Feature proposal: Rebootless Installer

[Douglas McClendon]

Christoph Höger wrote:
>> We are talking about a live cd installation, yes? You can close the
>> installer then.
> 
> We were talking about anaconda. And I still don't know a sane (aka "no
> manual chroot") way to go from livecd into the fresh installed
> environment. 

If you look at the feature page and watch 18 minutes of youtube videos, 
and/or look at my code, I think you'll have to admit there is 'a way' to 
do it.  I certainly won't be offended by the label 'insane' however, 
unless of course you find technical problems with my implementation, in 
which case, I still won't mind the label, I'll just go fix em.

> You surely agree that users that know about chroot are probably not the
> ones adressed with the "hey, cool, in this linux thingy i do not need to
> reboot after install" feature, don't you?

Given that I'm precisely the kind of person who is comfortable doing the 
chroot dance, and I get the most joy from using my installer, I'd have 
to biasedly suggest that it is for everyone who thinks its kindof cool.

peace...

-dmc