RE : [Unattended] Step-By-Step Quick Install Guide

2004-03-18 Thread Sylvain Faivre
Hi Jeff, Thank you for doing this, I think it was needed, as setting up Unattended is not very easy when you don't know where to start... Here are a few things you might want to add : * In the overview, add something to explain that you can also do a network boot and load the files directly on

[Unattended] Off Topic: PXE

2004-03-18 Thread Michel . Timmerman
Hello all, I am using unattended4.x to install windows 2000 workstations and recently I started testing with PXE and the pxelinux version that is shipped with unattended. This al goes fine on systems with PXE built-in. Some systems don't and I use the Windows rbfg.exe utility for these. Also

[Unattended] Linux samba server not visible during install

2004-03-18 Thread Felipe Navarrete
My linux samba server is visible on the network from an XP desktop but when I try to do an install using unattended 3.5 it cannot see the server. It usually asks for a password when I try to map to it. or when I do start\run\ \\itcweb\install. I have an Identical windows server using unattended

[Unattended] automating firewall during or right after install

2004-03-18 Thread Felipe Navarrete
How can I enable the buit in firewall in XP pro during or right after install? I asked this question a long time ago before but was not able to make anything out from the answers I recieved. thanks -- Felipe Navarrete --- This SF.Net email

RE: [Unattended] automating firewall during or right after install

2004-03-18 Thread Scott Frazer
WinXP SP2 allows the firewall to be configured through the netsh command line tool. Here's a link for some more info: http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/02/10/sp2part1_0210.h tml You can get this functionality on WinXP SP1 boxes by loading the advanced networking pack:

[Unattended] OpenOffice1.1.0 package

2004-03-18 Thread Adam Ackermann
For anyone interested, I've posted some scripts on OpenOffice.org that span from my unattended batch file through automated, sight unseen multi-user installs. The user doesn't see anything or do anything until about ten seconds after their initial login when the tray icon appears and it's

RE: [Unattended] Linux samba server not visible during install

2004-03-18 Thread Jeff Black
More then likely the problem is that DOS does clear text authentication. ;samba.conf encrypt passwords = no Just a shot in the dark My linux samba server is visible on the network from an XP desktop but when I try to do an install using unattended 3.5 it cannot see the server. It

Re: [Unattended] Linux samba server not visible during install

2004-03-18 Thread Felipe Navarrete
Another detail I forgot to mention is that I can do the install when connected to the same hub as the server. But when I go to a users desktop which is possibly on another subnet or at least a few switches away It doesnt find the server. so its not that it cant authenticate. that works. I

[Unattended] cygwin - make

2004-03-18 Thread Jeff Black
According to http://unattended.sorceforge.net/os.html in order to recompile the iso and/or the floppy images I need a linux/unix based machine. Has anyone been able to get the make process working under cygwin? http://www.cygwin.com From a cygwin bash prompt (is it bash or ash by default?)

RE: [Unattended] Step-By-Step Quick Install Guide-rev.05

2004-03-18 Thread Jeff Black
Step-By-Step Unattended Preparation Guide --- Documentation: 1. What is Unattended http://unattended.sourceforge.net 2. Unattended OS Setup http://unattended.sourceforge.net/os.html

Re: [Unattended] Off Topic: PXE

2004-03-18 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am using unattended4.x to install windows 2000 workstations and recently I started testing with PXE and the pxelinux version that is shipped with unattended. This al goes fine on systems with PXE built-in. Some systems don't and I use the Windows rbfg.exe

[Unattended] Online docs (Was: Step-By-Step Quick Install Guide)

2004-03-18 Thread Matt Disney
Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: I do not much care for the SourceForge doc interface; I prefer old-fashioned static Web pages. That said, our Web pages are becoming ever more out of date, and we need to do something... So I think I will create a FAQ page mostly containing links to messages from the

[Unattended] RE: Unattended 4.0 fails to Install Perl

2004-03-18 Thread Johnson, Chris A -ND
-Original Message- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The next step, I guess, is to add something like this to the top of perl.bat: ping -n 120 localhost nul I only used a 10 second delay, and it worked like a charm. Maybe I'll try 5 seconds next time. I

[Unattended] Re: Unattended 4.0 fails to Install Perl

2004-03-18 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Johnson, Chris A -ND [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I only used a 10 second delay, and it worked like a charm. I hate random delays. But since we do not even know what we are waiting for, never mind how to wait for it from a cmd shell, I do not see any choice. I have added a 10-second delay to