I am working on a gui frontend to my scripts to install tools.

Sorry about all the screen shots!!!!!!!

Goals

• Use gparted to partition card (WORKING)
  
  
• Use Scripted menu to clone from Flash or SD to SD (WORKING)
  
  
• Bootmenu install (WORKING)

---Will scan all available partitions and write out bootmenu
---Include adjustable Timeout settings (WORKING)
---Download latest initfs_flasher and install (WORKING)
---Include option to select default boot partition (WORKING)

• Repair Menu - scripted to remove a package via dpkg from a SD boot partition while running in flash (WORKING)

• Install / Remove the fsck on flash boot for ext2 partitions with wav notification (WORKING)
  
• Select from available SWAP partitions (IN PROGRESS)

[*] Backup / Restore to/from any partition (tgz format) (IN PROGRESS)[/LIST]
In general, the way it works, is a menu will appear to ask you what disk contains the partition to clone to, then it will prompt with a list of partitions available on that disk. Once chosen it will then ask what you want to clone from (flash or other) If you choose other, it then will ask you what disk contains the partition to clone from, then it will prompt with a list of partitions available on that disk. All partitioning is done via gparted prior to running them menu scripted clone script.


I am looking for some input to what else should be added and any input that you like.

Any other menu processes that would be helpful?


The only problem I see so far, is the package is about 22MB which takes up about 12MB on flash.

Basically I am taking install-tools and gparted-hack and merging them together with some more debian packages and gui cloning process, and try to add in some management tools. I think it may be mgmt-tools.deb when it gets complete. Then I would stop supporting install-tools all versions and force everyone to use this. If I can script downloading Fanoush's initfs_flasher then I will not even need to update my deb each time the OS is updated. That is a definite goal, currently I have to update teo debs and a tarball each time Fanoush updates.

Anyway, comments??? Looking for some constructive input














Repair Menu - scripted to remove a package via dpkg from a SD boot partition while running in flash (WORKING)