Refracta Development, Scripts, etc.
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fsmithred

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:57 pm

It should be exclude.list, not a hidden file. If it worked as a hidden file, I'm surprised.
The bootloader questions are a remnant from previous versions that didn't have the options list at the beginning. Without looking at it, I can say I'm pretty sure that I can add an option that says "Don't install a bootloader, I'll handle it manually" which would allow you to skip that question. You'll still need to be asked where to install it if you don't check the box for no bootloader. Does that sound right?
I doubt that the gnome version will get cryptsetup or anything else, for that matter. Maybe next gnome version, which probably won't happen for awhile. The next version (xfce/icewm I guess) will have cryptsetup in it, in case you want to install encrypted and in case you need to mount an encrypted volume in a rescue mission.
Damn, you're fast. I'm now replying to three messages, instead of two.
All the error messages look normal to me except for "install_device not specified." and that's one that I didn't write into the script. You did select a partition for the OS?
EvilDairyProduct

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:06 pm

Yep, worked as a hidden file. I reviewed the script and got the impession it was supposed to be.
You can select the bootloader partition, no issue there.
Is the install_device error related to mkswap? I did designate /dev/sda3 as my install location, I just chose not to create a new swap and assumed I would be able to designate my existing swap.
Grabbing the new script in a minute to check it out.
fsmithred

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:15 pm

On the swap thing. Easiest way is to edit fstab after the install to point to your existing swap, and then delete /swapfile. You'll have to do swapoff and swapon as appropriate.
It should have installed ok without a bootloader. I'm doing that right now. Uh-oh. I got the same error. It's not supposed to do that. Damn. Sorry about that. As I mentioned, this version didn't get as much testing as previous versions. Looking into it now...
I see it already. I need to make a test before the grub-install command, so it does not run if you say "no bootloader".
EvilDairyProduct

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:25 pm

If it's a quick fix, I'll wait for your revision to appear on your github. If not, I can go ahead. Lemme know.
fsmithred

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:32 pm

INSTALL_DEVICE is a variable that grub uses. Mine are all lower-case, and install_dev is where the OS goes. Grub goes in grub_dev.
rsync_excludes="./exclude.list" That's "./" for the current working directory.
OK, I think I got it. It doesn't install the bootloader if you tell it not to. Also added an exit in the options window. Still need to clean up some of the text. Here's the link to the newer version. Older version was removed.
https://github.com/fsmithred/refracta/b ... efracta.04
mharrison

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:41 pm

Looks like you 2 have been busy today. I should have brought my laptop so I could have played around with it at work today. Alas, I'll have to start testing the installers out tonight....I will say the installer that is in the menu by default (Dean's I'm guessing) works fine for me, aside from the lack of being able to setup a user account other than the default.
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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:53 pm

Bad news...
I borked my Debian install and am in rescue mode now. Should be able to recover it, if not I will have a crisp new install. I have been meaning to do that anyway and unplug that damn IDE drive.
fsmithred

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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:09 pm

Ouch! Sorry to hear it. Was it a conflict of device names between IDE and SATA?
Yes, the installer that's in the current version of refracta is Dean's.
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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:28 pm

Probably not a conflict, there was only one /dev/sda3 and I was really **** about double-checking what I had double-checked. I must have screwed up something else. No biggie. It was a bloated pig of an install anyway.
I may be on the vbox test program until my ego recovers, though.
Edit: Plus, you warned me not to use a beta installer script on my main rig anyway. I'm the retard who refuses to listen!
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## Re: fsmithreds installers

Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:34 am

Just squashed another bug. If you installed to one partition, it wouldn't find your home configs to edit them with the new user name. If you already installed with .04, then you'll may need to edit some panel buttons to point to your home. Here's the update (.04.1) https://github.com/fsmithred/refracta/b ... racta.04.1
Oh, there's one more piece I need to add. If you comment out the user in /etc/sudoers, you'll need to edit ~/.gconf/apps/gksu/%gconf.xml and change sudo-mode from true to false. I'm going to upload it with the change without changing the version number - Done!
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