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
compiling linux boot disk (was Re: [Unattended] Unattended 4.3 released)
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: 2nd try. I've downloaded all files on one host, moved the files to another one and compiled. The result is: ranlib ../lib/libncurses++.a cd ../obj_s; /usr/bin/g++ -I../c++ -I../include -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../c++/demo.cc /usr/bin/g++ -o demo ../obj_s/demo.o -L../lib -lncurses++ -L../lib -lform -lmenu -lpanel -lncurses -Wl,-rpath,/local/skaise2a/unattend/unattended-4.3_copy/linuxboot/ncurses-5.4/lib -I../c++ -I../include -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC ../lib/libform.so: undefined reference to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [demo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/skaise2a/unattend/unattended-4.3_copy/linuxboot/ncurses-5.4/c++' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/skaise2a/unattend/unattended-4.3_copy/linuxboot/ncurses-5.4' make: *** [ncurses-5.4/lib/libncurses.so] Error 2 Bye, -- Steffen Kaiser --- 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
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
I take it you cannot set option 233 on your DHCP server?
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.
Well, you can declare a private subnet somewhere and then in your
dhcp-config only broadcast it for your specific subnet declaration
[example]
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.200;
option unattended-optionsz_user=install z_pass=blaat
z_path=//server/install;
}
[/example]
I am skeptical that many users will be attacking the ISO image with a
binary editor :-). But I suppose there is no harm putting our
defaults in isolinux.cfg and adding some whitespace at the end...
For them, I put together a nice perl script (attached). :-)
Bye,
--
Steffen Kaiser
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Re: [Unattended] Unattended 4.3 released
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Hello, I'm trying to compile the linuxboot disk: $ make download $ make [... stuff ...] mkdir -p stage1/usr/sbin/ ; cp -f dmidecode-2.4/dmidecode stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode.tmp ; strip stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode.tmp ; mv stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode.tmp stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode make: stat:dosemu-20040606/configure: Too many levels of symbolic links make: *** No rule to make target `dosemu-20040606/configure', needed by `build-dosemu-20040606/config.status'. Stop. The reason is that and are symlinks to itself. I guess the reason is that you've download both via CVS, e.g. ps fax says: 14318 pts/4S+ 0:00 | | \_ /bin/sh -c what=glibc-20040606 module=libc repo=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 14319 pts/4S+ 0:00 | | \_ cvs -z 9 -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/glibc checkout -D 2004060 I have no direct connection to the internet from the host I want to built unattend on, so this fails -- but make download does not bail out unfortunately. The remaining stuff seems to get downloaded via http_proxy=XYZ just fine. === Another suggestion for customizing the linux boot image. For those dumb end users like myself, for whom the pre-made linux boot iso is working, but the share data is unhappy, e.g. other server, name, account info, it would be nice, when this information could be injected into the ready image. I currently load the iso into VI, search for ntserver and patch my share info over it. As long as the name is not longer than the default one, it works fine. How about to put this information into a separate file, say /etc/unattend.conf; make it a 512 Byte file, in order to ensure there is enough space for all the information and it fits into one block of data in the iso image; place same magic line into line #0 (in order to find the file's data block within the iso image easily); and have there all the data defined, e.g. Z_USER, Z_PASS and Z_PATH. Bye, -- Steffen Kaiser --- 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
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Steffen Kaiser wrote: The reason is that and are symlinks to itself. Um missing the actual directories :-( They are: dosemu-20040606 - ./dosemu-20040606 glibc-20040606 - ./glibc-20040606 Bye, -- Steffen Kaiser --- 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: On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Hello, I'm trying to compile the linuxboot disk: $ make download $ make [... stuff ...] mkdir -p stage1/usr/sbin/ ; cp -f dmidecode-2.4/dmidecode stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode.tmp ; strip stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode.tmp ; mv stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode.tmp stage1/usr/sbin/dmidecode make: stat:dosemu-20040606/configure: Too many levels of symbolic links make: *** No rule to make target `dosemu-20040606/configure', needed by `build-dosemu-20040606/config.status'. Stop. You have found a bug in the download target for CVS checkouts; it does not correctly detect failures. Fixed in next release. I guess the reason is that you've download both via CVS [snip] I have no direct connection to the internet from the host I want to built unattend on, so this fails The CVS anonymous server does not use normal Web proxies. See http://www.google.com/search?q=cvs+pserver+proxy. The latest release of glibc is only available from CVS. The latest release of dosemu did not yet build on Fedora Core 2 when I was rolling Unattended 4.3. I am not sure what to tell you. Another suggestion for customizing the linux boot image. For those dumb end users like myself, for whom the pre-made linux boot iso is working, but the share data is unhappy, e.g. other server, name, account info, it would be nice, when this information could be injected into the ready image. I currently load the iso into VI, search for ntserver and patch my share info over it. As long as the name is not longer than the default one, it works fine. I take it you cannot set option 233 on your DHCP server? How about to put this information into a separate file, say /etc/unattend.conf; make it a 512 Byte file, in order to ensure there is enough space for all the information and it fits into one block of data in the iso image; place same magic line into line #0 (in order to find the file's data block within the iso image easily); and have there all the data defined, e.g. Z_USER, Z_PASS and Z_PATH. I am skeptical that many users will be attacking the ISO image with a binary editor :-). But I suppose there is no harm putting our defaults in isolinux.cfg and adding some whitespace at the end... - 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
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:19 pm, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Russell Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know this is a terrible question to ask, but is there a timeframe for dropping support for dos booting? Are you for or against the idea? :-) Well, I am sort of begging to be pro dropping the dos disk. But that said. The main reason I ask the question is because we are getting more and more features that rely on the linux boot disk. All the database support stuff is one big one that a lot of people will probably use. No, I have not given any thought to ditching the DOS boot disk. It requires little maintenance and it is not holding back improvements on the Linux side, so apart from general principles (less is good) there is not much reason to want to eliminate it. As long as you are happy to maintain it, I'm happy to keep it, I just want to see what you/others were thinking about the subject. Also, the Linux boot disk is not quite there yet. Getting close, but not quite. What is missing from the linux boot disk that DOS does? as I know there are a number of things linux does better, 1 boot, database. Linux is missing the which drive to install on though... hmm. Just don't expect the DOS boot disk to get any of the fancy features (like obtaining username etc. from DHCP) any time soon. Russell --- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Unattended 4.3 released
I know this is a terrible question to ask, but is there a timeframe for dropping support for dos booting? On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:06 am, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Apart from minor bugfixes, most changes are in the Linux boot disk. We added MySQL client libraries and the DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules. I have no MySQL database handy with which to test; if you do, please give it a try. I look forward to your feedback. The 2.6.7 Linux kernel might provide better (or worse...) support for various hardware. The wireless drivers and utilities should make for some fun hacking if you have spare time, patience, and a supported wireless card. See my recent message to unattended-devel for details on Shad's early success story. Share and enjoy. - Pat ** Changes in version 4.3 (2004-Jun-17) (Linux) Add DBI and DBD::mysql Perl modules (untested) to boot disk. (Linux) Add acpidmp (for reporting bugs in ACPI), dmidecode, and wget to boot disk. (Linux) Start laying groundwork for wireless installs. Build wireless drivers and add iwconfig+iwlist to boot disk. (Linux) Support (require) Fedora Core 2 for building boot disk. Upgrade to glibc-20040606 (glibc 2.3.4, more or less) and dosemu-20040606. (Linux) Auto-detect active partition instead of assuming it is first. (Linux) Make /etc/master script idempotent, for real. (DOS) Upgrade to FreeDOS 2.0.35 and switch back to emm386 as UMB provider. (DOS) Upgrade fetnd driver to latest version from Via's site. Upgrade to SYSLINUX 2.10-pre7. Add hotfixes MS04-016 (Windows) and MS04-017 (Visual Studio .NET). --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Unattended 4.3 released
Russell Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know this is a terrible question to ask, but is there a timeframe for dropping support for dos booting? Are you for or against the idea? :-) No, I have not given any thought to ditching the DOS boot disk. It requires little maintenance and it is not holding back improvements on the Linux side, so apart from general principles (less is good) there is not much reason to want to eliminate it. Also, the Linux boot disk is not quite there yet. Getting close, but not quite. Just don't expect the DOS boot disk to get any of the fancy features (like obtaining username etc. from DHCP) any time soon. - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
