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);
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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.