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[ANN] Installer support for KernelImage

keith1y
Installer for Kernel Image
----
Installer now has a couple of new features intended to make working with
a KernelImage easier.

Publish Your Project Installer Script to a Web Page
----
These features now mean that it is simple to publish a specific product
or custom image consisting of multiple packages, mantis bug fixes and
miscellaneous configuration scripts for use in any recentish (or perhaps
oldish) squeak image.

Support Historical Images Too
----
Thus far Installer has been tested in 3.7, 3.8 ,3.9 and now the most
recent addition: 3.9 KernelImage. There is no reason why it should not
work in earlier squeaks for those that are interested (let me know of
your experiences please). Notably  Installer provides an interface for
searching and loading from SqueakMap for image versions that do not
support SqueakMap2. i.e. 3.7 and earlier.

The script for your product can reside embedded in any html page
(naughtily) using <code st>... </code st> tags (This method is supported
by wiki.squeak.org, and pbwiki.com too)

Using Installer with KernelImage
----
Installer only has one prerequisite, 'Network', and so can be used
earlier in the KernelImage loading processm than Monticello.

Beginning with KernelImage 7061c from http://www.comtalk.net/Squeak/98

Step. 1 is download, unzip and manually install the Network package

(FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: 'Network/snapshot/source.st') fileIn.

Step.2. bootstrap Installer from a web url.

(HTTPSocket httpGet: 'installer.pbwiki.com/f/Installer.st') fileIn.

Step 3. now the fun starts... since installer can be pointed at a web
page to run a script embedded in html. (At this stage only .st and .cs
support is installed)

Installer installUrl: 'http://installer.pbwiki.org/LoadMonticello'.
----

enjoy

best regards

Keith


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Re: [ANN] Installer support for KernelImage

Klaus D. Witzel
Hey, a backward-compatible root+boot installer, that's great Keith.

Pavel, Damien, can this one become the root/boot installer of your  
respective .image?

Will (slowly) re-build my images here, thank you Keith.

/Klaus

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 03:22:58 +0100, Keith Hodges wrote:

> Installer for Kernel Image
> ----
> Installer now has a couple of new features intended to make working with  
> a KernelImage easier.
>
> Publish Your Project Installer Script to a Web Page
> ----
> These features now mean that it is simple to publish a specific product  
> or custom image consisting of multiple packages, mantis bug fixes and  
> miscellaneous configuration scripts for use in any recentish (or perhaps  
> oldish) squeak image.
>
> Support Historical Images Too
> ----
> Thus far Installer has been tested in 3.7, 3.8 ,3.9 and now the most  
> recent addition: 3.9 KernelImage. There is no reason why it should not  
> work in earlier squeaks for those that are interested (let me know of  
> your experiences please). Notably  Installer provides an interface for  
> searching and loading from SqueakMap for image versions that do not  
> support SqueakMap2. i.e. 3.7 and earlier.
>
> The script for your product can reside embedded in any html page  
> (naughtily) using <code st>... </code st> tags (This method is supported  
> by wiki.squeak.org, and pbwiki.com too)
>
> Using Installer with KernelImage
> ----
> Installer only has one prerequisite, 'Network', and so can be used  
> earlier in the KernelImage loading processm than Monticello.
>
> Beginning with KernelImage 7061c from http://www.comtalk.net/Squeak/98
>
> Step. 1 is download, unzip and manually install the Network package
>
> (FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: 'Network/snapshot/source.st') fileIn.
>
> Step.2. bootstrap Installer from a web url.
>
> (HTTPSocket httpGet: 'installer.pbwiki.com/f/Installer.st') fileIn.
>
> Step 3. now the fun starts... since installer can be pointed at a web  
> page to run a script embedded in html. (At this stage only .st and .cs  
> support is installed)
>
> Installer installUrl: 'http://installer.pbwiki.org/LoadMonticello'.
> ----
>
> enjoy
>
> best regards
>
> Keith
>
>
> Send instant messages to your online friends  
> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com



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Re: [ANN] Installer support for KernelImage

Pavel Krivanek
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On 11/12/06, Keith Hodges <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Installer for Kernel Image
> ----
> Installer now has a couple of new features intended to make working with
> a KernelImage easier.
>
> Publish Your Project Installer Script to a Web Page
> ----
> These features now mean that it is simple to publish a specific product
> or custom image consisting of multiple packages, mantis bug fixes and
> miscellaneous configuration scripts for use in any recentish (or perhaps
> oldish) squeak image.
>
> Support Historical Images Too
> ----
> Thus far Installer has been tested in 3.7, 3.8 ,3.9 and now the most
> recent addition: 3.9 KernelImage. There is no reason why it should not
> work in earlier squeaks for those that are interested (let me know of
> your experiences please). Notably  Installer provides an interface for
> searching and loading from SqueakMap for image versions that do not
> support SqueakMap2. i.e. 3.7 and earlier.
>
> The script for your product can reside embedded in any html page
> (naughtily) using <code st>... </code st> tags (This method is supported
> by wiki.squeak.org, and pbwiki.com too)
>
> Using Installer with KernelImage
> ----
> Installer only has one prerequisite, 'Network', and so can be used
> earlier in the KernelImage loading processm than Monticello.
>
> Beginning with KernelImage 7061c from http://www.comtalk.net/Squeak/98
>
> Step. 1 is download, unzip and manually install the Network package
>
> (FileStream readOnlyFileNamed: 'Network/snapshot/source.st') fileIn.
>
> Step.2. bootstrap Installer from a web url.
>
> (HTTPSocket httpGet: 'installer.pbwiki.com/f/Installer.st') fileIn.
>
> Step 3. now the fun starts... since installer can be pointed at a web
> page to run a script embedded in html. (At this stage only .st and .cs
> support is installed)
>
> Installer installUrl: 'http://installer.pbwiki.org/LoadMonticello'.
> ----
>
> enjoy
>
> best regards
>
> Keith
>

Great! Thank you for doing this.

-- Pavel

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Re: [ANN] Installer support for KernelImage

keith1y
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> Do you have to possibility to publish your script on MC?
>  
Hi, its already there

www.squeaksource.com/Installer

best regards

Keith
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Re: [ANN] Installer support for KernelImage

Damien Cassou-3
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Klaus D. Witzel a écrit :
> Hey, a backward-compatible root+boot installer, that's great Keith.
>
> Pavel, Damien, can this one become the root/boot installer of your
> respective .image?

I will try. Remember that everybody can try to make a dev-image.
Everybody can commit to the project ImageForDevelopers on squeaksource.