Re: [ros-dev] New Setup system

[Jerry]

I agree with David here. I think it is good to try to be better than MS 
in this area. I also think we need to work on a set up similar to debian 
(ie be able to download packages from the net). I also think for 
compatibility reasons we need to set up a way to have self-extracting 
packages.

I also think we need to have the setup to be able to install without a 
single reboot. This includes ReactOS being recognize devices, able to 
load, and  use the related drivers without a reboot.


David Hinz wrote:

>  
>  Alex Ionescu schrieb:
>
> >   Sounds a lot like the new Vista AIK and the
> > XIMAGE system Microsoft 
> >  is working on. Not saying that's a bad thing, on the contrary, but 
> >  why re-invent the wheel? We could just use their tools. 
>
>  And exactly that is what it's not. I've been looking a lot at the new 
>  Vista deployment tools and ximage in the last two weeks, and the 
>  difference is, that MS creates a file based image of the whole system 
>  partition, copies it onto the harddisk and starts the setup, and what 
>  I described is a bit more like the debian installer, everything is in 
>  packages, that depend on other packages (or not) and each of them has 
>  it's own configuration.
>  This is much more customizable and flexible than Microsofts ximage.
>
>  You can create one cd for the whole company, but when you have 
>  installed ReactOS you just have to connect to the repository server 
>  and select the repositories you need for this workstation. You will 
>  never ever have to touch this workstaion again, it will be 
>  automatically updated with exactly the things needed on this workstation.
>
>  Keep in mind, my idea is not to make the installation as fast as 
>  possible and to waste as less space on the installation medias as 
>  possible, I want to make the administrators job a bit easier.
>
>  Plus this has positive effects for home users too, as we have a system 
>  wide update manager and not one for every vendor.
>
> >   Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu 
>
>  Greets,
>
>  David Hinz
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