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From: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Writing Installer scripts (and ChooserName too)
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Date: 4 Jul 89 16:47:00 GMT
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In article <1028@unocss.UUCP> dent@unocss.UUCP (Dave Caplinger) writes:
>On to the next question:  Is there a program or a way to write Installer
>scripts?  I would like to simplify the re-loading of Macs on AppleShare
>(or whatever they end up on) by writing an Installer script to copy
>the System folder.  Thus, Consultants on duty in the user rooms can just
>boot from an Installer disk, (which I will have auto-login to the AppleShare
>server) and click "Install" to re-load the Mac's bootup software from
>the backup held on the server.  The whole point is that I will no longer
>have to go do it any more. :-)
>

  Take a look at Tech Note 75.  It goes into detail about the format of an
Installer script, and how to write your own.

>In addition to just copying files, I need to set the startup application, and
>make the system folder invisible.  Also, one of the files copied into the
>system folder has a different name depending on which Mac is being restored,
>and that name needs to be changed back once installed...  All in all, a process
>I would very much like to automate. :-)
>

  Your best bet would be to write an INIT that sets the Invisible bit on
the System Folder every time on the off chance someone re-visified it.  I
believe (don't quote me on this next bit) that the startup application for
Uni-Finder is still stored in the boot blocks, and under MultiFinder, it's
in the Finder Startup file.

>I have looked at various Installer scripts that ResEdit 1.2b3 would
>be nice enough to load (the System ones were "too big"), and I may be
>able to hack at it a while to work up somehting, but surely there is a
>program to do this for me, yes?  :-)
>

  Go with your first idea.  Take one of Apple's scripts, rip out the parts
you don't need, and add in new things you do need in ResEdit.

>Also: Can an Installer script be set up to copy files/resources from a
>disk /other/ than the boot disk?  (I.e., boot from one disk, and copy
>files from the server to the local hard drive.)
>

  Wait for Installer 3.0 (or whatever ships with System 7).  It should be
able to do all this and more.

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