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Re: [Bacula-users] How to automate Windows installer for a large number of hosts?

2009-01-26 12:08:18
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] How to automate Windows installer for a large number of hosts?
From: Brian Debelius <bdebelius AT intelesyscorp DOT com>
To: Foo <bfoo33 AT yahoo.co DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:05:05 -0500
You could try WinInstall to do this.  
http://www.scalable.com/WinInstall.aspx


Foo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at a large rollout, and estimate around 16 hours of non-stop  
> clicking for the Windows side of things (I've got the Linux side covered).
> Is it possible to automate the Windows installer with arguments that fill  
> in the various fields such as hostnames, IP addresses, passwords etc.?
>
> If not, is it possible to take apart the installer and write new scripts  
> doing this and how much work would this be? It could be a generic  
> installer choosing from a plaintext file with a list of fixed hostnames,  
> IP addresses and passwords, or a unique installer per server, as long as  
> both can simply be copied and run silently.
>
> I would prefer the elegant solution over the mindnumbing one, but it has  
> to take less than about two full working days (for a non-developer who has  
> never seen NSIS from the inside).
>
>
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