[arch-general] New dual install iso -- Where the heck is arch-setup??

gt static.vortex at gmx.com
Sat Aug 4 03:06:54 EDT 2012


On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 01:17:37AM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
> 
>   What happened to the arch setup autoinstaller script that guided you though
> the install process?? It was minimal, and worked very well to guide you through.
> Even helpful with raid installs after your arrays were assembled and
> partitioned. Now, unless I'm completely missing something, we a back to a total
> manual install with archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall. I've looked at the basic
> setup wiki and the install guide wiki and I don't see the friendly install tool
> referenced anywhere. So am I missing it, or are we just back to a manual
> install? (guessing where packages are /usr/bin, /usr/sbin or /sbin. On
> archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall, /usr/sbin is not in the default path, so typing
> dhcpcd as instructed in the wiki -- does nothing...
> 
>   I really liked the old arch installer. It was a fairly brain-dead install that
> nicely walked you though the install process with minimal keystrokes and choices
> required. Is that installer on the archlinux-2012.07.15-netinstall image? If so
> where?
> 
>   (This is an arch client vbox install if that makes any difference...)

David, you are fairly active on the mailing lists, and it's amusing that
you totally missed the discussions related to the removal of AIF a few
weeks ago.


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