Priority

NeedPriorityAssigned

People

• MattZimmerman

• ColinWatson

Goal

Create an Ubuntu installation system which runs within the Ubuntu live CD environment and works by copying and customizing the live CD filesystem rather than installing packages.

Requirements

• Reuse existing installer components for configuration
• Ask all questions at the very beginning of the process
• Display one big progress bar for the rest of the process

Agenda

• How to refactor existing installer components to allow them to be used in the live environment
• Custom components needed
  • Graphical partitioner
• User interface
  • GNOMEish frontend (but allow for KDEish frontend as well)
• Limitations
  • Can't be used for upgrades
  • Can't easily be used for server installations (especially not via serial console)
  • Specialized for the common case desktop installation

Pre-Work