Nils �stbjerg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > In our organisations we often have to custom setup PC for each > user, so I was trying to think up a plan for making unatteded > better at this.
We definitely need a more flexible mechanism than the current "pick one script". (In my case, I need to be able to pick whether to install Office 2000 or Office XP, leaving everything else constant.) Your ideas are similar to my own, although somewhat less radical :-). Here is my current proposal. Some made-up terminology: An "atom" is something installed by a single .bat script; typically, a single application or hotfix. A "bundle" is a set of atoms, defined as a simple list of atomic scripts and other bundles. Create a z:\bundles directory. Populate it with .txt files, each of which is just a list of atomic scripts and other bundles. At my site, we might have: base.txt developer.txt sales.txt office2k.txt officexp.txt Modify install.pl to list all of the files under z:\bundles, and let you select any number of them to install. (Optional?) Allow you to select any number of atomic scripts as well. Add all of these to the to-do list (todo.txt), and modify todo.pl to understand that .txt files are just bundles. This would be pretty easy to implement, and by itself would be an improvement, I think. My next ideas are more radical, so I will put them in a separate message. - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
