[OmniOS-discuss] Extending the installer

[Lauri Tirkkonen]

On Fri, Feb 26 2016 23:53:13 +0100, PÁSZTOR György wrote:
> If a network configuration / install improvement should be done, then I
> vote for some auto-configuration-like thing.
> It was a long time ago, when I installed omnios, but what I can imagine as
> a useful developement on this field:
> * If some pxe-based installer is provided
> * If it can be customized with some pre-written installer answers, like
>   like debian's dai & debconf system, etc. Or if we could give a
>   sysconfig-like file url as a kernel param, and the installer would gather
>   that, and then it would done these presetups. That would be something
>   useful. A "setup tool" with gui... Why on earth?!

kayak already can be and is used for network configuration in PXE
installs, often with a 'Postboot' line.
http://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/KayakClientOptions

I believe this thread is about improving the interactive installer.

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