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From: Bart Verwilst <verwilst@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] graphical installer
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:37:16 +0200
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On Sunday 21 July 2002 20:08, Gaarde wrote:
|| Somewhere in the thread that speaks of a graphical installer mentioned
|| device-detection.
||
|| We can use this work elsewhere.  Create 'sane defaults' for the kernel
|| .config ... selecting which nic, framebuffer, DRI, apic, mtrr, etc ...
|| ANYTHING that can be detected.  As a part of the installer, have a
|| 'wizard' that walks one through the kernel configure/compile itself mayb=
e?

Nope, we're using redhat's anaconda as base, that has autodetection and suc=
h,=20
and it's in python (i think).

But that's more davoid's work now, since i'm planning the GUI now.
=2D-=20
Bart Verwilst
Gentoo Linux Developer, Release Coordinator
Gent, Belgium