I am a first-time attempted installer. may I suggest that there be two commands: $ whereaminow $ whatnow which tells me where in the installation I am, and what the most common next step would be? I am trying to keep one window open that contains the installation manual and do everything in another window, but it is easy to get lost. alternatively, it would be nice if at the end of each command, magically a notice would be read 'recommendation for the next step: do blahblah now'. sincerely, /iaw
These installer requests reach us in a monthly cycle. There is an installer-project in the works, so I am going to assign it to the folks working on it.
tseng, assigned this one to you since I didn't know who is really responsible. Installer seems appropriate.
This forces the manual install to be a linear process. It's not. I can repeat steps, go back, skip things, do wild things that arent in the guide (software raid, lvm).. The Gentoo Handbook is designed to take you Step-by-Step through a standard install. I highly recommend printing it, and reading the entire doc once before begining. While you install, read each step before proceeding. Friendlier installers are in the works, but as for the manual method, please use the Handbook as your guiding light.
hi brandon: it could output $ whereami live CD was installed printing has not yet been installed. kernel has been compiled and installed portage has been synced and updated ... has not yet been installed $ alias whatnow="whereami | grep 'not yet'" you are of course correct that this is a crutch---but for novices, it could be a useful one (and perhaps to-be-superseded by a friendlier GUI install.) just a suggestion... regards, /iaw
