On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The config files are so powerful you can just add whichever > repositories you need and add packages/groups to install > whatever you want. > http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/blob/master/examples/generic-install-on-sda > This should also answer Denis' question. It's probably only a matter of time before somebody releases a config file for installing a set of packages similar to a typical desktop distro, such as Ubuntu. Then Arch installer might become one of the fastest among all distributions, both in terms of actual speed and perceived speed from the user's perspective. You boot, you type aif -p automatic -c /usr/share/aif/examples/gnome-install-on-sda, you wait a bit and then you have a complete and up-to-date desktop system. No clicking 'next, next, next...' ad nauseam, no silly little choices to make. There's a pitfall though: too many possible config files and you're forcing a user to make a choice he or she doesn't care about :) Users familiar with Linux will most likely want to create personalized config files for their own needs and wouldn't rely on pre-made templates. A bit idealistic view, perhaps, but probably not very far from reality. Dieter, is it possible to resize existing partitions via PARTITIONS variable in the config file? What kind of error do you get if you put incorrect values there? Denis.
