Re: KGMD 2.0

[Tamminen Eero <t150315@students.cc.tut.fi>]

> > - User opens the archive into C:\ and gets the instructions, installer,
> >   MiNT, XFSs, XDDs, gzip and tar into C:\MINT\.  User reads README.
>                                         ^^^^^^^^^
> Better not. C:\MINT\ is a MINT system folder, of the same meaning as
> C:\MULTITOS\.

Yes, that was the point...  Files would go straight to the right
directory.  As question was of a /newbie/ installation, there shouldn't
be MiNT yet (or if there is, it would be in /c/multitos).

Seasoned MiNT users would skip the dummy installer and just unpack
the packages and docs.

> So another name should be choosen.

I keep MiNT kernel, XFS/XDD and MiNTNet documentation, unused XFSes and
XDDs and MiNT tools[1] in /c/mint/ subdirectories.  That's IMHO fairly
nice place for them.

[1] non-unix ones like vcons/runtt, a MiNT friendly screen saver...


> > - README tells user how much space is needed and recommends some
> >   partition setup, but tells also that although at least one minix
> >   partition is highly recommended, installation should also work on a
> >   TOS-fs as long as it has enough space (noting that linked files will
> >   then take additional space as those will then be copied instead of
> >   linking and that many filenames will be truncated/un-cased).
> > 
> > (here user uses some other program to create/minit partitions)
> 
> It would be nice if the installer could do it automatically. I remember I
> had no clue on minit options when I came to this for the first time.
> Assume that the user does *NOT* understand the difference between TOS FS
> and Minix, except it allows long filenames and is generally "weird" :-)

Minit shouldn't be run automatically unless installer can go back
and forth in the installation.  Minit GUI would IMHO be better be a
separate program so that user can use it later for creating minix-fs
floppies etc... :-)


[...]
> That means two reboots until you get a working system. Newbie install

Well, how else you'll be able to run minit and then 'mount' the new
filesystem?  Best would be if MiNT could be instructed to re-create root
VFS from (edited drive bitmap and) new mint.cnf 'sln' directives.

> should be (IMHO) more automatical, like the actual KGMD install script is.
> It just lacks upgrade possibility...

If those newbies have tried/used Windows, they should be well accustomed
to booting (and re-installing to get a clean registry).  ;-)


	- Eero