Bug 129175

Summary:	Maybe some gimmiks for Installation ...
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	atha v. <AthaV>
Component:	Installation	Assignee:	E-mail List <yast2-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	64bit
OS:	Other
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Found By:	Other	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description atha v. 2005-10-18 20:41:57 UTC

I don't know, if you can do that or it make sense, but I have some features to  
make an Installation faster:  
  
Why don't you copy some files (That are nessacery for a Linux System) while  
someone is selecting or configurating some things (You can copy for example  
the kernel, while someone make the Date or choose the Language). Or the things  
I have to do at last (Configure the Network or the Account - managing) you  
cando, while this is copying, or not? I learnd, this is Multitasking :)  
  
For the Time, you sit there and waiting for changing the cd or only waiting  
for ending the instalation you can put one or two very small games (a Cardgame 
or Packman) to override the time (I don't know anybody who realy read the text 
with features what this system have ... maybe because it is so boring ... ;o))  
 
hope you get some good ideas and have much fun with programming ... 
 
greez DJ B.

Comment 1 Stefan Hundhammer 2005-10-19 09:22:20 UTC

No, that doesn't work. We can't touch the target system before the user has confirmed he acutally wants that. And the user needs to confirm it because hard disk partitions will be formatted.

Comment 2 atha v. 2005-10-28 21:12:54 UTC

You didn't undertand me maybe.

After you make youre partitions and formated them - maybe after you choose youre packages (maybe someone has a good idea to both install the packages you need really and while copying the needed packeges you choose the other you want...)  you can configure some during the installation. the config files are only textfiles. It is not that big problem to write them, or am I wrong?

I only wanted to make something useful during the installation - not only waiting til maybe I have to change the disc.

If it can't be done, maybe because of security or crashes, you can put in this little games ...

It is only an idea ...

please don't be angry :o)

when you say no again, I will forget that idea and not reopen it again. But think about this idea - really. If you didn't understand me, you can wite me back, i will exdplain it again, or someone else had a better idea.

Comment 3 Stefan Hundhammer 2005-11-02 16:35:41 UTC

This would open a whole new dimension of possible bugs: We'd need to make sure all packages required to configure some subsystem are installed at that point, and if not - then what? Wait until they become available? Tell the user something like "wait 10 more minutes until the packages required for networking are installed"?

IMHO that would create much more confusion and frustration than it would avoid. As a user, there is no way of telling when you might be ready to continue - and it wouldn't be easy to predict that, too.

Right now the user at least has an estimate when the next action is required - even if that is only changing a CD (but then, nowadays most users are installing from DVD or from the network anyway).

I suggest getting a coffee, walking the dog or (heaven forbid) having a look into the printed manuals during that time. ;-)

As for some more entertainment during RPM installation, try hitting the F5 key or, if you are installing from (multiple) CDs double-right-click the vertical CD progress bar...


Now it's a "way too expensive and fragile" bug (-> WONTFIX), no longer simply INVALID, if this is any consolation. ;-)