Re: [ros-dev] New Setup system

[Jerry]

We could use 7zip compression (LGPL) which has some pretty good 
compression ratios. I think we should design the install system to be 
independent of reactos, ie be able to use it for installing other 
software on windows compatible OS's


Alex Ionescu wrote:

>   You must've misunderstood/confused AIK/XIMAGE with
> the Vista installer 
>  itself. I was not referring to the fact that Vista copies the entire 
>  image system partition and installes from there. The new installer 
>  technology allows a product to be split in any number of dependent or 
>  independent packages, which each OEM can decide on what to include. 
>  These packages can also be used to create a CD that has 5 Windows 
>  versions, with one "Base" package, the other packages being simply the 
>  different files. While Vista doesn't use this to its full potential 
>  (at least yet), nothing stops us from using it fully, and it would 
>  allow exactly this kind of debian packaging.
>
>  AIK itself is an administrator's dream, both from the installation 
>  viewpoint, as well as to being able to setup post-install 
>  patches/tools as part of the .XIM. It also supports internet updating.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>
>  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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