#8 New installer development

[Peter "MoroS" Mrożek]

As remastersys starts getting to simple for our needs and each update causes trouble to the update process, the time has come to create a dedicated installer for Sparky.

We should be able to customize the installation process to include the following changes while installing (not necessarily in that order):

• disk partitioning;
• tool set choosing (desktop (aka ultra), "gamestop" (aka "gameover"), core, CLI, etc.);
• desktop environment choosing (LXDE, E17, JWM and other that we support);
• kernel choice with auto-detection (x86 with/without PAE, x86_64);
• user configuration;
• file, packages and GRUB2 installation;

Some of the bugs that will be fixed:

• proper fstab file creation (the remastersys installer creates an invalid file which results in invalid mouting of partitions other than root);
• MBR and GPT partition table handling (remastersys handles only MBR);
• working GRUB installation partition selection (remastersys ignores installation to partitions and always chooses MBR);

[Peter "MoroS" Mrożek]

• Description has changed:

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 We should be able to customize the installation process to include the following changes while installing:
  - kernel choice: i386, i686 (PAE), Liquorix (unless it's reserved for "Game Over");
  - proper fstab file creation (the remastersys installer creates an invalid file which results in invalid mouting of partitions other than root);
+ - proper (non-proc based partition handling);
+ - proper partitioning handling;

• status: open --> accepted

[Peter "MoroS" Mrożek]

Closing. 3.3 has a new installer based on SolydXK's (and Mint's) installer. There's still a few things to be done, but Pavroo made sure that the core features are in place.