Re: Multiple CD/DVD "Installer"
Re: Multiple CD/DVD "Installer"
- Subject: Re: Multiple CD/DVD "Installer"
- From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:42:21 -0800
I don't know if PackageMaker supports what you want. If it does, then
awesome; you are done :) Mac OS X comes on multiple CDs—that seems to
be using some form of PackageMaker, and it works OK.
If this doesn't work, I think a two-phase copy operation is going to be
a lot slower than a real installer. At first I thought, "wait,
PackageMaker can move the data instead of copying it and then it's
fast" but what if they want to install to a different hard drive? Then
you're still on the hook for two copies. Also, what if the user's boot
HD is almost full but they have lots of space on a separate HD? Then
the user needs to pick a hard drive during the meta-installation phase
and suddenly it's like you have two full installers. Ick.
You might want to start looking into professional installer products.
For a multiple-CD/DVD product, things can get complicated. If you don't
want to code up a robust installer, there are certainly products out
there which can fit your needs, and the price should only be a couple
hundred bucks.
PS At my company we wrote our own installer, but then again we had a
lot of game-specific compression tricks up our sleeve that most
installers don't need. Also, it was cross-platform—most cross-platform
installers are (a) really lame and (b) written in Java (see point A).
On Mar 5, 2005, at 9:06 AM, Joannou Ng wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm writing an "installer" that copies files from multiple CDs/DVDs
into the machine. The "installer" will ship with one of the CDs/DVDs.
Is this something I can do with PackageMaker and Installer? If not,
I'm thinking if the "right" way to do this would be to create a
"meta-installer" that copies the "installer" from the CD/DVD to the
/private/tmp/<uid>/TemporaryItems/ folder and launches the
"installer", then quits itself? Also, if the "meta-installer" route is
the "right" way, is the TemporaryItems/ folder the "right" place to
put the "installer"?
Enough "quotes". Thanks for reading and TIA.
Cheers, Joannou.
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