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authorPascal Rigaux <pixel@mandriva.com>1999-09-23 17:50:13 +0000
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+Well here is a little description of what panoramix needs to work in comparison
+to the standard newt install.
+
+********************************************************************************
+* FILES ************************************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+First he are the different things needed :
+
+Mandrake/base/hdlist
+ table of rpm's headers.
+ ! Need to be remade when Mandrake/RPMS changes !
+
+Mandrake/base/depslist
+ for each packages, tell which package it depends on. Also contains the
+ size for some (obscure) bloody reasons.
+ ! Need to be remade when Mandrake/RPMS changes !
+
+Mandrake/base/compss
+ obsoletes comps. It store packages in different categories, a bit like
+ the %{GROUP} field
+
+Mandrake/base/compssList
+ for each packages, it gives the appreciation for each type of user.
+ used to preselect packages
+ used to decide to show or hide packages.
+
+Mandrake/mdkinst
+ live system used on certain installs. See ``Ramdisk or not'' below for
+ more.
+
+Mandrake/base/mdkinst_stage2.gz
+ for the ramdisk.
+ live sytem in ext2 filesystem gzipped. See ``Ramdisk or not'' below for
+ more.
+
+images/gi_*.img
+ boot images to use with panoramix. Use:
+ - gi_hd for hard-disk install
+ - gi_cdrom for cdrom install
+ - gi_network for ftp/nfs install
+ - gi_pcmcia for pcmcia install (see ``PCMCIA install'' below for more)
+
+
+Some optional files :
+
+Mandrake/base/depslist.html
+ html formatted depslist
+
+********************************************************************************
+* po translation files *********************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+Panoramix uses .po files for its translation. A script takes the different
+strings out of the .pm files. It generates the panoramix.pot file which contains
+all the english strings to translate.
+To add a new language, you just have to add it to lang.pm (if it's not there
+already) and put the .po in the perl-install/po directory (see ``Ramdisk or
+not'' to know if you have to regenerate the mdkinst_stage2.gz)
+
+********************************************************************************
+* PCMCIA install ***************************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+If the media you use to install is a pcmcia device, you have two choices:
+- use the gi_pcmcia boot disk
+- use another boot disk and it will ask you a supplementary disk. Give it the
+gi_pcmcia disk.
+
+
+********************************************************************************
+* Ramdisk or not ***************************************************************
+********************************************************************************
+The panoramix install is much bigger than the newt one. So the ramdisk which was
+used is getting big, and costs a lot in memory
+(eg: the mdkinst_stage2 is 14MB - 23/09/99)
+
+| | newt | panoramix
+|-------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------
+| nfs | live | live
+| ftp | ramdisk | ramdisk
+| http | ramdisk | not yet :(
+| hd | ramdisk | live if Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/runinstall2 is a link,
+| | | ramdisk otherwise
+| cdrom | ramdisk | live if memory < 40MB, ramdisk otherwise
+
+When i say live, it means that the install1 stage will *mount* the
+Mandrake/mdkinst and use it that way.
+
+The ramdisk is used in place of the live in some cases. This ramdisk is filled
+with mdkinst_stage2.gz
+
+For cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite
+high on cdrom drives)
+
+For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install.