Re: Calamares Issue
addw@phcomp.co.uk wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 04:27:02PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>> Exactly. The live installation options in Calamares are *easy* for a
>> simple installation, but also incredibly limited in flexibility. For
>> wider choices, we very much recommend using d-i instead. It's still
>> not *hard*, but you might need to actually think about your
>> installation. If you really want to see all the options, run d-i in
>> expert mode. It takes a long time...
>
>Oh .... not having done a Debian installation recently I had forgotten about d-i.
Yeah, I guessed. Looking at your description of working around
Calamares for a more complex disk setup was cringe-inducing. :-(
We do a lot of testing of various disk scenarios with d-i (RAID, LVM,
lots of different filesystems, etc.) so we can have confidence that
it's working OK. The interface available in the d-i environment is
quite limiting, but it can be used to set up complex things quite
readily.
I just wish I had the time to do the partman rewrite I've
half-designed in my head.
>I just clicked on 'Install' (or whatever) on the desktop when I booted from the
>live CD.
>
>It would be really good if Calamares very early on said "please use d-i for
>more flexible installs" or something better worded than what I just wrote.
Actually, that's a really good idea. Could you please submit a
wishlist bug for that? :-)
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