[Rule-list] Suggestions for having a small install.

[Marco Fioretti]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 12:15:54 at 12:15:54PM -0400, C David Rigby wrote:
> Eugene Wong wrote:
> >Hi.
> 
> >>2.) Another idea is to make Slinky just a program that parses 
> >>KickStart files; no prompting; no interaction. We could give out 
> >>sample KickStart files and encourage them to customize the samples. As 
> >>it is, RH already has samples and already has documentation. We only 
> >>need an install program that will use these scripts. If we made Slinky 
> >>do this, then we should probably try and make it work with ftp and 
> >>other installation methods [according to RH6.0, we could only use 
> >>CDROM & NFS].
> >>
> >>Thoughts?
> 
> 
> I find this option particularly attractive.  It fits how I would like to 

I like it a lot too, but isn't it something to do in *parallel* to
slinky and/or miniconda rather than add to/modify them? In other
words, how much (in standard RH) a kickstart install  is done by a separate
program/procedure/whatever and how much it is "built in" the standard
installer?

	Ciao,
		Marco Fioretti


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