Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] The graphical installer: getting started

[Jose J. R. <jo...@gm...>]

On 8/4/07, Eug=E9ne Suter <ea...@gm...> wrote:
> Well, I've trying to get myself familiar with the installer's foundations=
,
> layed down by Joe1962.
> So far I've only done a few trivial things like change button names to
> something meaningful and added Terabyte support in the AutoUnits function=
 -
> had to look up the exact number of bytes on wikipedia ;).
>

Cool!

>
> So, where to go from here?
>
> The first thing I though about was the number of installation modes: do w=
e
> need 3?
> How should Semi-auto differ from the Advanced option? Both already lead t=
o
> the exact same partitioning screen, with all the exact same options.
> Maybe just Automatic and Advanced would suffice?

Initially, Semi-auto was a way to do part of the process by hand and
part automatically. As I laid out the work flow however, it became
sort of redundant, since in Advanced mode, you can basically do as
much as you need by hand, and as much as you want in assisted mode. I
believe I had already posted here at some point about loosing the
extra mode. These early work flow graphs might help you, if you
haven't seen them yet:

http://jjrweb.byethost.com/vl/dev/new-installer/images/Full-automatic.png
http://jjrweb.byethost.com/vl/dev/new-installer/images/Advanced.png

Regards,
Joe1962