RE: Help!
RE: Help!
- Subject: RE: Help!
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:30:10 -0800
On 2/27/01 3:24 PM, HARRIS,SHON (Non-HP-Boise,ex1)
<email@hidden> wrote:
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I hate to ask for help me with this problem (again)
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But could someone give me an idea of what a script that would do the
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following would look like, as i am new to Apple Scripting, and dont know
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anything about it other than very basic stuff.
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1. Launch when i boot off the CD
I don't see how this can be done, unless you burn a custom CD with the
script in the startup items folder. You'd also need all the applescript
extensions installed as well, of course.
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2. Bring up a Window that would let you choose a disk to erase.
Easy; use the "choose folder" command from the Standard Editions.
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3. Erase that Disk and then Rename the Selected Disk,
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4. Lanch the Apple Software Restore program and bring me up to the first
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window of the installer where i could choose the options for restoration.
tell application "finder"
erase <disk chosen in step 2>
set the name of <disk chosen in step 2> to <new name>
run application "Apple Software Restore"
end tell
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5. Would Start the Installation process and then change the startup disk to
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the one what was just installed and reboot the system into that operating
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system.
The installation process would have to be started manually, right after
choosing the options.
In Mac OS 9.1, the startup disk control panel is scriptable, but not in
earlier versions.
Hope this helps,
--Michelle
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