[geeks] DVD install of MacOS 10.5.3 or 10.5.4

[Lionel Peterson]

What constantly amazes me is that I can't download an ISO of the  
vendor-supplied install disc for a given MB. I typically put the  
network driver on via USB key, then let windows find everything.

The problem with loading drivers in WinXP and Server 2003 is that the  
underlying OS is 5+ years old...

Vista/Server 2008 will read in USB keys and CDs, but only for storage  
drivers (I think)...

I wish I could make a folder called $DRIVERS$ in the root dir of a  
drive and install would query it before giving up on a device...

Lionel

On Aug 5, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Nadine Miller <velociraptor at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Aug 2, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>
>>> The only real pain I feel in a Windows install is the *repeated*  
>>> passes
>>> through Windows Update to get *all* the updates related to  
>>> previously
>>> downloaded updates...
>>
>> You can use a tool like nLite to slipstream in most updates (and  
>> bundle in
>> drivers that weren't part of the OS).  I made a few model-specific  
>> CDs for
>> $ork that install SP3 plus support for all the hardware, and then  
>> included
>> many of our site-specific apps on the remainder of the CD.  The end  
>> result
>> is something as nice as any manufacturer's "restore CD" plus the  
>> added
>> bonus of it not being laden with crapware.
>>
>> I've heard you can even install Office and Visual Studio from that
>> procedure if you use DVD media, but there's the chance that the
>> installation will take "too long" and the fixed-duration timer in the
>> Windows installation program will kill that portion of setup.
>
> You can.  This is how the various "All In One" DVDs floating around  
> out there work.  Most enterprise environments just use Ghost or  
> Acronis, though, to deploy images.
>
> The real pain in re-installing XP (or Vista, for that matter) is  
> fetching and installing the latest and greatest hardware drivers.   
> As *slow* as DL'ing and updating everything from M$ is, at least  
> they are all in one place.  Many mobo manufacturers don't keep their  
> web sites updated with everything that's available for their on- 
> board chipsets, integrated video, etc.  Then there's your add-on  
> cards.  It's like a spelunking expedition unless everything you have  
> in your computer is mainstream.
>
> My #1 complaint with the XP install is that unless you slipstream,  
> the *ONLY* place it will look for "additional drivers" during  
> install is from a floppy.  What is this, 1998? :-/  I haven't had  
> the need to do this with Vista, so I can't comment as to whether it  
> does the same or not.
>
> =Nadine=
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