On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > Jim, > > So, I don’t know if you missed my post on the current structure and file > count for the batch installer. > > This has absolutely no relation to what the user sees during a the > installation. > > Running the installer in Normal mode (Default): > > welcomes the user to the installer. > it checks the partitioning and formatting (and prompts only if needed) > if there is a previous OS detected offers to make a backup. > asks BASE or FULL (w/without sources), > then a final, your ready continue? > > If the installer is switched into advanced mode (not obvious to an unknowing > user) > it prompts for a bunch of other stuff as well. These are not visible under the > default Normal mode and are set automatically. Things like: > > type of backup, copied or zip archive. > transfer system files > overrite or purge old OS files and directories. > transfer new autoexec.bat and fcconfig.sys > install V8 (this should really be a package, but since it is still > under dev I just stuck it here) > > Planned options for advanced mode: > > Set target path and directory. > More detailed package selection. > > The current structure is designed to be extremely easy to extend in the > future when/if additional > functionality or options are needed. Adding and removing packages is super > easy as well. > > Basically I need to know that you are fine with a multiple batch file > installer, Or, that > you have your heart set on a single file batch installer. Some of the > advanced functions > will have to go in a single file version and I would be concerned that down > the road > it may be difficult for someone (other than myself) to add things to that > version. > > So, which one do you want? (remember this has nothing to do with what the > normal user sees) >
As long as the install process is simple for users who go with the default path, that's okay with me. How the batch file(s) is(are) internally organized doesn't matter that much to me. And actually, there could be an interesting way to extend a batch file set the way I think you described it, if each component is separate. Sort of similar to "classic" SystemV Init on Unix. Sort of. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
