I have an older laptop that had Calculate Desktop on it in the past. I need to do a new install and I’m having trouble installing Calculate on a new hard drive using any of the graphical options (system hangs). I turned off X and it all seems good (I get a shell prompt and a suggestion on how to configure networking).
While in the shell, I can’t find anything that looks like an installer. What do I need to do to start the install process from the command line using the XFCE Desktop DVD?
Hi !
You can use the cl-install command !
For example :
cl-install -d /dev/sda1 -d /dev/sda2:/home -d /dev/sda3:swap -u yourusername
Others parameters (timezone, videodrivers) will be automatically selected (Installer finding your hardware)
Root and user password will asked after (before installation, but after validating the command)
Quick usage of cl-install command :
usage: cl-install [-l LOCALE] [--timezone TIMEZONE] [--iso IMAGE] [-s SYSTEM] [--march ARCH] [-U [ON/OFF]] [-p [ON/OFF]] [-S AUTOPARTOPTS]
[-T TABLE] [--root-size SIZE] [--swap-size SIZE] [-D DEVICE] [-d DISK[[:MP[:FS[:FORMAT]]]]] [--uuid [ON/OFF]] [--mbr MBR]
[--uefi [ON/OFF]] [--scheduler SCHEDULER] [--netconf NETMANAGER] [--iface IFACE_SETTINGS] [--hostname HOSTNAME] [--ntp NTP]
[--dns DNS] [--domain-search DOMAINS] [--route NETROUTE] [--root-password] [-u USER[:GROUPS]] [-A USER] [-C [ON/OFF]]
[--audio AUDIO] [--audio-card CARD] [--video VIDEODRV] [--composite [ON/OFF]] [-X <width>x<height>] [--fb <width>x<height>]
[--grub-terminal TERMINAL] [-a [ON/OFF]] [-I INTERVAL] [--clean-pkg [ON/OFF]] [-o [ON/OFF]] [-f]
Language and locale:
-l LOCALE, --locale LOCALE
set the locale ('list' for displaying possible values)
--timezone TIMEZONE set the timezone ('list' for displaying possible values)
Distribution:
--iso IMAGE ISO image for installation
-s SYSTEM, --os SYSTEM
select the operation system ('list' for displaying possible values)
--march ARCH select the processor architecture ('list' for displaying possible values)
-U [ON/OFF], --update [ON/OFF]
install the newer image only
Allocate drive space:
-p [ON/OFF], --autopartition [ON/OFF]
autopartition
-S AUTOPARTOPTS, --auto-scheme AUTOPARTOPTS
autopartition options ('list' for displaying possible values)
-T TABLE, --partition-table TABLE
set the partition table for autopartition ('list' for displaying possible values)
--root-size SIZE set the root partition size for autopartition
--swap-size SIZE set the swap partition size for autopartition
-D DEVICE set the device for autopartition ('list' for displaying possible values)
Mount points:
-d DISK[[:MP[:FS[:FORMAT]]]], --disk DISK[[:MP[:FS[:FORMAT]]]]
DISK bound for installation will be mounted to the MP directory. To create a bind mount point, you have to specify
the source directory as DISK. To change the filesystem, you have to specify it as FS. FORMAT is used for the
specifying the need to format partition or not
--uuid [ON/OFF] use UUID (enabled by default)
--mbr MBR boot disk for the system bound for install ('list' for displaying possible values)
--uefi [ON/OFF] use UEFI boot
--scheduler SCHEDULER
toggle the I/O scheduler ('list' for displaying possible values)
Network settings:
--netconf NETMANAGER network manager ('list' for displaying possible values)
--iface IFACE_SETTINGS
Network interface, DHCP or IP address and network mask (example: --iface eth0:192.168.1.1:24)
--hostname HOSTNAME set either the short or the full hostname
--ntp NTP set the NTP server for the system
--dns DNS domain name server (comma-separated)
--domain-search DOMAINS
search domains (comma-separated)
--route NETROUTE add a routing rule (specified as NETWORK:[GATEWAY][:DEV[:SOURCE]])
Users:
--root-password specify the root password
-u USER[:GROUPS], --user USER[:GROUPS]
add a user to the installed system
-A USER, --autologin USER
set an autologin for the user, 'off' for disable ('list' for displaying possible values)
-C [ON/OFF], --crypt-home [ON/OFF]
encrypt user profiles
Audio:
--audio AUDIO set the audio system ('list' for displaying possible values)
--audio-card CARD set the default audio ('list' for displaying possible values)
Video:
--video VIDEODRV set the video driver ('list' for displaying possible values)
--composite [ON/OFF] toggle composite (enabled by default)
-X <width>x<height> set the Xorg resolution ('list' for displaying possible values)
--fb <width>x<height>
set the framebuffer resolution ('list' for displaying possible values)
--grub-terminal TERMINAL
grub terminal ('list' for displaying possible values)
Update:
-a [ON/OFF], --autocheck [ON/OFF]
automatically check updates
-I INTERVAL, --autocheck-interval INTERVAL
set interval for the updates checking ('list' for displaying possible values)
--clean-pkg [ON/OFF] clean obsolete programs archives
-o [ON/OFF], --update-other [ON/OFF]
update other overlays
Common arguments:
-f, --force silent during the process
cl-install was not in the directory I was placed into when booting the DVD without X. I ended up mounting it and searching through the directory structure till I found it.
I have since installed it and it works flawlessly. Thank you for the help!