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Re: sysinst split project - The Configuration File



On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 02:16:44PM -0600, David Young wrote:
> Coordinate with Lloyd Parkes and Masao Uebayashi.  IMO, system
> installation is essentially the same as building system images (see
> LLoyd's Miniaturize NetBSD GSoC 2009 project), but installation is
> "on-line" while image-building is "off-line" (for lack of better
> terms).  They both need a configuration file format.  They both need
> to layout disks, add users/groups, add 3rd-party software, and install
> configuration files in /etc/.

Thank you. Going to talk with them and see their project.

Besides them, Marc Balmer and Adam Hoka had started plans to rewrite
sysinst, as we see by mbalmer e-mails on this thread :-)

Thanks!

-- 
Silas Silva


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