Akemi Yagi wrote:
Basically by copying stuff. Here's an excerpt:
# livecd-install -swap=/dev/hdb1 -mbr=/dev/hda /dev/hdb2
not pretty.... I have mixed feelings about this sort of a thing. For situations like the eeepc build, where there are 4 variants with minor differences between them, its easy and functional ( using this sort of a copy + fit script ).
But for use on a more generic media that might get used on $random+1 machines, I dont think this is a good solution at all. One could potentially start writing a UI around this script; that asks the basic questions and passes them in, but then at what stage do you stop ? since thats essentially what an installer would do in the first place.
<blink>Given enough motivation, one can actually start anaconda from a running machine.... </blink>