[Manifold-l] classroom lab installation

[jburn_gis at cogeco.ca]

In answer to your questions:
1) no, you do not need 6.5.  Manifold versions are all "self contained".  The "update version" is the same as the
"install version" so to speak.

2) I would advise against using a ghost installation, due to the fact that the serial number and activation keys are
time and machine sensitive; so I'm not sure how a ghost intsallation could work (not saying it can't just not sure how
it would;-).  You should be able to install on the 20+ machines at the same time, you just need to start "activating"
them right after.  Another option for the future might be the network server version that is offered.

Hope that helps.

Cheers.

>
> I am new to Manifold so please forgive my ignorance to what may be a
> simple question.  I work at a university and about to install Manifold
> 7.x on numerous machines in our GIS computer lab.  These machines are
> brand new and have not had any previous versions of Manifold installed.
> I have two specific questions:
>
>
> 1) Is Manifold 6.5 required to be installed prior to installing 7.x?
> That would be strange.   I found a Manifold 7.x update zip file (~68 MB)
> but no stand-alone installation.  The online install doc
> (http://www.manifold.net/setup.html) assumes that you are upgrading from
> a 6.5 install, but then goes on to say that you must uninstall any
> previous version.
>
>
> 2) Has anyone tried installing on a large number of machines (> 20) at
> once?   We typically use Ghost to image all of the workstations.  This
> has worked great for us during the past few years in that lab.   Has
> anyone tried using Ghost with Manifold installed?   How would the serial
> number/activation code configuration work?
>
>
> Thanks for any advice you can provide.
>
> - John
>
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James Burn BSc, GIS(pg), AScT