Unattented Installation

cyb0rg · Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2002 3:59 am Post subject: Unattented Installation

I think it would be wonderful if there was a way to (easily) set gentoo up to go through the entire install process (starting at stage 1) without having to touch anything after the install has begun. It took me ~48hrs to compile and install the base system on my PPro-200.

Just my $.02
Btw, great work! Gentoo is my new favorite distro.

niyogi · Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2002 10:43 pm Post subject:

48 hrs! and I thought my 16 hours was a toll!

heh.. but yeah, it would really help if there were an included shell script that automajically went through a majority of the commands. For example, the "customized" parameters should be denoted at the beginning of installation which would then be used throughout the installation.

does that make sense?

zerogeny · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 85

i agree most of the commands should be automated.
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rsk · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 7:39 pm Post subject:

yea... as static pointed out in another thread... if the information can be prompted for, or collected at the start (optimizations, use, etc.) then all of those commands chained (atleast the major ones, like boot strapping and system) it would be great if a system could be taken from stage1 -> 3 in one command (for sys admins and such).

static · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 7:46 pm Post subject:

and newbies
or the lazy

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rsk · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 7:48 pm Post subject:

and people with no hands!

<looks around and starts to sweat>

jonemi · Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2002 8:25 pm Post subject:

And for virtually everyone else!

scottro · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2002 5:43 am Post subject:

Actually, as the two long ones are the bootstrap and emerge system, that can be automated, assuming nothing goes wrong.

Do the preliminary stuff, then, when you get to bootstrapping, just use the && (meaning once this command has completed successfully, move on to the next command). For example

Guest · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2002 9:04 am Post subject:

typeing in &&s takes too long! doh!

squanto · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2002 4:46 pm Post subject:

febisfebi · Posted: Fri May 03, 2002 4:01 am Post subject:

here you go:
make this file called gentooinstall.sh

dArkMaGE · Apprentice Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 152

although an included script to take you from step 1 onwards would definently be nice, i really hope gentoo keeps its setup-program-less cuz the level of control it gives you is just awesome...
call me a sick bastard but i actually reinstalled gentoo just cuz i liked how everything went

lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

sicko!

as much fun as it was for me, too, I wouldn't dare do it again anytime soon with my dial up.

klieber · Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 3:15 am Post subject:

lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

yes, i suppose I am!

but, getting gentoo by dun was the only way for me.