Ghost?
MD
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:21:24 +0200, Jochem van Dieten
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Drew wrote:
> > I think people have missed the point here,
> > the point is not access to a computer and/or internet (use a laptop!)
> > I think what the poster mentions is the need to use
> > 1) software inventory with links to the relevant software and updates
> > (eg. windows update and macromedia update)
>
> I didn't miss that point: notepad. It is an excellent tool to
> write a batchfile with a list of URLs to feed into wget to
> download and then automatically install and reboot.
>
>
> > 2) a step-by-step installtion instructions that can be displayed
> >
> > With my "developer" hat on, I would say you need something that adds
> > items to a database in the order you do the steps, with a url/upload
> > field of the software used in that step and settings screenshots
>
> And I would say: go all the way, write the script that does the
> work instead of the program that shows you how to do the work.
>
> Even with all the settings and screenshots coming out of a
> database, you are bound to make a typo or something and screw up
> the rebuilt. Especially since it is quite likely that you will be
> under considerable pressure to get it done yesterday when
> rebuilding a server. Don't take chances, script it.
>
> Jochem
>
>
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