[RULE] What should go in the RULE install guide?

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Sunday 30 March 2003 08:34 pm, Eugene Wong wrote:
> Michael Fratoni said:
> >This isn't as difficult as you've been lead to believe.
>
> Actually Michael, I *really* beg to differ on that, because rpm's
> implementation ftp is *very* unreliable. If I recall correctly, then a
> missed rpm could actually mean redoing the entire process from the
> beginning, including the hardware configuration. 

One other point here. If you use the slinky.config file and define your 
options, starting over is far less painless. Almost all questions can be 
skipped, in much the same way as an anaconda kickstart install works.

I have my config file and network script on a floppy. I just boot, call 
the network script, copy the config file over, and start the installer. 
It results in only having to answer a couple of prompts.

Sooner or later, I'll actually add some better error handling for when a 
package doesn't install properly. However, this doesn't really help when 
glibc or the kernel package fails during a dialup ftp install. rpm, being 
ever so helpful, downloads, installs, and then deletes the package. If it 
fails, even if the script catches it, it has to be downloaded again.

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