Category: Install
Status: Closed

Severity: HIGH
Reported against release: 0.8
Fixed in release: 0.8.2 (Beta Refresh 2)

PROBLEM:

The autoinst.txt contians a list of files to install.  These are 
relative to the root file system.  On windows there is no way of 
knowing in advance what drive letter a piece of media may be mounted 
on.  Hence installable media that is platform independent cannot be 
created.  The AutoInst.java file needs to be changes to take the path 
the AutoInst.java file was found as the relative path to the install 
file if it is not a URL.

ANALYSIS:

The auotinst.txt will check first for a valid URL and then will 
generate a relative URL based on the directory the file was found in.  
It does not make sense to allow the user to hard code a local directory.

WORKAROUND:

This workaround works only if you happen to know what drive the media 
will come up in.  Hard code that drive in the autoinst.txt file.

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