KarmicServerInstallerImprovements

Revision 2 as of 2009-06-18 19:49:04

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Summary

Add support for: RAID+LVM installer targets via automatic partitioner, encrypted partition installer targets, and help text for the installer process.

Release Note

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Rationale

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User stories

Assumptions

Design

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Online help

Proposal sent to debian-boot

Implementation

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UI Changes

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Code Changes

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Migration

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  • data migration, if any
  • redirects from old URLs to new ones, if any
  • how users will be pointed to the new way of doing things, if necessary.

Test/Demo Plan

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This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.

Unresolved issues

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BoF agenda and discussion

= Major problem areas =
 * to provide a more graphical experience for the server
 * partitioner complexity: allows people to do everything they want, but
it's not intuitive

= Partitioning =
 * RAID, LVM are common use cases
  * nbarcet proposes RAID+LVM by default, even if there's only 1 disk
  * we now have LVM by default on the server in the automatic
partitioning recipe
 * some users need to go beyond autopartitioning, and then it's
non-intuitive
  * what would be intuitive?
  * could say: configure the LVM, and give the full list of partitions
to select from, making that implicit
  * need multiple partitions usually in the RAID case (for the common
case), for boot reasons, etc.
  * need to reduce the number of steps (or make it more clear which
order they go in?)
 * text interface is limited with screen real-estate available
  * fundamental limitations on what you can do: no graphical feedback
on, e.g., the percentage of disk used for each partition/volume


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