DrakX Specification for Linux-Mandrake 8.0

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DrakX Specification for Linux-Mandrake 8.0

-Current team of Install group is : -

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- Boot process (stage1)
-
- Installation begin by booting from CD-ROM or Diskette. From CD-ROM all
-installation method are available (CD, HD, NFS, FTP, HTTP) on options. From
-Diskette according to image selected, only some related method (network or cdrom
-or hd) are available and module managed due to size limitation to 1.44Mb.
- Options are always available by pressing on F1.
-
- DrakX process (stage2)
-
- DrakX installation organized in steps (execution sequence described below).
-Steps listed on left side and help available on bottom right side. most of the
-screen is available for various dialog for interacting with the user. Steps
-execution sequence is automated and described below.
-
-Mouse is probed and if none has been found or if the mouse has not moved, a
-specific mouse configuration is displayed at the begining.
-
-
-Before the graphical steps, there is a detection step. It detects various
-hardware, including modems (from tty0 to tty7), mouse (serial, usb, ps/2) and
-tablets.
-
- Steps
-
- Choose Your language: step always displayed. default choice is previous one or
-English. After choosing a language, a license splash screen translated in the
-chosen language is displayed with Accept and Refuse buttons. Refuse should
-stop installation. Accept validate language choice which are propagated to all
-DrakX visible widget. Advanced mode allow to select other language available to
-be installed. Advanced mode allow to select language which will be installed on
-system.
- If step is redone, the license is no more displayed.
-
- Select Install Class: step always displayed. default choice is previous one
-or Recommended. Only one other option available is Customized. Two buttons
-available are Install or Upgrade. Available steps (left side) are changed
-according to installation class selected, where the default is the one of
-Recommended with Install.
-
- Hard Drive Detection: step always displayed. In recommended mode,
-automatically done. In Customized mode, all modules that manage SCSI/IDE cards
-are loaded automatically and a question asking for other module to load is
-displayed.
- If clicked later or if to the question to load other module the
-answer is Yes, a list of module is displayed (or if the question to other
-module to load is. When a module is chosen, two options are available
-Autoprobe and Specify options. Autoprobe try to load the module without any
-other user options (default module parameter). Specify options allow user to
-give module parameters individually in a list for all known parameters. At this
-point Ok or Cancel are available, Cancel should stop the module installation
-and go to next step. If any error occurs during module installation, a question
-asking to try with other parameter is displayed, the same module is still used.
-
- Setup filesystems: step always displayed. display a list of available choice
-accoding to what has been probed. May contains Use free space, "Use existing
-partition, Use the window partition for loopback, Use the free space on the
-Windows partition, Remove Windows(TM)|Erase entire disk" (according to disk
-configuration => only one big fat for the first case only), "Custom disk
-partitioning".
- If Use free space mode, auto allocation in available on available disk.
- If Use existing partition mode, a list of partition named in Linux
-scheme are displayed with their approximate size in Mb and propose mount point
-to choose in list boxes for each partitions available on hard drive.
- If Use the window partition for loopback mode, DrakX use available size
-on the windows partition to create a root file and a swap file which will be
-used in loopback, this means this is a lnx4win installation.
- If Use the free space on the Windows partition mode, DrakX will resize
-the windows partition and allocate true linux filesystem (at least / and swap).
- If Remove Windows(TM)|Erase entire disk mode, DrakX clean the
-partition table before auto allocating partition.
- If Custom disk partitioning mode, diskdrake is launch. TO BE DEFINED to
-change make diskdrake use only advanced mode.
-Diskdrake show all partition of all non-removable disk graphically. All special
-partition are hidden, only user accessible partition are visible: this remove
-extended partition, whole disk partition on sparc platform. Clicking on a disk
-notebook tab show all his partitions. Clicking on a partition show all actions
-available for this partition (depend if customized or advanced mode) as well as
-information on this partition (depend if customized or advanced mode). Most
-diskdrake operation are done without writing on disk (exception are Resizing
-partitions) and everything is written once on the disk when exiting diskdrake,
-at any time if writing partition table is necessary, there are always a dialog
-box asking the user to confirm the write. If no operation are modifying
-partition table, no dialog is displayed on exit (for example if giving mount
-point to partition). General action are available too:
- Clear All: clear all partition of the given disk.
- Auto allocate: try to allocate partition in available disk (not the
-seen disk).
- Undo: undo last operation.
- Done: quit and save changes.
-Other operations are available in advanced mode:
- Rescue partition table: try to rescue a lost partition table,
-absolutely no garantee to succeed and may destroy what could be saveable by
-another tools.
- Reload: reload partition table from disk, erasing all changes in
-memory done by the user.
- Wizard: go to partition wizard, that the partition filesystems default
-behaviour on startup.
- Restore from floppy: restore a partition table from previously saved
-partition table from diskdrake.
- Save to floppy: save partition table to floppy.
- Options: global options available for filesystem configuration. This
-include Removable media automouting supermount check box disabled by default.
- Operation available on partition are:
- Mount point: change or define mount point for partition, only
-available for true filesystem partition.
- Resize: resize partition, if a specific algorithm to keep data is
-used no data may be lost, else all data are lost but nothing is written by
-diskdrake on the partition data in this last case (this means data can be
-restored by restoring original size and location).
- Delete: delete partition, if the same partition is created (same type,
-location, size) all data can be restored as diskdrake doesn't write on partition
-data.
- Operation available on partition table but in advanced mode are:
- Type: change type of partition, all data will be lost but diskdrake as
-above does not destroy them, and everyting can be restored.
- Format: format partition, at this point, all data ARE LOST.
- Mount: mount partition now, usefull for swap to increase memory
-capacity for machine low on resource that are not available to complete setup
-filesystem step correctly (problably if a resize partition is used on FAT fs).
-allow Mounting swap on customized mode too.
- A legend for partition type colors is available
-(Ext2,ReiserFS,Swap,FAT,Other,Empty). It has additionnal features to create a
-partition or change its type (only available in advanced mode).
-
- Format partitions: step always displayed. display list of partition to
-format with click boxes. Some are defined according to type of partitions and if
-the partition has been created or taken back.
-If a partition has already been formated, it is not proposed, or if it should
-not be proposed (alrady existing partition like /mnt/windows).
-On Advanced tag, an additional dialog is displayed to select partition to format
-(all available partition listed) and to format them with bad block checking.
-
- Choose packages: step always displayed. default selection done to be
-correct according to size available, Install or Upgrade, Hardware available.
-This selection is done according to Mandrake first choice of packages.
-On all mode, display groups and main desktop used (KDE or Gnome), an
-individual package selection check box is available to allow selecting package
-individually. In this case, a dialog displaying a tree with groups, (Mandrake
-first choice/alternatives) and packages is shown on the left part, a description
-window for each packages is shown on the right part.
-
- Install system: step always displayed. no interactive and display
-installation progression. include if available and on a CD basis a spash screen
-of advertising and other (pub!).
-
- Hardware panel: step always displayed. show current configuration for
-Mouse, Keyboard, TimeZone, Graphic/TV Card, Monitor.
-At each values chosen (list boxes displayed a
-synthesis description) the current dialog is removed from screen and specific
-configuration panels are displayed (like currently for mouse, keyboard ...).
-And end of these specific configuration panels, this one is remapped on screen
-to be accepted in general.
-
- Sub steps of Hardware panel:
-
- Configure mouse: displayed on request or if the mouse has not been
-moved (so unsafe detection), but have to be displayed earlier. A mouse tree
-selection for type is displayed with default case as what is probed or
-serial/Generic 2 button Mouse if none has been probed. Cancel disable mouse
-modification and Ok allow next mouse configuration dialog. Then comes a serial
-port dialog for serial mice (default mouse connected to COM1 if nothing found).
-Then a mouse screen control is chown (according to mouse capacity: 3 buttons
-with or without mouse, need 7 buttons checking ?). Here Ok validate to go to
-next step and Cancel to first mouse dialog displayed (mouse tree selection for
-type).
-
- Configure keyboard: displayed on request. default is set according to
-TimeZone definition (itself defaulting to language selection at the beginning).
-A list of keyboard is shown to the user and Ok validates change and return to
-Hardware panel dialog with enabled change. Cancel abort any modification and
-return to the same Hardware panel dialog.
-
- Configure timezone: displayed on request. default is set according to
-language selection. A timezone tree selection is shown with only the subtree
-corresponding to the current selection expanded (as other tree dialog). Ok
-validates change and return to Hardware panel dialog whereas Cancel avoid
-the change before returning to the same main dialog.
-
- Graphic Card: display graphic card probed. No change available.
-
- TV Card: display TV/Tuner card probed. No change available.
-
- Monitor: need execution of ddcxinfos at this point. Only Size, Max
-resolution and depth displayed. No change available.
-
-
- Miscellaneous step have been removed and dispatched to other steps. "Use
-hard drive optimisation and Enable num lock at startup are removed. Choose
-security level is moved to security step. Precise RAM size if needed" and
-Clean /tmp at each boot are moved to bootloader step.
-Removable media automouting is moved to diskdrake options.
-
- Security: step displayed only in customized mode. TO BE DEFINED. should
-display at least securty level to choose. level are Low, Medium, High and
-for advanced there are Welcome To Crackers, Poor, Paranoid too.
-
- Configure networking: step always displayed. dialog always displayed in
-both Recommended and Customized mode. A list of network configuration
-entries are shown with the following:
- Configure a normal modem connection
- Configure an ISDN connection
- "Configure a DSL (or ADSL) connection
- Configure a cable connection
- Configure local network|Reconfigure local network
- Disable networking|Enable networking
- Done
- By cliking on a specific item, another dialog is displayed to configure
-some specific part of the network.
- Configure a normal modem connection: display a question to probe for a
-modem if not already detected, then if none are found or probe has been refused
-a list of possible serial device are listed (in the form ttySx / COM(x+1) with
-the current mouse device removed if it is serial). After that a dialog including
-all parameters than can be used is shown. This includes Connection Name,
-Phone number, Login ID, Password, Authentication, Domain name, DNS 1
-and DNS 2. Authentication is a combo of PAP, Termina-Based and
-Script-Based (It seems necessary to get CHAP back on this one, no way of
-testing TO BE DEFINED). If no DNS are given, the connection is configured to try
-using provider DNS. Ok and Cancel button are available.
- Configure an ISDN connection:
-Try to detect some PCI card. If not detected, asks if it's a ISA/pcmcia or PCI
-card, and gives the list of the cards. Information are then asked:
-Card IRQ only if ISA/pcmcia
-Card mem (DMA) only if ISA/pcmcia
-Card IO only if ISA/pcmcia
-Card IO_0 only if ISA/pcmcia with io0
-Card IO_1 only if ISA/pcmcia with io1
-Your personal phone number phone
-Provider name (ex provider.net)
-Provider phone number
-Provider dns 1
-Provider dns 2
-Dialing mode auto or manual
-Account Login (user name)
-Account Password hided
-Confirm Password again
- Configure a DLS (or ADSL) connection:
-The user chooses between pptp, pppoe and dhcp. If dhcp, redirection to LAN.
-If there is more than one ethernet card, The user must choose the card to use
-(displayed with the module). After that, some informations are asked:
-Provider name (ex provider.net)
-Provider dns 1
-Provider dns 2
-Account Login (user name)
-Account Password hided
-Confirm Password again
- Configure a cable connection: redirection to LAN
- Configure local network: display what has been probed with a question
-about using another module and Yes, No and See hardware info buttons.
-No is the default. If Yes is clicked a list of modules is displayed with
-Ok or Cancel buttons available. Cancel should go back to previous
-question. If See hardware info is clicked a list of probed hardware is
-displayed. If Yes is clicked, for each ethernet interface, a dialog asking for
-IP address, Netmask and Automatic IP check box (DHCP/BOOTP) is displayed. Then
-if DHCP has been chosen, only a dialog asking for Host name and another for HTTP
-proxy and FTP proxy if any. If DHCP has not been chosen, an IP address has to be
-defined and a dialog including Host name, DNS server, Gateway and "Gateway
-device" is displayed. Then the same HTTP proxy and FTP proxy dialog as above. As
-network configuration may to have been reworked a bit it has TO BE DEFINED if
-this is kept like that or not.
- Disable networking|Enable networking is just a way to toggle
-networking on or off, may be to be accessible only for advanced mode.
- Quit exit the network step.
-
-NETWORK ADVANCED DOCUMENTATION:
-Here is a list of entry points available in post install without using the ugly
-install graphic toolkit:
-
-http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~damien/html/draknet_advanced_doc.txt>http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~damien/html/draknet_advanced_doc.txt
-
- Configure Printer: step always displayed. In recommended mode, only
-activated if a local printer is detected, else no printer are configured by
-default. In customized mode or if the step has been clicked a list of printer
-already configured is displayed and the possibility to add or exit the
-configuration. It allow configuration of printers for both LPR and CUPS
-individually (available by advanced mode when adding a printer). Printer
-protocol managed are local/usb/samba/ncp/lpd for LPR and
-local/usb/serial/samba/lpd/cups_network for CUPS.
-
- Set root password: step always displayed for Install only. In
-recommended mode display only a Password entry and a Password (again) entry
-to select the root password. In advanced mode, a Use NIS (yellow pages) check
-boxes and Use MD5 check box are available. Ok validate root password and "No
-password avoid setting a password. No password is only available in Low"
-security level or less. The length of the minimal password depend upon security level.
-
-In corporate firewall :
- Set admin password: step always displayed for Install only. It only
- displays a Password entry and a Password (again) entry
-to select the admin password.
-The length of the minimal password depend upon security level. (double of the
- security level)
-
- Add a user: step always displayed for Install Only. In recommend mode
-display Real name, User name, Password, Password (again) and icon
-choices as graphical. For customized mode a shell combo is available to choose a
-specific shell for the user depending on the package installed. The real name is
-the user friendly name of the user whereas user name is its login id name. The
-box display user that have already been added below the title. Accept user
-button allow the creation of the user and Done finish this step. High or
-higher security level implies the creation of at least one user. Password length
-are subject to same restriction according to security level. In advanced mode,
-allow to choose the user in auto login mode.
-
- Create a boot disk: step always displayed. In recommended mode this
-step is automatically done by doing nothing. If clicked or customized mode, the
-user is prompted to allow building a boot disk (default is yes). In advanced
-mode allow selection of floppy drive.
-
- Install boot loader: step always displayed. In recommended mode this
-step is automatically done. In customized mode, a combo Boot device list the
-various boot device that can be used where the bootloader can be installed. The
-boot device can the Linux description of the whole disk available (ex: /dev/hda)
-or partition available in these disk or floppy drives. Other platform
-specificity are not listed here.
- LBA check box is displayed in advanced mode (enabled by default) to
-allow using LBA addressing if available (PC with LILO). bootloader combo to
-select a given bootloader to use, available choice are Grub, "LILO with text
-menu, LILO with graphical menu. default chosen is LILO
-with graphical menu. Delay before booting default image" entry
-field is available with default value current setting (upgrade) or 5 else.
-Precise RAM size if needed (found xx MB) entry is displayed too,
-clean /tmp check box is disabled by default too.
-Boot in graphical mode (init 5) is available here in advanced mode too
-(previously in X configuration). Video mode combo, Password, Password (again),
-Restrict command line options check box is displayed.
-Video mode combo list text mode and video mode used for frame buffer, video mode
-used for frame buffer are available only if the install managed to boot with
-frame buffer activated. Password are restricted according to security level as
-other password. Password are mandatory according to security level TO BE DEFINED.
-
- Configure X: step always displayed. By default on recommended mode,
-everything is done automatically if possible up to test of graphic card, and if
-the user accept the settings no more question are asked to him. In customized
-mode a dialog is displayed to choose resolution, color depth and which version
-of XFree (with 3D optionally) is available for the current card where only a
-short description is displayed. Ok button allow to jump to test phase (for the
-first time only) if available. Cancel return to main XFree configuration
-window allowing to change Monitor, Graphic card, Server options or Resolution
-with X version to choose. Show all extend resolution list to more resolutions
-according to card (with onboard memory) only and no more monitor capabilities.
- The main dialog is a list of command to change some X configuration aspect
-according to advanced mode or not :
- Change Monitor: display a tree selection of monitors where default one
-is selected. Ok and Cancel buttons are available.
- Change Graphic card: display a tree selection of graphic card where
-default one is selected. Ok and Cancel buttons are available. If Unlisted
-is chosen, then a tree of server/driver is displayed containing available server
-for XF3 or driver for XF4. Cancel return to main window and Ok validates
-change.
- Change Server options: available only in advanced mode. display list
-of check boxes options for server currently used. Ok and Cancel available.
- Change Resolution: change resolution and depth including with X server
-version chosen (relative to Xdrakres too).
- Show Information: display an information dialog showing current
-configuration internals of X.
- Test again: restart test with current configuration of X.
- Quit: exit X configuration main window. Other question about autologin
-and window manager to use are asked on Add user step.
-
- Exit install: step displayed only in customized mode but always
-executed. Only a text is displayed with a Ok button. If clicked and some step
-have not been executed/completed correctly, a question dialog ask the user if he
-really want to quit now, default answer is No. Advanced switch let user access
-to do the previously Auto install floppy step in DrakX < 8.0. This is just a
-question asking the user to generate an auto install floppy automatically.
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