obi 1.2 release candidate

[Aere Greenway]

On 12/16/2013 04:13 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have realized that many of you who are active at the Lubuntu mail
> forums and the Ubuntu Forums need dual- or multi-boot for your linux
> distro/flavour. So I have made a release candidate of the One Button
> Installer (to become version 1.2), that can do it, not by itself, but
> together with gparted.
>
> 1 - Edit and create partitions with gparted
>
> 2 - Install a tarball with the OBI to partitions, that are selected
> automatically or manually.
>
> -----
> Basic and advanced OBI level
>
> Most users are recommended to use the *basic* OBI level. This means that
> the OBI will install a system from a tarball into a whole device,
> typically an internal hard disk drive or a USB 3 pendrive.
>
> In the *advanced* level the OBI will let you select the partitions. It
> means that you can install a system from a tarball into two partitions,
> one root file partition and one swap partition. This way it is possible
> to create a *dual boot* device with an existing (already installed)
> operating system. It is also possible to create a separate
> *data partition*, that can be used by linux as well as Windows.
>
> The intention with the advanced level is to edit and create partitions
> with *Gparted* (booted from a 'regular' boot CD/DVD/USB device). One
> partition is labelled 'obi-root' and one (smaller) partition is labelled
> 'obi-swap'. Such partitions can be identified and selected automatically
> in the advanced level, but manual selection is also possible.
> -----
>
> You find it here:
>
> http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/rc/
>
> If you test the advanced OBI level, please tell me what is bad,
> confusing or buggy, so that I can improve it!
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
Nio:

Speaking for my own situation, I think this is an excellent idea.

I may try it out with the 14.04 release next April.

-- 
Sincerely,
Aere