LazY FReD 2.0.0 - Free Repository Downloader

[step]

- choose a drive/partition to install to
- choose ISO by File Selector
- start AFI by right-clicking an ISO file
- - all fields in the GUI will be filled with values then

Recently I was trying to explain an inexperienced Puppy Linux user, friend of mine, how to go past booting from the DVD iso to installing frugal. My task would have been easier had I known about this script. I could have just email it to my friend. One thing I learned, and which you might want to incorporate in your dialog, is that my friend didn't know to mount the DVD drive icon before looking for the iso file to select!

[LazY Puppy]

Recently I was trying to explain an inexperienced Puppy Linux user, friend of mine, how to go past booting from the DVD iso to installing frugal. My task would have been easier had I known about this script. I could have just email it to my friend. One thing I learned, and which you might want to incorporate in your dialog, is that my friend didn't know to mount the DVD drive icon before looking for the iso file to select!

Hi step.

I feel the need to do a quote of one of your latest sayings: I'm standing on the shoulders of Giants.

Originally this was a script made by stu90 (which I haven't seen for a long time here). I found this script very useful especially in combination with LazY FReD (Free Repository Downloader for Repositories like smokey01.com). My intention was to add to LazY FReD the ability to install Puppies from recently downloaded ISO files directly to the boot partition of the current running Puppy.

So I grabbed the script made by stu90, made my needed modifications and additions to put it combined with LazY FReD. I decided to not to rename it (keeping original name Automated Frugal Installer) and to name the Topic just LazY FReD 2.0.0 - Free Repository Downloader.

I haven't had a look into the script for a long time, though if I remember correctly the main script code line to access e.g. zigbert's repository was also written by stu90 - and there were two or three more programs when stu90 has given support to me (either in the forum or in background by PM).

So again: I'm standing on the shoulders of Giants.

Regarding the DVD drive to mount issue I can say this:

- a few minutes ago I'd found a non translated (and also wrong) tooltip in the GUI
- this forces me (by myself) to do another update of AFI
- I will add a another combobox for to mount the drive where to search for ISO files
- also I will add to both combobox drive lists a function to mount the chosen drive immediately
- and again also I will create tooltip text for all GUI items

Starting to work on this right after sending this post to the forum.

Thanks.

[step]

Thanks.

Well, thank YOU, Sir!

[Puppus Dogfellow]

cool.

thanks, RSH!

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something you may want to look into, though my experiences were mostly from when i ran Precise 5.5--I often had to rerun/run grub4dos after running AFI (always as a right click utility) to make sure the menu.lst entry was made or took, so to speak. it's not really a problem because the grub4dos run through part is pretty automated, and no one else reported the bug, if that's indeed what it is, but i figured you should know.

anyway, it's a great utility and thanks again. i've used the previous version more times than i can count and will gladly mirror this one and its successor. great and useful little tool.

(thanks, too, to stu90).

[belham2]

Can't believe I didn't know about this utility until now. It's really great and makes it super easy to get freinds to set up thier install "frugally". Thanks, RSH!


P.S. Oldyeller is going to do a review of LazYFRed in the April Puppy Newsletter http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 911#943911