Re: graphical installer for debian could be used to replace the BDI

[Paul <paul.corner-at-tesco.net>]

Hi Rob

Redhat already supports installations via ftp in pretty much the same way as 
Debian. Also available are tools to keep the system up to date - up2date, 
rpmfind, plus a few other utilities. 
Much of what you suggest can be accomplished under Redhat, SuSE, and Mandrake 
with a little effort from the BDI developer(s). The problem comes down to 
server space with sufficient space and bandwidth to host a suitable 
repository.

The original intent behind th BDI CD was to give potential users a simple and 
(almost) idiot proof way of installing linux and EMC. Using aptget or similar 
tools to install from a remote server would add yet another layer of 
complication.

Even although the BDI is based on RH6.x (BDI-TNG is RH7.2 based), there is a 
large number of books available to guide newbies through installation and 
running linux. Should any packages be required that are not on the CDs, a 
quick search on the internet will reveal a number of sources. Using rpmfind, 
the package dependencies can be resolved without too much trouble.
BTW www.rpmfind.net is just one of many usefull sites...


Regards, Paul.




On Saturday 22 Jun 2002 10:51 am, Robert wrote:
> So the process of installing EMC would be
> 1 download the PGI installer and burn to cdrom
> 2 run the installer from bootable cdrom
> 3 let the installer download of take off cdrom the debian system
> 4 apt-get install EMC downloads all EMC files to a standard debian system
> 5 start playing :)

> So what do you think ? comments / issues ?