I was waiting for someone who has been here a bit longer than I to say
something like this.
I am swamped at work right now but I am taking 5 days off. I have mirrored
hardhats, Kevin's Config stuff from his IP and kdtop websites onto my laptop.
I plan on scratching out basic configuration steps as outlined in Hardhats
and I hope to ask for clarification and order on some of the steps.
I like the idea of an installation script that prompts the user for essential
information, and takes care of the gory details under the covers. I plan to
give the Kevin's configuraiton script another go now that I have 3 servers to
play with.
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 10:58, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
> With the recent interest on this board of several
> newcomers in getting VistA, I am again brought to the
> point that WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE INSTALL PROCESS
> EASIER.
>
> Sorry about the shouting, but we have some
> knowledgable people on this board, and it seems that
> nothing is really being done to solve this problem.
>
> Unless we can significantly make this easier, only the
> very brave and persistent will get it working.
>
> It seems to me, that during the low-level installation
> process, that the only thing a new user really needs
> to change is the machine name. Why can't we make sit
> down at the next conference and complete a basic
> config on a system. We could use generic names for
> installation institution etc etc. Then use this to
> create our CD-ROM/DVD that is distributed. Then write
> a short program that would change the stored name of
> the linux box to match the current user's system.
>
> This would get a user up and running. Then, using the
> menu system, they could go back and edit institution
> names, add new users, etc, etc. But it would be a
> WORKING system early on.
>
> I would really like to make significant progress on
> this by the end of the Boston conference.
>
> Let me slightly change topics here for a minute.
> Bhaskar once made a point to me, that I would like to
> consider here. (I'll add my thoughts here too.) We
> have "demos" which show interested people what the
> system can do, and then there are full installs. If a
> user is going to use a system in their office, they
> either need to pay someone knowledgeable to install &
> support their system, or they need to become
> knowledgeable themselves. I.e. if we make the system
> extremely easy to install, and it can get itself up in
> the air automatically, then suddenly we will have
> people flying an airplane, so to speak, that they
> really don't know how to control. And they will
> likely crash. I know that I have my system essentially
> configured, but it is very helpful that I have learned
> how to fix problems with fileman etc.
>
> I think I will still come down on the side of wanting
> an install wizard that does all the hard configuration
> work, but I'd be interested in other's feedback.
>
> Kevin
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