[Unattended] Serial ATA Experiences, Dell Optiplex GX280?
It's time for me to order some new hardware, so I was wondering if anyone out there could share their recent experiences with SATA drives and Unattended? Also, I'm specifically considering an Optiplex GX280 so if anyone has some of those I'd like to hear about how Unattended has worked out for those as well. Otherwise, I'll share my experiences if/when I get them. :-) Thanks in advance, Matt Disney --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] File locking problems
Hello. I am doing a massive install across a brand new high school, which will be going live in September. When I do a deployment of 20 machines or so, I seem to run into an error in the first install phase of windows. Since the driver.cab file is large, whenever 2 computers try to get the file, an error is thrown and I have to walk each computer though manually. Is there any way to fix this and allow multiple computers to read the same file at the same time? This would be a great help --Sean application/ms-tnef
Re: [Unattended] File locking problems
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am doing a massive install across a brand new high school, which will be going live in September. When I do a deployment of 20 machines or so, I seem to run into an error in the first install phase of windows. Since the driver.cab file is large, whenever 2 computers try to get the file, an error is thrown and I have to walk each computer though manually. Is there any way to fix this and allow multiple computers to read the same file at the same time? This would be a great help Is this with the Linux boot disk, the DOS boot disk, or both? What kind of file server? - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Unattended 4.3 released
Steffen Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I don't want to issue the information all over the campus, and I don't want to the reconfigure the server each time I want to install a host. I have no idea how to solve both problems currently. Starting with version 4.2b, our Linux boot disk sends the string Unattended in the user class identifier (DHCP option 77 defined by http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3004.html). So you can have your DHCP server dispatch on this value and only set option 233 in leases requested by our boot disk. The details will vary depending on your DHCP server... What kind are you using? - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] auto logon local when in a domain?
Hey all, I have yet to get a satisfactory result using autolog.pl for automating logons during the install. I gave up on setting that in the meta section since it seems to get placed last on the todo list, after I dont need it any more. I have been modifying the postinst.bat to get my autologons (i place the autolog command after the rest, so its first on the todo list) - but there are 3 problems with this: 1) i shouldnt have to edit postinst.bat 2) it only works with domain account (because system is joined to domain in unattend.txt) and 3) my domain account password lives in postinst.bat after install. The main hickup seems to be that after joining a domain in unattended.txt, XP will not allow an autologon for a local user, that cancels out any autologon setting in the unattended.txt - figures KMFMS NOW! This was the main reason why I started using autolog.pl instead. Is there any certain order that we can specify commands in the meta section... so as to sort them in the postinst.bat? Thanx -sp --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] problems with base.bat / optional scripts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Now that I've gotten unattended working like a champ, I've been trying to do a little bit more with it. I might mention I'm PXE booting with the linux installer, in case that makes a difference. Going through the initial questions before an install, I selected base.bat and VNC as an optional program to install. My understanding was that base.bat would remove the Boot Previous OS line from the Windows startup menu, and that VNC would be installed -- that's how I would know that both items had worked. Unfortunately, neither of these things happened. Any thoughts? I'll be more than happy to provide further information. Thanks, Mike - -- Michael Styne Voxel Dot Net, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBCTHJxNHdMnDmoOgRAnkcAKC0mJxX9TuMXaSWFnVxhjc8KXArpgCfZRiv FDD4ys1Zavn1pzOJ2GiOazM= =FJR9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] problems with base.bat / optional scripts
Michael Styne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Going through the initial questions before an install, I selected base.bat and VNC as an optional program to install. My understanding was that base.bat would remove the Boot Previous OS line from the Windows startup menu, and that VNC would be installed -- that's how I would know that both items had worked. Unfortunately, neither of these things happened. Yes, both of those, among other things, should happen after the operating system is installed. Does anything happen post-install? For example, does ActivePerl get installed? Do you have anything in Z:\site\unattend.txt or Z:\site\config.pl? - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] auto logon local when in a domain?
Steven Piercy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey all, I have yet to get a satisfactory result using autolog.pl for automating logons during the install. I mostly use it manually to start application installs on machines which are already built. I gave up on setting that in the meta section since it seems to get placed last on the todo list, after I dont need it any more. Right, it gets invoked there to disable automatic logon at the end of the installation. The main hickup seems to be that after joining a domain in unattended.txt, XP will not allow an autologon for a local user, that cancels out any autologon setting in the unattended.txt - figures Back up a second. Automatic logon as local administrator works fine for me. It is how I use the system, and I suspect I am not alone... Do you have anything in Z:\site\unattend.txt, or have you edited Z:\lib\unattend.txt? - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] problems with base.bat / optional scripts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jul 29, 2004, at 1:47 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Does anything happen post-install? For example, does ActivePerl get installed? Nope, no extra software is installed. Just the OS. Do you have anything in Z:\site\unattend.txt or Z:\site\config.pl? Here's unattend.txt: [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=Xt EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=X-X-X-X-X FullName=Voxel Dot Net Client OrgName=Voxel Dot Net, Inc. ComputerName=server [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode=PerSeat [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=VOXEL [TerminalServices] AllowConnections = 1 [URL] Home_Page=http://www.voxrox.com config.pl looks like it's still stock: # File to hold site-specific customizations. # Enable maximum warnings and disallow sloppy constructs. use warnings; use strict; # # PUT YOUR CHANGES HERE # # Make this file evaluate to true. 1; The big PUT YOUR CHANGES HERE is a dead giveaway. I take it I should read about config.pl then, eh? :) I guess I was under the impression that selecting those scripts during the pre-installation phase would just work. Thanks, Mike - -- Michael Styne Voxel Dot Net, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBCTm7xNHdMnDmoOgRAvHfAKDc9Udqci5MHePWnHWU/LC1EWOefgCaAra/ dMafj7+S/C9yOlwwkqWI+p4= =PB/V -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] problems with base.bat / optional scripts
Michael Styne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nope, no extra software is installed. Just the OS. I assume you downloaded all the required stuff (e.g., ActivePerl) to Z:\packages? Do you have anything in Z:\site\unattend.txt or Z:\site\config.pl? Here's unattend.txt: This is your Z:\site\unattend.txt? [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS I would delete this section, since it is redundant with our defaults. (Except for UnattendMode, for which we prefer DefaultHide.) This is minor, though. [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=Xt EncryptedAdminPassword=NO No is the default for this, too, so you could omit it. OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1 Except for TimeZone, these are also redundant with our defaults. But none of this should be causing your problem. Take a look at C:\netinst\unattend.txt after the machine is installed. That should have a [GuiUnattended] section which sets AutoAdminLogon to 1 and a [GuiRunOnce] section which arranges for C:\netinst\postinst.bat to run. Your problem may just be that you have to download the Perl MSI and copy it to Z:\packages... And that we should do a better job of diagnosing this failure mode. The big PUT YOUR CHANGES HERE is a dead giveaway. I take it I should read about config.pl then, eh? :) I guess I was under the impression that selecting those scripts during the pre-installation phase would just work. It should just work. The config.pl stuff is for advanced (programmatic) customization. - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] problems with base.bat / optional scripts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat, On Jul 29, 2004, at 2:02 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: I assume you downloaded all the required stuff (e.g., ActivePerl) to Z:\packages? Er, no -- I didn't. :( Has the required stuff been discussed on the mailing list? Or did I manage to overlook it on the website? I've been RTFM'ing like a madman. This is your Z:\site\unattend.txt? Yep. I'll take out those redundant statements. Your problem may just be that you have to download the Perl MSI and copy it to Z:\packages... And that we should do a better job of diagnosing this failure mode. I'll definitely give that a shot. Thanks for the quick reply! :) Mike - -- Michael Styne Voxel Dot Net, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBCT04xNHdMnDmoOgRAtLfAJ9mTGrCtvxRwy+CLfMpe0lZg3V6AACfc4+W PAZwgVdVY/3QjivVH99hrgk= =yIQa -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] problems with base.bat / optional scripts
Michael Styne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Er, no -- I didn't. :( Has the required stuff been discussed on the mailing list? Or did I manage to overlook it on the website? I've been RTFM'ing like a madman. Hm, you appear to have found a fairly serious omission in the documentation. I apologize. Our docs are in serious need of a rewrite. One of these days... I have added a better diagnostic message for this case in our next release. - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
