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Originally Posted by rstoyguy
You'll have to be very specific on how to do this. You could:
1. Have users download a compressed kitchen with a clean build. Add their cab files to "empty OEM" I have attached. Copy to ..\kitchen\oem (so it gets cooked into the kitchen) Have them run BuildOs.exe, then BuildIt.bat, then flash
2. Have users add their cab files to an "empty oem", copy to the ppckitchen USER_OEM. Then they must select TierAutoInstall and the "User_TierAutoInstall_Cabs" then build their rom.
This was users can take a clean rom, have their cabs they want, all with minimal size. Each cab would be uninstallable, they could run TAutoInstall.exe anytime to test, etc... I could easily help with the either option. The user would have to be told not to mess with anything else or be properly schooled briefly...
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You've made a very good point and I must say that both implementations of having the cabs cooked into the ROM are very well thought out. I also took a look at the file you attached and I like both the options you presented to tell you the truth. I would like your help in building option 2 as I'll still be working on the original idea of having the ROM be unlinked to the desktop in anyway should the user not be near one and would would like to install their favourite program without using any browser or computer.
Thing is I wanted to find a way for the phone to be self sufficient should the user not have their computer around but still not have a large OS with all their cabs sitting on the phone but taking up the space needed for other things they may need to store there. I was hoping to stick with to
'The Arch Way' when putting this first barebone ROM together. Option 2 will definitely come handy for a separate version I'll be building. One version will depend soley on the user for the extra programs and drivers they want should they want the newest version, hence the repository idea. Another version will have slightly older packages contained in the ROM.
I'll have to test this for myself but hopefully the OEM containing user specific cabs can be deleted when the user no longer requires them. If you've got the results of such a test please reply as I believe a few others would like to know that it can be done.