tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615332969083650973.post509971629202309389..comments2024-03-23T07:59:04.047-04:00Comments on sysadvent: Day 1 - Software Installer ManagementJordan Sisselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694925032675599790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615332969083650973.post-34704811174977194092009-12-03T16:41:59.941-05:002009-12-03T16:41:59.941-05:00at work we use opsi (http://www.opsi.org/) for thi...at work we use opsi (http://www.opsi.org/) for this. It works great, they have their own debian repository.<br /><br />A 'minus' point: it's a german product, and although they have made great efforts to have documentation in English, sometimes when net installing something you come accross the weirdest messages on screen (if you cannot read german, that is ;-) )<br /><br />I am really happy with it, it has a learning curve (just like unattended) but once you get it, you're good to go. <br /><br />The next step is to get wpkg http://wpkg.org/ to manage the apps and settings (all kind of settings, amazing product). Soon, when I am done with other stuff ....natxetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980020813805676256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615332969083650973.post-87365341411799829542009-12-03T14:10:36.927-05:002009-12-03T14:10:36.927-05:00Well, in my company, i deployed Clonezilla (http:/...Well, in my company, i deployed Clonezilla (http://clonezilla.org/). It makes images of a partition, and compress it. Normally, for a computer about 250GBytes HD, it spend 20 minutes to make the image, and 15 minutes to restore image. Clonezilla can also restore several computers simultaneously using multicast. It's cool :)<br /><br />I never heard about Unattended, i think is fine. I'll try it someday. Thanks John for advice.Juan Pedro Escalona Ruedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04085444867489898522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615332969083650973.post-7798942134372001852009-12-03T13:13:31.045-05:002009-12-03T13:13:31.045-05:00Use Unattended http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ ...Use Unattended <a rel="nofollow">http://unattended.sourceforge.net/</a> to automate your Windows installs!!!<br /><br />It allows you to collect all of your drivers in a central location, and it automatically copies all of them onto the computer as part of the setup process. Once you have the drivers, you don't even have to INSTALL them. Just pop in the unattended boot CD, answer a few questions like hostname and domain join account, then pick a customized install script, any additional pre-scripted application installs, and all of the drivers. Come back in a few hours and it's all done.<br /><br />I suffered through all kinds of hassles with cloning and imaging until I took an afternoon to setup Unattended. Now reinstalling Windows is No Big Deal.John Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001433050744711068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615332969083650973.post-61961272080009637032009-12-02T09:11:50.565-05:002009-12-02T09:11:50.565-05:00Three comments on this, which are sort of Mac spec...Three comments on this, which are sort of Mac specific but could be generally helpful:<br /><br />First, subversion leaves files throughout the directory tree, so if you're supporting an OS that doesn't like this (such as Mac OS X and it's "bundles"), you might consider a different version control system.<br /><br />Second, I find that using the manufacturer URL rather than their name as the top level vendor category sometimes makes more sense, especially when the vendor name may be generic. I use a similar scheme for downloaded software, and often with smaller developers they don't own their "businessname.com" address. <br /><br />Thirdly, for vendors that don't add model numbers to their product names when they revise them (ex: iMac), it's best to use the internal parts number if you can find it - for Apple stuff this is the "Model Identifier", and usually phrased as "iMac11,1" or "MacBookProp3,1" or similar.zdwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16861777922982843333noreply@blogger.com