Anaconda-enabled Sarge install images are now available here.
Anaconda GUI Installer for Debian
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Anaconda-enabled Sarge install images are now available here.
Ex-programmer, ex-editor in chief at OSNews.com, now a visual artist/filmmaker.
Follow me on Twitter @EugeniaLoli
just in case anyone out there hasn’t used it, 10 anaconda screenshots
http://mirror.mricon.com/fedora-screenshots/
Download quick before it hits slashdot!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/08/0442257&mode=nested&tid…
It already did, 6:30 this morning.
I just downloaded it and it looks good!
The installer from RedHat was always great and even a noob can use it.
Only individual package selection crashes and i saw the word RedHat passes a few times but it looks very promising.
Keep on the good work.
Will this also includes kickstart (I hope it does it could save me a lot of time.)
Somone post screenshots from the Installer and the system.
The only problem keeping me away from Debian was the installer, that’s why I use Fedora with apt-get.
Or is it working fine already?
Is it going to merge back to the main Debian? If yes, when?
Will Anaconda support all 11 architectures, supported by the “original” installer?
Anaconda supports 5, so it is portable already, it is just a matter of porting it to other platforms.
It isn’t available for most architectures and debian-installer will deal with many issues of the old boot-floppies.
DWN talk: http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/46/
Homepage: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Review: http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&f…
Debian-based distributions can use Anaconda though. Luckily it is Free software. Thank you, RedHat.
I’ve not seen any discussion about Anaconda (not) being incorporated into Debian, or various/some Debian ports.
Sorry but isn’t anaconda for Debian just text based like the old installer?
No… In fact, the exact opposite is true.
From the errata page (http://platform.progeny.com/anaconda/errata.html):
“Text mode is unusable.”
You’ll note they state the new installer only supports IA32 and IA64. The old installer will continue to be a mainstay for folks running on uncommon architectures.
I REALLY hope that Progeny polishes the anaconda installer because I think it is a great benefit to Debian. However, in its present state, there is still lots of work to be done. It is definitely <em>alpha</em> software. As mentioned above, text mode is unusable. Also, individual package selection results in a crash.
I tried installing on a Dell Inspiron 8000 and my display wouldn’t work. The installer would crash trying to start X; since text mode doesn’t work, it was a problem. I plugged the laptop into a port replicator and started the install on an external monitor. Everything was proceeding as planned, except the installer crashed after about 80% of the packages installed
Knoppix is the only free and simple Debian installer right now.
>I’ve not seen any discussion about Anaconda (not) being
>incorporated into Debian, or various/some Debian ports.
Debian proper is sticking with Debian-Installer for now, and because of the time factor (for a 3.1 release) and Debian’s many arches, that’s a wise choice. We’ll just have to wait and see whether or not they switch to Anaconda in the more distant future, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
I fully expect most of the Debian-based distros to move to Anaconda. And if Progeny offers a pure Sarge install via an Anaconda ISO, all the better.
Mepis is also another Debian based distribution and is receiving high acclaim from those using it. Including myself.
http://www.mepis.org to check it out.