Re: Since Software Update Server won't satisfy...
- From: "Mr. X" <Mr.X@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:09:14 -0500
Alan Baker wrote:
In article <fu0129$sr5$2@xxxxxxxx>, "Mr. X" <Mr.X@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Alan Baker wrote:In article <Y9KdnelpSYfFpnTanZ2dnUVZ_sqinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,He tried what you claimed would work and proved you wrong. That's enough. He doesn't have to explain why the option exists.
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ZnU wrote:Your inability to do it properly doesn't offer any explanation about *why* the option would exist if it weren't to allow one to install software *without* installing the OS.In article <vrOdnXZL_rbdOnXanZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,I did create a Netinstall image, it was supposed to be for Safari 3.1 only, I added that package in, and un-checked OS X 10.5. (The screens don't seem to resemble the docs I have seen, it must have been re-done in 10.5) I was able to run it by hitting "N" on my MacBook Pro. (The MBP did not see it in the Startup preferences pane, but my Mac Pro did).
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ZnU wrote:I'm not sure what your issue is here. Do you not think it's possible to create a NetBoot image that runs an arbitrary script when the system is done booting?Do you understand how Apple's remote imaging works? The remote system boots off of a network disk image which is set up to, upon competition of the boot process, launch a utility which clones a *different* image to the machine's hard drive.I have to see that. Are there any packages out there? Has anyone actually DONE it, or just read docs that tell you how to do it (by people whom we don't know if they have ever done it themselves).
You can modify a bootable network disk image to do something other than launch that utility. Like, for instance, install packages.
You are aware that a NetBoot image can contain a full OS X environment, that boots to a normal OS X desktop and can be used like any other OS X installation, yes? As such, if it's possible to automate a process on OS X (and installing packages is trivial to automate), it's possible to automated it from a NetBoot image.
Why don't vendors or software developers provide their apps in this ready-to-deploy format, if it is so great? (I am thinking of VMWare, where you can download hundreds of ready-to-run images)Huh? This mechanism doesn't require software to be packaged in any unusual way.
When the system booted form this image it just started the full OS X installation process and wouldn't let me continue because I had a newer version (10.5.2) on my hard drive already.
Steve
Why don't you prove him wrong by doing it yourself?
Please, Edwin. One new sockpuppet is enough.
Are you pleading insanity? Wouldn't it be easier just to admit you're wrong?
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