[arch-general] New dual install iso -- Where the heck is arch-setup??

Oon-Ee Ng ngoonee.talk at gmail.com
Sat Aug 4 11:49:27 EDT 2012


On 4 Aug 2012 15:06, "gt" <static.vortex at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 01:17:37AM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> >   What happened to the arch setup autoinstaller script that guided you
though
> > the install process?? It was minimal, and worked very well to guide you
through.
> > Even helpful with raid installs after your arrays were assembled and
> > partitioned. Now, unless I'm completely missing something, we a back to
a total
> > manual install with archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall. I've looked at the
basic
> > setup wiki and the install guide wiki and I don't see the friendly
install tool
> > referenced anywhere. So am I missing it, or are we just back to a manual
> > install? (guessing where packages are /usr/bin, /usr/sbin or /sbin. On
> > archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall, /usr/sbin is not in the default path,
so typing
> > dhcpcd as instructed in the wiki -- does nothing...
> >
> >   I really liked the old arch installer. It was a fairly brain-dead
install that
> > nicely walked you though the install process with minimal keystrokes
and choices
> > required. Is that installer on the archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall
image? If so
> > where?
> >
> >   (This is an arch client vbox install if that makes any difference...)
>
> David, you are fairly active on the mailing lists, and it's amusing that
> you totally missed the discussions related to the removal of AIF a few
> weeks ago.

More to the point, as a maintainer of a fairly complicated set of packages,
he should be following important announcements rather than shooting of
emails when he personally encounters the changes. Or at least looking at
the front pages


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