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create project page for a cross-platform, cross-distro Starch installer
== What is it? ==
The [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy#Starch.28es.29:_A_complete_disk_image_for_Sugar Starch] installer is a work-in-progress project for providing a single, cross-platform installer for most or all distribution images including Sugar. The idea is to provide a single application and single set of instructions for installing a fully operational system including Sugar.
== Goals ==
* cross-platform installer (i.e. can be run on Mac OS X (Intel/PPC), Windows and as many Linux/BSD/whatever (any architecture) distros as possible)
* cross-distro installation (i.e. can install Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, ... images)
* installation to flash media (USB stick, SD card) and hard disk, supporting several disk layouts
* "lightweight" (small download size, low RAM requirement)
* modularized for easy extension
* configurable to allow presetting source + target options (e.g. SoaS could preset the source to /dev/live)
* works both outside Sugar and as an activity (Journal integration for downloads)
* GUI and CLI modes
* offline (use pre-downloaded image) and online (download image) operation
== Non-goals ==
* "native" distro installation, i.e. using RPM/deb/... packages as source (though distros are able to write a module to do this)
== Features ==
* can use local copy of image (already downloaded file, /dev/live) or download via internet, including updating an existing image (via rsync)
* automatic detection of source image type (e.g. Fedora Live ISO, Debian Live ISO)
* automatic detection of target devices (needs platform/distro specific modules)
* supports verification (PGP, SHA-*) of images
The [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy#Starch.28es.29:_A_complete_disk_image_for_Sugar Starch] installer is a work-in-progress project for providing a single, cross-platform installer for most or all distribution images including Sugar. The idea is to provide a single application and single set of instructions for installing a fully operational system including Sugar.
== Goals ==
* cross-platform installer (i.e. can be run on Mac OS X (Intel/PPC), Windows and as many Linux/BSD/whatever (any architecture) distros as possible)
* cross-distro installation (i.e. can install Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, ... images)
* installation to flash media (USB stick, SD card) and hard disk, supporting several disk layouts
* "lightweight" (small download size, low RAM requirement)
* modularized for easy extension
* configurable to allow presetting source + target options (e.g. SoaS could preset the source to /dev/live)
* works both outside Sugar and as an activity (Journal integration for downloads)
* GUI and CLI modes
* offline (use pre-downloaded image) and online (download image) operation
== Non-goals ==
* "native" distro installation, i.e. using RPM/deb/... packages as source (though distros are able to write a module to do this)
== Features ==
* can use local copy of image (already downloaded file, /dev/live) or download via internet, including updating an existing image (via rsync)
* automatic detection of source image type (e.g. Fedora Live ISO, Debian Live ISO)
* automatic detection of target devices (needs platform/distro specific modules)
* supports verification (PGP, SHA-*) of images