]]>i am trying the minimal live installer.
how do i start the installer from the terminal?
Edit: Might have been badly worded. I am not building a custom ISO i am trying to build my own installer as i dislike customizing the default one
]]>However, when I open a console I get busybox which is not a complete shell and I cannot install lvm2 and cryptsetup so that the textinstaller can see my volumes.
This is true. You could try with a statically linked lvm2/cryptsetup but it's a bit of a pain to build all the dependencies (i am toying with a custom installer on the side and building just a static cryptsetup is no fun and lvm likely is not much nicer). Not sure if this would solve the problem but trying is free (besides time). If you are interested i can post the part of my buildscript concerning cryptsetup. It also builds libdevmapper which is part of lvm2 so maybe you could get something running without to many adjustments.
Edit: Since the installer handles encryption/LVM are you sure there are no cryptsetup/LVM binaries when it runs the partition setup?
It appears to see the raid just fine. I had to recreate the encryption and the logical volumes inside of it. This means I have to rebuild my partitions every time I want to reinstall the OS and recover my personal files from a backup. Considering I have over 3TB of personal files this is not desirable.
I see. If the above doesn't help the only idea i have is trying to work around it by setting the mount of the home partition post install. If can life without LVM for root the only downside would be that you have to unlock 2 partitions at boot.
Is there a way to launch the text mode installer from the live desktop version?
Sadly i don't think that's possible.
]]>Is there a way to launch the text mode installer from the live desktop version?
]]>p.s. will the textinstaller format the filesystems?
By default yes. Not sure if there is an option in the partition menu where you can unselect it. Iirc it won't touch unused partitions though. The textmode installer is virtually identical to Debian if that helps.
Edit: Thinking about it if theres an existing filesystem you might have to explicitly tell it to format (should be in the menu with the options for the partition) or maybe you will be asked about it. If you delete the existing partitions and create new ones they'll be formated for sure though.
]]>devuser wrote:I usually skip lvm and just do encrypted raid but the normal (non-live) textmode installer should be able to do that.
Edit: I am bit surprised the graphical installer would not let you switch to a shell (on VT4/VT5 iirc?) but then i never use it so i guess it's possible that wont work there.
sorry, wasnt thinking about using a console.
i was thinking about a terminal.
yeah, it was there i would imagine.
anyway, your saying that the textmode installer will see all of my volumes?
Tbh i am not sure about the lvm part. I know it'll let you create them so i guess it should also detect existing volumes.
]]>I usually skip lvm and just do encrypted raid but the normal (non-live) textmode installer should be able to do that.
Edit: I am bit surprised the graphical installer would not let you switch to a shell (on VT4/VT5 iirc?) but then i never use it so i guess it's possible that wont work there.
sorry, wasnt thinking about using a console.
i was thinking about a terminal.
yeah, it was there i would imagine.
anyway, your saying that the textmode installer will see all of my volumes?