JPH07325709A - Non-interactive installation system for operating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To collectively set the parameters necessary for installation of packages in an interactive form and to install each package in a non-interactive form. CONSTITUTION:A-parameter inquiring means 11 inquires whether the packages are installed in an interactive or non-interactive form and also inquires the parameters at a time. A parameter file production means 12 produces a parameter file 4, and a package installing means 13 issues an installing command. A parameter file fetching means 21 fetches the file 4, and an interactive/non- interactive form deciding means 22 decides an interactive or non-interactive form for installation of packages. When an interactive form is decided, a parameter inquiring means 23 inquires the parameters. A file transfer means 31 transfers a package to a disk device 6 and installs it there from a CGMT (cartridge magnetic tape) 5 based on the parameter set by a parameter setting processing part 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-interactive installation method for an operating system, and in particular, a non-interactive installation for an operating system, which is composed of a plurality of packages including files having the same function, in a disk device. It relates to a non-interactive installation method of an operating system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the installation of an operating system composed of a plurality of packages, parameters necessary for installing the packages (for example, parameters indicating whether to install Japanese messages, system menu are installed). Parameters that indicate whether or not) are set inside each package interactively with the user, and the user needs to input parameters from the keyboard. I couldn't get out of front of me.

In order to avoid this, a default value (default value) of the parameter is provided inside each package, and the installation tool inquires the user whether to install interactively or non-interactively,
When installing non-interactively, the package had a function to automatically set default values for parameters. However, when installing interactively, all packages that have the parameters to set are interactive and there is one package
Even if you want to set only one parameter to a non-default value, you still have to choose interactive during the installation,
The installation time was very long, and the operation was troublesome.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional operating system installation method, when a non-interactive installation is performed, the default value is unconditionally set as a parameter, so that one package of
If you want to set two parameters yourself rather than the default values, you must choose interactive installation in the installation tool, which results in all packages being interactive, and you need to set parameters from the keyboard. There was a problem that it was inefficient because it was impossible to leave the front of the machine because of the input operation, and it took a huge amount of time to install it.

Further, even when different packages require the same parameter, the key input operation for giving the same value to the same parameter in each package must be performed.
There is a problem that key input operations are duplicated and troublesome.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to enable the installation tool to first set the parameters required for package installation in a batch mode in an interactive manner, and to subsequently install each package in a non-interactive format. To provide a non-interactive installation method of the operating system.

The previous system generation information used for the system generation by the operating system is stored in a file, and the system generation for the new operating system is performed by the previous system generation information and the new system generation information created by the system generation parameter different from the previous time. A system generating method based on the above is known (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-46131), but this method is a technique for upgrading the version of an operating system, and the difference of system generating information is used as a system. It is given as a generation parameter,
The method of giving application information and parameters is different from that of the present invention.

[0008]

A non-interactive installation method of an operating system according to the present invention is an installation method of installing an operating system composed of a plurality of packages in a disk device. Creates a parameter inquiring unit that inquires the user whether to install interactively and also inquires the user the parameters required to install each package all at once, and a parameter file that stores the parameters inquired by this parameter inquiring unit. An installation tool including a parameter file creation means and a package installation means for issuing a package installation command, and a parameter by importing the parameter file An interactive / non-interactive method for determining whether to install interactively or non-interactively by referring to the parameter file importing means to be set and the interactive parameters in the parameters set by this parameter file importing means A parameter setting processing unit including a format determining unit and a parameter inquiring unit configured to inquire and set a parameter to a user when the interactive type / non-interactive type determining unit determines to install in an interactive mode, and the parameter file. And a file transfer processing unit including a file transfer unit for transferring the package to the disk device based on the parameters set by the fetching unit or the parameter inquiry unit.

[0009]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a non-interactive installation system for an operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The non-interactive installation method of the operating system of the present embodiment includes an installation tool 1 including a parameter inquiry unit 11, a parameter file creation unit 12, and a package installation unit 13, a parameter file acquisition unit 21, and an interactive / non-interactive determination unit. 22 and a parameter inquiry unit 23, a parameter transfer processing unit 3 including a file transfer unit 31, a parameter file 4, and a cartridge magnetic tape (hereinafter, CGM).
5) (abbreviated as T) and the disk device 6 constitute a main part thereof.

The installation tool 1 is a shell script executed to install the operating system stored in the CGMT 5 on the disk device 6.

Referring to FIG. 2, the CGMT 5 stores a plurality of packages 51 in which files having the same function of the operating system are collected in the form of a package stream 50.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the parameter file 4. The parameter file 4 is a temporary file created by the installation tool 1, and has a format (parameter values that are necessary for installing the package 51 can be easily incorporated into the package 51 and can be easily handled even when the number of parameters to be set increases). Is stored). In addition,
As for parameters commonly required by different packages 51, only parameters for one package are stored.

Referring to FIG. 4, the installation tool 1
The processing of step S101 is a parameter inquiry step S101, an end determination step S102, a parameter file creation step S103, and an installation command issuing step S
104 and end determination step S105.

Referring to FIG. 5, the process of the parameter setting processor 2 is a parameter file fetch step S20.
1 and an interactive / non-interactive determination step S202,
It includes a parameter inquiry step S203 and an end determination step S204.

Referring to FIG. 6, the file transfer processing unit 3
Is the package file transfer step S301.
And an end determination step S302.

Next, the operation of the non-interactive installation system of the operating system of the present embodiment thus constructed will be described.

When the machine is powered on, the CGMT5
The boot file at the beginning of the
The IX is started up, and the installation tool 1 is loaded on the main memory and activated. Up to this point, the process is the same as the conventional installation method.

The installed installation tool 1 is
Before the package 51 is installed, the parameter inquiry means 11 sequentially inquires of the user about the parameters necessary for installing the package 51 and sets them in the main memory (not shown) (step S101), and sets all parameters. (Step S10)
2). The parameter inquired here is a parameter indicating whether the package 51 is installed interactively or non-interactively (hereinafter referred to as an interactive parameter. For example, “TAIWA” in FIG. 3 corresponds thereto. , "Yes" represents an interactive form, and "no" represents a non-interactive form.). Further, the parameter inquiry means 11 may also inquire the parameters other than the parameters necessary for installing the package 51 (for example, the parameter indicating the reserved capacity of the disk device 6) here.

Next, the installation tool 1 uses the parameter file creating means 12 to create a parameter file 4 for storing the parameters necessary for installing the package 51 and the interactive parameters among the parameters set on the main memory. Yes (step S10
3).

Then, the install tool 1 issues the install commands of the package 51 sequentially by the package install means 13 (step S10).
4) This is repeated for all the packages 51 (step S105). When the install command is issued, the parameter setting processing unit 2 in the package 51 is loaded into the main memory and activated, and then the package 51
The file transfer processing unit 3 therein is loaded into the main memory and activated.

The parameter setting processing unit 2 loads the parameter file 4 by the parameter file loading means 21 and sets the parameters on the main memory (step S201).

Next, the parameter setting processing section 2 refers to the interactive parameter by the interactive / non-interactive judging means 22 to judge whether it is the interactive mode or the non-interactive mode (step S202). For example, as in the conventional case, the parameter inquiry unit 23 sequentially inquires the user of the parameters required for installing the package 51 and sets the parameters in the main memory (step S203), and repeats this for all parameters (step S204). If it is a non-interactive type, the parameter setting processing unit 2 ends as it is.

The file transfer processing unit 3 is installed by reading the file in the package 51 from the CGMT 5 by referring to the parameter set on the main memory by the file transfer means 31 and writing it in the disk device 6 (step S301). ), And this is repeated for the corresponding file in the package 51 (step S30).
2).

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the interface between the installation tool 1 and the package 51 in the non-interactive installation method of the operating system of this embodiment.

[0026]

As described above, the present invention installs an operating system composed of a plurality of packages on a disk device by constructing an interface between an installation tool and a package using a parameter file. At this time, if the installation tool first sets interactively the parameters required for package installation at the same time, the parameters that are set by the user will not be set by referring to the parameter file inside the package during subsequent package installation. This has the effect of allowing the packages to be installed interactively. For this reason, the user can move away from the front of the machine after collectively performing the operation of inputting parameters from the keyboard to the installation tool, and the installation time of the package is significantly shortened, which is efficient. become.

Further, even when different packages require the same parameters, it is only necessary to key in the parameters common to a plurality of packages for one package. Therefore, the same value is given to the same parameter in each package. There is an effect that the key input operation is not required and the number of key input operations is small.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a non-interactive installation system for an operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a cartridge magnetic tape in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a parameter file shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of an install tool shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a process of a parameter setting processing unit in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of a file transfer processing unit in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an interface between an installation tool and a package shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Install Tool 2 Parameter Setting Processor 3 File Transfer Processor 4 Parameter File 5 Cartridge Magnetic Tape (CGMT) 6 Disk Device 11 Parameter Inquiring Means 12 Parameter File Creating Means 13 Package Installing Means 21 Parameter File Importing Means 22 Interactive / Non-Interactive Format determination means 23 Parameter inquiry means 31 File transfer means 50 Package stream 51 package

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In an installation method for installing an operating system composed of a plurality of packages in a disk device, an inquiry is made to the user as to whether to install interactively or non-interactively, and to install each package. Parameter inquiry means for collectively inquiring required parameters to the user, parameter file creation means for creating a parameter file storing the parameters inquired by this parameter inquiry means, and package installation means for issuing a package installation command An installation tool including the parameter file, a parameter file importing unit that imports the parameter file and sets parameters, and a parameter file importing unit. An interactive type / non-interactive type determining means for determining whether to perform the interactive type installation or the non-interactive type installing by referring to the interactive type parameter in the set parameters, and the interactive type / non-interactive type determining means. Parameter setting processing unit including a parameter inquiring unit that inquires and sets a parameter to the user when it is determined that the installation is performed interactively, and based on the parameter set by the parameter file importing unit or the parameter inquiring unit. And a file transfer processing unit including a file transfer unit for transferring the package to the disk device. 2. The operating system according to claim 1, wherein the parameter file has a format for substituting a value for a parameter, and stores only one package of parameters common to a plurality of packages. Non-interactive installation method. 3. The non-interactive installation method of an operating system according to claim 1, wherein the parameter inquiry means of the installation tool inquires parameters other than the parameters required for installing each package.