Buchan Milne wrote: > [snip] > > > > Excellent Ideas. To carry it (run script from floppy) farther... the first part >of > > the install would ensure an internet connection, the second part would call into > > play someone's (sorry forgot who) idea of a web based script that would allow a >user > > to select from packages to load and either write a script to floppy/hard disk to > > install the remainder of the available packages from the CD's (assuming that local > > access is faster than d/ling from inet.) > > As long as you don't mean that the installation is dependant on an > internet connection ... > > Also, think modular. Any configuration that gets done should be > available after install (my sugestion is webmin's perl scripts, since > they are already used/available after installation), and should > preferably take advantage of existing apps (ie webmin). > > It should also be possible to "save" any part of the installation > procedure (ok, maybe not hardware issues), like package selection, > startup services etc independantly. > > Buchan > > > -- > > Joseph S Gardner > > > > Senior Designer / Technical Support > > Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > The box said, > > "Requires Windows 3.x or better", > > so I got Linux. > > > > Registered Linux user #1696600 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > -- > |--------------------------------------------------------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone +27824722231 > email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za > Control Models http://www.control.co.za > |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| > > --------------------------------------------- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. What I was thinking of was actually a lot simpler. I just wanted a script that could step it's way through a custom install. I was assuming that most of the info would be residing on the CDs. Remember, this whole thing has to fit on a floppy, so don't elaborate it too much. Besides, though I wanted the CD to write a basic script to the floppy, the idea was that it would then be edited by the sysAdmin. Customizations would be for things like, how to deal with differently sized hard disks, etc. The more ambitious suggestions are probably better saved for a post-install phase. (I.e., first get it going well, then modify it.) -- (c) Charles Hixson -- Addition of advertisements or hyperlinks to products specifically prohibited
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