[3086] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Oct 11 16:12:41 2000
To: Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Oct 2000 16:12:31 -0400
In-Reply-To: Alex Coventry's message of "Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:02:03 -0400"
Message-Id: <sjmvguzyw5s.fsf@indiana.mit.edu>
Is there some way that we could provide two different installers
(perhaps based upon which install floppy you use?) This way we can
have one install server but two installers (ours and the default
RedHat installer). Would that work?
-derek
Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU> writes:
> > I would certainly like to be able to install the kernel sources at
> > install time. I would also want to be able to install netscape, a
> > compiler and development suite, java... But honestly I'm far enough
> > removed that I don't know what's installed locally by default, and
> > what isn't. I would like to be able to install a machine that can
> > work on or off the net, but still be Athenized.
>
> Hmm, I reckon the upgrader that comes with the standard installer would
> serve in those cases.
>
> My main concern with the custom installer is that it means there may be
> more non-standard configurations out there that we're going to be
> expected to help with, because they arose from our installer. Someone
> who is competent enough use the custom installer is going to be able to
> grab extra rpm's themselves, so the advantage of including it doesn't
> seem that great to me. On the other hand I would think that providing
> the custom install option to everyone greatly increases the risk that
> people who don't know what they're doing end up with a broken
> configuration that they expect us to help them fix. Perhaps someone
> with more experience in tending to a widely used distribution would have
> a better idea of how serious this risk is.
>
> Alex.
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