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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2015-02-22 14:51, Israel skrev:
> On 02/22/2015 06:17 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Den 2015-02-22 10:06, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>> Den 2015-02-22 05:35, Israel skrev:
>>>> http://torios.net/tori-os-pre-beta/
>>>> PLEASE TEST THIS!!!
>>>>
>>> I'm downloading it :-P
>>>
>> Hi toriosadores :-)
>>
>> The iso file size is 677 Mibibytes, well within CD size.
>>
>> This pre-beta version works live and installed in my IBM Thinkpad T42
>> with Pentium M.
>>
>> tar needed exactly 100 seconds to expand the tarball to the root
>> partition, which is quite good in such an old computer.
>>
>> After the second reboot htop shows 72 MB RAM used.
>>
>> Disk used shown by df -h is 1.7 G (Gibibytes)
>>
>> I have not tested much yet, but the 'welcome and warning' screen of the
>> OBI does not look good. It is incompletely edited from the original, and
>> gives a bad impression. See the attached picture.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
> Hi Nio,
> I did change it to add in the new option, what do you suggest I change
> to make it more clear?
> I wanted to make it very clear to new users that they must use the other
> option to install it beside their current OS.
> 
> Thank you for your feedback!!!
> All of the other stuff is great!!
> 

Hi Israel,

I attached my suggestion (a modified 'starter' file and a corresponding
screenshot)

Best regards
Nio

#!/bin/bash

# author sudodus alias nio-wiklund at launchpad
#
# date        editor   comment
# 2013-11-08  sudodus  upgraded starter (for the obi)
# 2013-11-08  sudodus  added dltbl (download tarball)
# 2014-05-17  sudodus  version for 9w without 'myself - 123456'
# 2014-05-19  sudodus  version for 9w without 'Download tarball'
# 2014-06-18  sudodus  version for 9w focused on OBI level
# 2014-07-10  sudodus  dynamic focus: tarball, OBI level, install
# 2014-07-11  sudodus  dynamic focus: defitem d, s, o, i
# line 130
echoout(){
  echo "[OBI] $@"
  echo "$@" >> "${HOME}"/obi-installer.log
}
LC_ALL=C;LANG=C
#psw=torios
obitxt="obi.txt"
#hlptxt="/tmp/help-mkusb.txt"
tiptxt="tips.txt"
selected="selected"
obilevel="obilevel"
# check for tarballs
if [ -d "/tarballs" ]
then
  tarpath="/tarballs"
elif [ -d "${HOME}/tarballs" ]
then
  tarpath="${HOME}/tarballs"
elif [ -d "${PWD}/tarballs" ]
then
  tarpath="${PWD}/tarballs"
else
  tarpath="${PWD}"
  echoout "Error finding the tarball path  using: ${PWD}"
fi
echoout "Tarball path: $tarpath"
source functions

if [ -f "/home/$USER/obi.txt" ]
then
  dpath="/home/$USER"
elif [ -f "${HOME}/obi.txt" ]
then
  dpath="${HOME}"
elif [ -f "${PWD}/obi.txt" ]
then
  dpath="${PWD}"
elif [ -f /usr/share/OBI/obi.txt ]
then
  dpath="/usr/share/OBI/"
else
  echoout "Text not found. Change directory!"
  exit 1
fi

if [ "obi$DISPLAY" == "obi" ]
then
  mktar="mktbl"
else
  mktar="zmktbl"
fi
echoout "Using $mktar to make the tarballs"

if [ -x "/usr/bin/$mktar" ]
then
  mktblpath="/usr/bin"
else
  mktblpath="${dpath}"
fi
echoout "OBI path: $dpath"

obitxt="$dpath/$obitxt"
prgnam="One Button Installer"
## Ubuntu ONLY version number
APTCACHE=$(which apt-cache)
if [ ! -z "${APTCACHE}" ]
then
  ver_no=$(apt-cache policy one-button-installer | grep Installed: | sed 's/Installed://' | sed 's/ubuntu.*//')
  version="$prgnam $ver_no"
else
## if we can't find apt-cache to grep the version just display the program name
  version="$prgnam"
fi

dialog --backtitle "$version - Splash" \
--timeout 3 --exit-label "OK" --textbox "$obitxt" 0 0

##Took this out for OEM install
#User and password for installed system\n
#         User:     \Z4$psw\Zn\n
#         Password: \Z4$psw\Zn\n

dialog --colors --no-shadow \
--backtitle "$version - Welcome and Warning" --msgbox \
"Welcome,\n
         Installing an operating system is a \Z1risky\Zn operation.\n
\n
WARNING  \Z1Copy the data you want to keep to another device\Zn, for example\n
WARNING  an external hard disk drive or a cloud service! Otherwise,\n
WARNING  there might be no easy way to recover any previous data.\n
WARNING  Expensive intelligence services might restore some data.\n
WARNING\n
WARNING  \Z1If you use the BASIC installer the target device will be\Zn\n
WARNING  \Z1**********       COMPLETELY OVERWRITTEN       **********\Zn\n
WARNING\n
WARNING  \Z1If you want to keep an installed operating system,\Zn\n
WARNING                make sure to use the option\n
WARNING  \Z1'Partition drives and Install alongside current OS'\Zn" \
0 0
#18 70
#0 0
#read -sn1

if [ -f "/home/$USER/mkhelp" ]
then
  dpath="/home/$USER"
elif [ -f "$PWD/mkhelp" ]
then
  dpath="$PWD"

elif [ -f "${HOME}/mkhelp" ]
then
  dpath="${HOME}"
elif [ -f "/usr/share/OBI/mkhelp" ]
then
  dpath="/usr/share/OBI"
else
  echo "Script not found. Change directory!"
fi

sudo "$dpath/init-dialog"

tiptxt="$dpath/$tiptxt"
# check for selected
if [ -f /usr/share/OBI/selected ]
then
  selected="/usr/share/OBI/selected"
elif [ -f "$HOME/selected" ]
then
  selected="$HOME/selected"
elif [ -d "$PWD/selected" ]
then
  selected="$PWD/selected"
else
  selected="selected"
  echoout "Error finding the OBI selected path"
fi

## Test to see if the tarball in 'selected' exists first
selectedtest=$(cat "${selected}")
if [ ! -f "${selectedtest}" ]
then
## if it doesn't pick the last one listed so there is some reasonable choice available
  for i in "${tarpath}"/*.tar.[gx]z
  do
   target="$i"
  done
  echoout "Had to find a tarball.. OBI found $target"
# write tarball name
  echo "$target" > "$selected"
fi
ans="dummy"

while [ "$ans" != "q" ] && [ "$ans" != "" ] 
do
 ls -1 "${tarpath}"/*.tar.[gx]z > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then
  sudo rm "$selected"
  tarball=
  menutitle="No tarball selected"
  defitem=d
 else
  grep "tar.[gx]z" "$selected" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]
  then
   sudo rm "$selected"
  fi
  if test -s "$selected"
  then
   tarball=$(cat "${selected}")
   thisOS=$(basename "${tarball/.tar*/}")
   if [ "$thisOS" == "ball" ]
   then
     echoout "Unlabeled OS to install: $thisOS"
     menutitle="Unlabeled OS to install: $thisOS"
##Check tarball name
   else
     echoout "OS to install: $thisOS"
     menutitle="OS to install: $thisOS"
   fi
   if test -s "$obilevel"
   then
    read level < "$obilevel"
    defitem=i
   else
    level=basic
    defitem=o
   fi
  else
   tarball=
   menutitle="No tarball selected"
   defitem=s
  fi
 fi
echoout "Menu Title: $menutitle"
cd "$dpath"
ans=$(dialog --no-shadow --backtitle "$version - Starter Menu" \
--title "Please select an action with a letter key or the arrow keys" \
--default-item "$defitem" --colors --cancel-label Quit --menu "$menutitle" 18 76 11 \
s " Select   tarball to install" \
a " Partition drives and Install alongside current OS" \
i " Install   tarball   \Z1with the $prgnam\Zn" \
d " Download tarball" \
m " Make     tarball" \
o " $level OBI level (select basic or advanced)" \
h " Help to select drive" \
t " Tips" \
c " Check (and repair) the file system /dev/sda1" \
q " Quit from this menu (exit to the bash shell or close window)" \
r " Reboot" \
p " Poweroff" \
  3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 3>&- )

# read -n 1 -s ans
 if [ "$ans" == "s" ]
 then
  sudo "$dpath/select-tarball"
 elif [ "$ans" == "a" ]
 then
  echo "advanced" | sudo tee $obilevel
  sudo "$dpath/partition-help"
  sudo gparted && sudo "$dpath/obi"
 elif [ "$ans" == "i" ]
 then
  sudo "$dpath/obi"
 elif [ "$ans" == "d" ]
 then
  sudo "$dpath/dltbl"
 elif [ "$ans" == "m" ]
 then
  sudo "$mktblpath/$mktar" #changed to use zenity mktbl IF X $DISPLAY is active
 elif [ "$ans" == "o" ]
 then
  sudo "$dpath/setlevel"
 elif [ "$ans" == "h" ]
 then
  sudo "$dpath/mkhelp"
 elif [ "$ans" == "t" ]
 then
  dialog --backtitle "$version - Tips (use arrow keys to scroll)" \
  --textbox "$tiptxt" 17 76
 elif [ "$ans" == "c" ]
 then
  sudo umount /dev/sda1
  sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sda1
 elif [ "$ans" == "r" ]
 then
  sudo reboot
 elif [ "$ans" == "p" ]
 then
  sudo poweroff
 fi
done

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