:29 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/05/2012 03:56 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
I've been working on fixing up AIF. I currently have basic support for syslinux and grub-bios working, part of my aim is getting enough of an understanding of AIF's current codebase to either clean it up well, or pull out the good parts into a mature "third system".
My main personal interest concerns unattended installs. I am currently using AIF successfully with the latest iso releases... there is a lot
of
work that needs done on it though.
Where can I pull your current AIF from? I'll take a look at it. I'm currently busy with TDE, but I can at least get familiar with the current AIF code to start.
It looks like the pages have all been ditched. All I can find is:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AIF_Configuration_File
and it doesn't have a link to any of the other pages... :(
Searching, the only versions I can find are the last version from /var/abs/extra. Is there a newer code repository somewhere? GIT/SVN?
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 08/06/2012 06:04 PM, Daniel Wallace wrote:
Searching, the only versions I can find are the last version from
/var/abs/extra. Is there a newer code repository somewhere? GIT/SVN?
Thank you! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> writes:
On 08/05/2012 03:56 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
I've been working on fixing up AIF. I currently have basic support for syslinux and grub-bios working, part of my aim is getting enough of an understanding of AIF's current codebase to either clean it up well, or pull out the good parts into a mature "third system".
My main personal interest concerns unattended installs. I am currently using AIF successfully with the latest iso releases... there is a lot of work that needs done on it though.
Where can I pull your current AIF from? I'll take a look at it. I'm currently busy with TDE, but I can at least get familiar with the current AIF code to start.
My branch is at https://github.com/jdodds/aif -- Jeremiah Dodds github : https://github.com/jdodds freenode : exhortatory
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