Bug 142904

Summary:	RTamd64 - Unable to choose the profile during installation
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Andrei Slavoiu <ansla80>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Installer <gli-bugs>
Status:	VERIFIED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	142905

Description Andrei Slavoiu 2006-08-05 11:34:10 UTC

The installer does not have a step in which to choose the desired profile for the new system. This is specificaly important for 2006.1 release which adds specialized desktop and server profiles.

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-05 11:43:20 UTC

That's not really a "bug". More a lack of a feature.

Comment 2 Andrei Slavoiu 2006-08-05 11:57:04 UTC

You're right. I changed the severity to "Enhancement".
Still, choosing the profile is one of the most important steps of the Gentoo installation.

Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-05 13:30:40 UTC

It's not feasible to handle profile selection in the installer frontends. It will be useful for network deployments where the admin can select all the options in a more fine-grained way, but it doesn't make sense for people doing basic installs with the installer. If you want to change the profile, install by hand or use the network deployment code when it's working

Comment 4 Andrei Slavoiu 2006-08-10 09:58:08 UTC

Closed.