Re: Gentoo Installer (text-based)

Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39):

> On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote:
> > The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple,
> > without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a
> > standard install, newbie-oriented scenario would be definitely good.
> > Experienced people won't use it anyway, so why bothering trying to
> > cover their needs, it would be a straight way to fail again.
> 
> Just FYI:
> Interestingly, it were the power/experienced users that requested a
> simple installer, because they got tired of copy&paste-ing the same
> commands from the manual over and over again.

Actually power users install Gentoo from memory, it's really not much
more, than untarring two tarfiles, editing a few configs, making the
kernel and installing the bootloader.

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