Re: [Unattended] XP SP3

[Brad Erdman]

I always thought that you where supposed to start with a 'clean' source
when slipstreaming.  That is, you don't want a XP SP2 CD, you want a
plain old XP CD. Is there a reason you are using a XP SP2 CD?

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

Brad

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 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] XP SP3
 
  has anyone tried to install XP with the new SP3? Should make
 Installation
  faster, because all the hotfixes must not be installed. Same
Question
  about IE7. Has anyone got a working installation with unattended?
 
 Been working on it since last week.
 
 Having some issues with trying to install from an installation source
 created by slipstreaming SP3 over SP2, which for some reason causes
 Windows not to install a critical service (Windows Management
 Instrumentation).
 
 Having better luck with altering the SP2 update scripts to remove all
 the post-SP2 updates and replace them with the SP3 update.
 
 See the development archives for more info.
 
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Re: [Unattended] XP SP3

[Brad Erdman]

Sorry, I should have been clearer and directed my email at the XP SP3 thread 
regarding slip streaming.  I haven't done a lot of research into slip streaming 
SP3 yet, but I thought I remember the SP2 slip streaming processes recommending 
not have already slip streamed SP1.

Brad

 Brad Erdman escribió:
  I always thought that you where supposed to start with a 'clean'
 source
  when slipstreaming.  That is, you don't want a XP SP2 CD, you want a
  plain old XP CD. Is there a reason you are using a XP SP2 CD?
 
 well, because that is what ms recomends:
 
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/cc164204.aspx


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Re: [Unattended] Dell Precision Workstation 490 - bluescreen during theOS isntallation

[Brad Erdman]

Try switching it to Combination Mode

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 From: Ty Moffett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:09 PM
 To: Brad Erdman; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Dell Precision Workstation 490 - bluescreen
 during theOS isntallation
 
 I'm using a single SATA drive.  I've tried changing the SATA settings
to
 Raid Autoenable with AHCI and Raid Autoenable with ATA and I'm
 currently trying Raid On.
 
 Sorry for the late reply.
 
 -Original Message-
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 To: Ty Moffett; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Dell Precision Workstation 490 - bluescreen
 during theOS isntallation
 
 What type of drives are you using (i.e. SCSI)?
 
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  Subject: [Unattended] Dell Precision Workstation 490 - bluescreen
 during
  theOS isntallation
 
  The new Precision Workstation 490's we are getting are giving me the
  BSOD during the first part of the OS install and won't go any
further.
  Has anyone else seen this issue?  Are there any log entries that
would
  be helpful in this situation?
 
 


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Re: [Unattended] Dell Precision Workstation 490 - bluescreen during theOS isntallation

[Brad Erdman]

What type of drives are you using (i.e. SCSI)?

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 Subject: [Unattended] Dell Precision Workstation 490 - bluescreen
during
 theOS isntallation
 
 The new Precision Workstation 490's we are getting are giving me the
 BSOD during the first part of the OS install and won't go any further.
 Has anyone else seen this issue?  Are there any log entries that would
 be helpful in this situation?
 


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Re: [Unattended] SATA controller driver?

[Brad Erdman]

Just as an FYI, this CD did not work on a Dell PowerEdge 2950.  It seems
it does not have a network driver/model for it.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] SATA controller driver?
 
 Try the gentoo boot cd here:

http://unattended.technikz.de/index.php/Main_Page#2006-09-01_unattended-
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Re: [Unattended] Dell Precision 490

[Brad Erdman]

I haven't been able to get any of the new Dells to install via
unattended.  Just FYI

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 Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:48 AM
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 Subject: [Unattended] Dell Precision 490
 
 Hello everyone!
 
 I've just tried to install a Dell Precision 490 with Unattended and
 ISOLINUX quits with the following message:
 
 Ethernet Controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown Device 1600 (rev 02)
 
 
 Seems like we got a new NIC here.
 Any chance to get a new version of ISOLINUX or can someone point to
the
 right location, so I could try to build a new ISO myself?
 Can't be that hard!?
 
 
 
 So far
 Sebastian
 Berlin, Germany
 
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Re: [Unattended] Outlook auto-config for Exchange

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

This is the way you want to do it.  Take a look at step 17 of the Office
2003 Custom Installation Wizard and select 'Modify Profile'.  In 18 you
can specify %UserName% and the Exchange server you want them to connect
to.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:11 PM
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 Subject: [Unattended] Outlook auto-config for Exchange
 
 This might be slightly out of the scope of unattended questions, but
I'm
 hoping someone might have an answer.
 
 We are currently a single step away from an almost utopian setup of
 allowing users to move freely from machine to machine anywhere in the
 company. The only thing that is missing is the Outlook setup. We use
MS
 Exchange 2003 and currently, anytime a user switches PC's, we have to
 have them log in and then we have to manually configure their Exchange
 account again. It's not a big thing, but it still requires either a
trip
 or a VNC login to the user's desktop if they switch PC's.
 
 I'm convinced that with the tight integration between Active Directory
 and Exchange, there must be a way for Outlook to auto-configure itself
 for any user that logs in, but I just haven't been able to get it to
 work. I've built a transform file using the custom install wizard and
 added a TRANSFORMS=filename bit to ofc2003.bat and removed
ADDLOCAL=ALL.
 The transforms file seems to be working fine because only the
components
 that I've set up in the transform file get automatically installed,
but
 every Outlook profile still has to be set up separately. Any
 suggestions?
 
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Re: [Unattended] inifile.pm error

[Brad Erdman]

I don't think you can install win98 unattended...

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 Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:37 AM
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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] inifile.pm error
 
 Hello again, I forgot to reenambe unix style directory listing
 beforestupid me
 
 another error im recieveing is when unattended trys to find the OS it
 cannot find either the win98 or i386 folder specified in the shred or
root
 dir?
 
 thanks
 
 
 n 6/6/06, dmex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   Hello,  I followed the installation guide from the website but
for
 some reason i get the error (cant locate  Unattend/inifile.pm in @INC
 (@inc contains: /z/lib  ...at /z/dosbin/install.pl line 7)
 
   I checked the /tftpd/lib/unattand.txt its still there?
 
   I have try`d starting from scratch twice even using the dos
install
 but it causes win98 to error out at setup for not having more than
16mb
 memory...stupid DOS.
 
 
   any help on the Linux boot error would be apreciative,
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Windows XP SP2

[Brad Erdman]

I have the same problem.  The problem is that the default network card
for Virtual Windows machines is 10Mb.  I have to swap the virtual card
out after the install because I haven't figured out a way to extract the
VMware drivers and integrate them into unattended.  If anyone figures
this out, please post the solution.

Thanks
Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

 I'm using vmware server. I left for lunch and it eventualy it started
to
 install as you said. It's very slow copying files. Maybe it's
vmware...
 
 Thanks. Now, i'm waiting for the server to install.
 
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RE: [Unattended] Broadcom driver and Dell D620

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I use all Dell equipment in my environment and have been using
unattended for years (~3) and always use the chipset drives from Dell.
They do contain the INF files.  You have to run the installer for the
chipset driver from the command line with a flag (I think it is -a, but
don't quote me).  It will look like it is installing the chipset drivers
on the current machine but it is actually just extracting them to a
directory of your choice.  Read the readme.txt that comes with the
drivers and details how to do all this.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Broadcom driver and Dell D620
 
 Maybe a stupid question, but do you use the Dell chipset drivers or
the
 original Intel ones? The Dell chipset drivers usually do not contain
the
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RE: [Unattended] Setup cannot access the CD co....

[Brad Erdman]

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 Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:08 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] Setup cannot access the CD co
 
 Hello All,
 
 I'm trying to install Windows 2000 Sp4 and Windows XP Sp2 using
 unattended.
 
 Everything runs fine right up to the copying of files to the hard
drive
 (or so windows 2000 wants me to believe, I can't find them on the
 harddrive though.)
 
 On the next reboot when Windows 2000 Setup continues, it claims it
cannot
 find the Setup files (Actually the full error message is: Setup cannot
 access the CD containing the Windows 2000 installation files)
 
 Same goes when I try to install Windows XP. It can't find it's
 installation files on the second boot as well.
 
 The Z:\os directory is present though. I can access the Windows setup
 files there under DOS.
 
 Another strange thing I've seen is that partioning and formatting
using
 the option complete drive only partitions and formats 4Gb.

The way unattended works is it creates a small partition to copy all the
files to and then expands the file system once it starts the install.
You need to make sure you have these in the [Unattended] section of your
unattended text file:
OemPreinstall = Yes
UnattendMode = DefaultHide
FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
ExtendOemPartition = 1
 
 I've tried all of this on two different Dell machines. A GX240 and a
 GX110.

I believe these machines use SATA hard drives, try changing the mode the
BIOS to combination.  I'm not sure this will solve your problem, but
worth a shot.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland
 
 I searched the archive but was only able to find this:
http://www.mail-
 archive.com/unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net/msg03822.html
 
 Which I ofcourse tried, but to no avail.
 
 I've also tried manually partioning and formatting the drive's and
 skipping that part of the bootcd. Also to no avail.
 
 Hope someone can help me,
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RE: [Unattended] Static IPs

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I don't mean to step on anyone's toes here, but this really seems like a
band-aid instead of a solution to the problem.  That being said, the
solution offered bellow is a fine solution.  However, the real problem
is why the information being entered into the unattended file isn't
being used.

If I was to hazard a guess, my first instinct would be to check and make
sure that the drivers for the NIC where installed.  Have you added the
drivers for the NIC and chipset to the unattended driver tree?  After
the install are you able to enter the IP address by hand?

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland


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 Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:02 PM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Static IPs
 
 Could you script netsh in such a way as to set static settings as
 needed?
 
 Have a look at:
 c:\netsh
 netsh int
 netsh interface ip
 netsh interface ip
 set
 
 Something like:
 c:\ netsh int ip set address local static 192.168.167.23
255.255.255.0
 192.168.167.1 1
 
 (numbers are: ip, mask, gateway, gateway metric), (local = Local Area
 Connection)
 
 You could then generate this script dynamically based on other
 install-time values and then run the temporary script...of course
there
 are other (easier?) ways to do this too...
 
 I'm assuming a 2k or xp machine here.
 
 Hope that helps.
 -Ben


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RE: [Unattended] SCSI Errors - Windows 2003 / Dell 2850 / PERC4 Raid Controller

[Brad Erdman]

 2006/3/15, Scott Frazer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 
  Anyone seen anything similar?
 
 
 Yup, a little less than a year ago, same chipset (LSI MegaRAID). Same
 disk configuration. And unlike your scenario though, for me the error
 wasn't detected until after the install completed (with no I/O error
 in the logs), but on reboot the controller showed there were no
 logical drives at all...
 
 The solution I found was to replace the three disks with only two, but
 of double capacity, and use RAID 1!
 
 Today though, I've installed an RHEL3 on exactly the same machine
 (yes, a Poweredge 2850, no lies) and same disk configuration (well,
 even 4 disks) with no problem! I think the problem lies with the
 megaraid driver...
 

Yeah, I think there was just an update to the driver for RHEL4, not sure
if this matters.  Just my 2 cents.


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RE: [Unattended] Problems with Step: Populate packages directory

[Brad Erdman]

 Hi,
 
 I want to set up unattended with the step-by-step doc.
 I've got some understanding problems on different steps.
 
 Do I need to install a Pearl distribution, like the one from
activestate?
 It's not described in the step-by-step doc but somehow the scripts
have
 to be run, or not?

No, you do not need to install Perl, but you do need to download the
correct distribution.  Pearl is installed via the GUI runonce section of
unattended.  If the script to install Perl is looking for
ActivePerl-5.7.7.815-MSWin32-x86-211909.msi and you download
ActivePerl-5.8.7.815-MSWin32-x86-211909.msi, it will not work.
 
 I'm on the step: Populate packages directory (substep of Prepare the
 Operating
 System (and Software) distribution point).
 How do I run that prepare script under windows?

I have never used the prepare script, as I think it requires korn shell.
I think it can be run from cygwin.  Look through the mail archives.
 
 An other question to a previous step:
 
 Setting up DNS for Windows:
 
 I've got an DNS Server on my Domain Server.
 Does the Windows 2000 Server (where unattended should run) to be in
the
 domain?

I don't think it is required, but it will make things easier.  Also, you
can use Server 2003, 2000 isn't required.

 I've set up an second DNS Server (on the Win2K Server) only for the
CNAME,
 is that correct, or do I need to set it up on the Domain Server?

I'm not really sure what you asking here.  If your DNS DHCP options
point to your Domain Server (I am assuming you mean Domain Controller
here) then you will need it there as well.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland
 
 I really would appreciate your help on this.
 


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RE: [Unattended] Event Viewer Logs

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I know that you can specify this via a group policy in Active Directory:
Computer Configuration-Windows Settings-Security-Event Log 

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

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 Subject: [Unattended] Event Viewer Logs
 
 
 Anyone have a reg edit, or something to set the event viewer logs to
 overwrite??
 They default to a rather small size that gets full after an unattended
 install, causing a nice little error message at the login screen.
 
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RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?

[Brad Erdman]

Drop the LDAP:// i.e. all you need is  OU=Computers and Groups,
DC=myDomain, DC=com

Brad Erdman
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 Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:11 PM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 
 Hello all,
 
 Is it possible to join a Windows 2003 Server domain AND put the new
 computer
 account into a specific OU rather than the default?
 
 If so how is it done?
 
 I've tried the code below in the unattended.txt file but it bombs
 immediately.
 
 [Identification]
   JoinDomain = LDAP://OU=Computers and Groups, DC=myDomain,
DC=com
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?

[Brad Erdman]

Actually, that was a typo.  You just need to remove the LDAP://

 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:13 PM
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 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 Thanks Brad.  It's funny how the space after the first quote makes
such a
 difference.  I had tried it before and it failed in the same way.
 
 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:52 PM
 To: Ty Moffett; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 Drop the LDAP:// i.e. all you need is  OU=Computers and Groups,
 DC=myDomain, DC=com
 
 Brad Erdman
 University of Maryland
 
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  Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:11 PM
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  Subject: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 
  Hello all,
 
  Is it possible to join a Windows 2003 Server domain AND put the new
  computer
  account into a specific OU rather than the default?
 
  If so how is it done?
 
  I've tried the code below in the unattended.txt file but it bombs
  immediately.
 
  [Identification]
  JoinDomain = LDAP://OU=Computers and Groups, DC=myDomain,
 DC=com
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?

[Brad Erdman]

Hmmm, maybe it's the spaces after the , here an entry from one of my
machines:
MachineObjectOU=OU=PIRL,OU=Labs,OU=UMIACS,DC=pc,DC=umiacs,DC=umd,DC=edu


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 Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:43 PM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 Well I spoke too soon.  The initial boot up phase worked where it was
 gathering info to build the unattended.txt file but windows bombs
trying
 to
 add it to the domain because of illegal characters.  Specifically the
 equals
 = sign and comma ,.
 
 OU=COMPUTERS AND GROUPS, DC=DOMAIN, DC=COM is what it is trying to
use.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Ty Moffett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:26 PM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 I could swear I tried it that way to begin with and then threw LDAP://
in
 there but they both failed.  But who knows, it's Friday and my brain
is
 mush
 at this point. :)
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Brad Erdman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:16 PM
 To: Ty Moffett; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
 Actually, that was a typo.  You just need to remove the LDAP://
 
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  Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:13 PM
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  Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
  Thanks Brad.  It's funny how the space after the first quote makes
 such a
  difference.  I had tried it before and it failed in the same way.
 
  -Original Message-
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  Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 2:52 PM
  To: Ty Moffett; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
  Subject: RE: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
 
  Drop the LDAP:// i.e. all you need is  OU=Computers and Groups,
  DC=myDomain, DC=com
 
  Brad Erdman
  University of Maryland
 
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   Subject: [Unattended] Joining a Domain and a specific OU?
  
  
   Hello all,
  
   Is it possible to join a Windows 2003 Server domain AND put the
new
   computer
   account into a specific OU rather than the default?
  
   If so how is it done?
  
   I've tried the code below in the unattended.txt file but it bombs
   immediately.
  
   [Identification]
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RE: [Unattended] Install off applications

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Hi,

Are you specifying the product key for Windows XP when unattended asks
you?  How are you installing Office?

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

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 Hello all,
 
 I want to Install win XP and some aplications with unattended. My
 problem is, how can i Prompt for an Product-Key if i have selected and
 application.
 
 Example: I choose Windows XP and Office 20, now i will be ask for the
 Produkt-Key from Win XP but not from Office 2003.
 
 How or where can i realize that will be ask for an Produkt-Key if the
 selected Software needs one?
 
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RE: [Unattended] NIC driver issues with Del D800 and GX520

[Brad Erdman]

 Brad Erdman schrieb:
 
  My question is: How do I modify the setup configuration scripts to
get
  the NIC driver installed as early as possible, ie before the
attempt to
  mount \\ntinstall\install after the first logon to XP? The same
thing
  goes for the chipset driver, that also should be installed early,
 before
  other drivers and apps.
 
  The executable extracts the needed files.  This is a little bit
 different though.  You need to place the .inf files in
\i386\$OEM$\$$\INF,
 and all the files in i386\$OEM$\$1\D\IntelINF.  Check out the readme
that
 gets extracted.
 
 I can't follow you - I have placed all the driver files for the NIC,
as
 well as all the other drivers for my computers solely in
 \i386\$OEM$\$1\drv\gx520\nnn where nnn is a folder starting at 000 up
to
 003. 000 contains the chipset drivers, 001 contains NIC, 002 contains
 Intel Graphics, 003 contains sound drivers.

What are you placing there, the .exe files or the files that get
extracted?  Send a directory listing of each of these.

 The naming convention makes sure that the drivers get installed in the
 appropriate order (got that from a different unattended forum).
 
 So what's the point in placing the driver in two different locations?

I don't know it's just the way that Intel wants it, check out the
readme.  I think maybe they do it that way so that the chipset driver
will always be installed first.  If the chipset driver is not getting
installed, the NIC driver will not be able to be installed either.

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RE: [Unattended] NIC driver issues with Del D800 and GX520

[Brad Erdman]

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 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:32 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] NIC driver issues with Del D800 and GX520
 
 Hello all,
 
 I have run into the following problem with Unattended installations of
 WinXP Pro + a lot of applications on Dell Latitude D800 and Optiplex
 GX520:
 
 Both types have an integrated NIC, and the WinXP driver does not seem to
 be Plug-and-Play, but requires to be installed by running a setup
 program. As a result the computer does not get added to our domain, and
 the post installation scripts fails to mount the Unattended installation
 source drive.

I take it that you ran the executable and placed the extracted files in 
\i386\$OEM$\$1\D.  The .cat, .inf and .sys are under the WinXP folder.  Just 
cancel the installer application.
 
 My question is: How do I modify the setup configuration scripts to get
 the NIC driver installed as early as possible, ie before the attempt to
 mount \\ntinstall\install after the first logon to XP? The same thing
 goes for the chipset driver, that also should be installed early, before
 other drivers and apps.

The executable extracts the needed files.  This is a little bit different 
though.  You need to place the .inf files in \i386\$OEM$\$$\INF, and all the 
files in i386\$OEM$\$1\D\IntelINF.  Check out the readme that gets extracted.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland
 
 I have tried to use the DriverPack, but it did not work in this case.
 
 Any help is appreciated
 
 Yours,
 
 Marten Hedman
 
 P.S. On systems where the Unattended succeeds in installing the NIC
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RE: [Unattended] installation speed

[Brad Erdman]

 ps. anyone found a way to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 with
 unattended, or is there already a script in the cvs/wiki somewhere I
 just haven't noticed?

I think there is an AutoIT script for it.  2005 seems to install fairly
nicely with just some parameters passed to it.

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RE: [Unattended] Dell 850 fails to detect boot device

[Brad Erdman]

Try holding F2 or F12 when it is booting.  I have used this change on
many Precision and Optiplex machines before.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

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 Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:40 PM
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 Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Dell 850 fails to detect boot device
 
 I'm actually using pxeboot to start the install.  And are you talking
 about in the BIOS for that setting?  I haven't seen any settings in
the
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RE: [Unattended] installation speed

[Brad Erdman]

 Comparatively I can use our RIS system or use
 RIPREP images and rebuild a system in about an hour.

Imaging will always be faster than a native install.  If you are looking
for the fastest way to deploy an OS, it doesn't get any faster then
imaging.

I think you also have to weigh your time versus computer time.  To me
spending 3 hours installing a machine by hand is not acceptable, but
having a machine spend 3 hours to install itself is acceptable.  It
frees me to better spend my time.  The computer doesn't get paid by the
hour.

In my environment it takes about 2 hours to do an install (OS, no
patches, Office, Visual Studio 6 + MSDN, Visual Studio 2005 + MSDN, and
MatLab, and host of other small applications).

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RE: [Unattended] Unattended and Win 2003 Enterprise 64 Bit

[Brad Erdman]

64 bit windows does not support winnt.exe which is used by the
unattended framework to launch the install.  SO, you can't currently
install 64 bit windows systems with the unattended framework.

The list is currently debating the future of unattended with regard to
deploying 64 bit systems.

Brad

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 Hi,
 
 
 
 I've a little problem, hopefully ;-)
 
 I've copy the i386 and amd64 folder to the OS directory and nothing
 happens,
 the scan prozess can't find the folder.
 
 With the 32 bit version from 2003 have I no problems.
 
 Any idea???
 
 
 
 Best Regards,
 
 Volker
 
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RE: [Unattended] Install share mapped successfully, but then nothing happens.

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Are you using the Linux boot disk?  Do you have linuxaux in place?

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

 Hi,
 
 I can successfully boot my Dell Latitude LS laptop (which uses a 3Com
 3c905C network adapter I think) over PXE. After I choose the el90x
driver
 (only one that works) it then succesfully maps my install share to Z:
 (The command completed successfully.). After that, however, it
doesn't
 continue with anything; just a perpetually blinking cursor (and no
 response to keyboard input).
 
 As far as I can see everything is in place on the server: the
Unattended
 install including the DOS bootdisk and the DJGPP components, DHCP,
TFTP,
 Samba share and NMBD (instead of DNS). Given the program's
aforementioned
 lack of feedback I have no idea where to find the problem. Can anyone
 help? It would save the day if I can get this thing working! Thanks.
 
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RE: [Unattended] Replacing linux/dos boot disk with Bart'sPE - Future of unattended

[Brad Erdman]

What about using Wine?  I am no Linux guru, so I don't know what would
be involved in getting this to work or how complicated it would be.

On the other hand, switching to some type of WinPE/BartPE does have it's
advantages.  Namely, with the current system, you have to keep 2
operating systems up to date with the current drives.  Just because the
unattended framework can see a device, doesn't mean Windows can, and
vise versa.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

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 Do eventually drop the linux/dos boot disk and user WinPE/Bart'sPE or
 somekind of Win based boot disk to handle WinVista
 


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RE: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers

[Brad Erdman]

 It still doesn't work, the setup says 'can't copy modem.sys', or when I
 try
 again, it's the same for volsnap.sys or some windows dll ...
 I've  checked again my windows CD and drivers : they're ok

Unattended does have a path length limit, how log is your path to these files?
 
 Brad  I see in your files in TEXTMODE you have a txtsetup.bak and a
 txtsetup.oem : have you changed something to it ?

Yes, I continually add boot devices to txtsetup file.  I am up 6 different 
devices now:
d1 = LSI Logic Ultra320 1020/1030 Driver,\txtsetup.sif,
d2 = Intel Application Accelerator driver,\txtsetup.sif,
d3 = Promise FastTrak TX2100 Family Driver Diskette,\txtsetup.sif,
d4 = Adaptec Ultra320 Family Manager Set - Microsoft Disk,\txtsetup.sif,
d5 = DELL CERC SATA 1.5/6ch Windows 2000/XP/2003 Device Drivers, 
\txtsetup.sif,
d6 = Adaptec U320 SCSI HostRAID Controller, \hraidsk1,

 Moreover, it seems there's no directory for the a320raid drivers in you $1
 folder ...

I don't think it is required to collocate the drivers in both directories.

 I see you have the drivers I wanna use : a320raid, do you use them ?

Yes, we have used these.  I think this is what is used by the Dell Precision 
670, which we have a number of.
 
 That's just incredible it doesn't work for me as you all seem to have it
 working ... windows hates me ! :P

The only other difference I can see is that you seem to using a SAMBA server as 
your file server, and not a Windows machine, but that shouldn't make a 
difference.  Have you successfully installed any machines via unattended 
without integrating the drivers?

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland



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RE: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

You need to move the contents of the win32 directory up one directory, and 
delete the win32 directory, so that the .cat .sys and .in files are in 
$OEM$\TEXTMODE.  It does not support subdirectories.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hervé VOISIN
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:37 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers
 
  ...don´t let windows kill you...it´s not worth a life ;-)
 
  i have a working system which comes as follows:
 
  ...\os\somewindows\i386\$oem$\$1\drivers\raid\...
 
  ...\os\somewindows\i386\$oem$\$1\TEXTMODE\...
 
 I guess you meant $OEM$\TEXTMODE instead of  $oem$\$1\TEXTMODE\ ...
 
 
  i include the normal driver as well as the TEXTMODE driver during
  unattended setup menu selections and it works very well for me.
 
 I've done it ...
 
 
  do you have subdirectories for every driver ?
 
 I've got only one driver, the RAID one
 
 I've done what you said, but setup complains about a file it can't find :
 
 File \$WIN_NT$.~BT\$OEM$\Win32\a320raid.sys could not be loader. The error
 code is 18
 
 You must know my driver contains a Win32 directory that contains .sys
 .cat
 and .inf files, whereas the txtsetup.oem is above :
 
 4628333 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 3611 Jan  9 17:14 darreng.id
 4628334 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root   37 Jan  9 17:14 hraidsk1
 4628035 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 8064 Jan 12 09:09
 txtsetup.oem
 4742385 drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Jan 12 09:19 win32
 
 Must I modify the txtsetup.oem (attached in this mail) to remove the Win32
 directory ? Has you working RAID drivers contain a subdirectory ?
 
 
 
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Hervé VOISIN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:13 AM
  To: Dorn, Andreas (Frankfurt)
  Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
  Subject: Re: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers
 
  This method is working for the 1st part of the windows installation :
 the
  setup can see my drive and copies files on it, but it doesn't work
 anymore
  at the second stage : the setup asks me for the a320raid.inf file,
 though I
  made a directory called $1 which contains the same thing as the TEXTMODE
  one ... Windows is killing me : no logs, no clear infos about the setup,
  etc...
 
  Le Lundi 9 Janvier 2006 16:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
   i think you maybe need some directory like this in your path:
  
   \\unattendedserver\installshare\os\w2k3\I386\$oem$\TEXTMODE
  
   put the same hostraid drivers you would use for a manual setup in this
   directory and take care that the TXTSETUP.OEM file is included.
  
   once this is done the unattended boot process will ask you to include
 the
   driver at some point before starting the installation for example.
  
   hope this helps
   cheers
   andy
  
   -Original Message-
   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 Hervé
   VOISIN Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:42 AM
   To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
   Subject: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers
  
   hi all
   I'v decided to write to this list as I've been trying to integrate
 a320
   raid drivers to Win2k3 without success, though I tried during the last
 3
   weeks ! I've read so much mails, documentation, howtos and tutorials I
   feel totally lost now :P
   The hardware : IBM xSeries X346  : HostRaid (ServeRaid) - Adaptec
 a320
   drivers.
   The OS : Win2k3 Standard
  
   I've tried I think every method : txtsetup.sif, unattended, nLite, etc
   ... The best thing I've managed to do is an unattended Win2k3 _CD_
 with
   this driver thanks to nLite. But when I copy this CD in the unattended
   tree, it stops at the second stage of windows installation, saying it
   cant find a320raid.sys, though windows installer managed to format and
   copy files on the drive !!! (ScreenShot attached)
  
   You're all of you my last hope ! :D Thank you
 
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RE: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers

[Brad Erdman]

Directory of D:\install\os\winxpsp2\I386\$OEM$\TEXTMODE

08/11/2005  09:32 PMDIR  .
08/11/2005  09:32 PMDIR  ..
09/09/2004  01:09 PM 8,627 a320mgt.cat
07/29/2004  12:02 PM 1,564 a320mgt.inf
09/09/2004  01:09 PM 9,068 a320raid.cat
07/29/2004  12:02 PM22,852 a320raid.inf
07/29/2004  12:34 PM   251,842 a320raid.sys
12/16/2004  08:13 PM 7,828 ADPU320.CAT
12/16/2004  08:13 PM 6,073 ADPU320.INF
12/16/2004  08:14 PM   109,568 ADPU320.sys
12/13/2004  03:14 PM92,411 afamgt.sys
12/13/2004  03:14 PM23,372 cerccin.dll
12/13/2004  03:14 PM 1,793 cercmgt.inf
12/20/2004  03:30 PM 9,251 cercsr6.cat
12/13/2004  03:14 PM 5,178 cercsr6.inf
12/13/2004  03:14 PM39,904 cercsr6.sys
04/28/2003  08:14 AM12 fasttx2k
05/12/2003  03:14 PM 8,020 Fasttx2k.cat
04/28/2003  08:15 AM 3,634 fasttx2k.inf
04/28/2003  08:15 AM   140,544 fasttx2k.sys
09/06/2002  01:39 PM37 hraidsk1
05/05/2005  10:12 AM 7,952 iastor.cat
05/04/2005  01:33 PM 3,302 iastor.inf
04/25/2005  07:28 AM   871,040 iastor.sys
05/17/2002  12:46 PM 7,383 mpixp32.cat
12/13/2004  03:14 PM58 raidisk1
04/19/2002  12:09 AM 3,217 symmpi.inf
04/04/2002  09:32 AM28,416 symmpi.sys
03/07/2001  10:39 AM 3 symmpi.tag
12/16/2004  07:23 PM 5,556 txtsetup.bak
08/11/2005  08:48 PM 7,858 txtsetup.oem
  29 File(s)  1,676,363 bytes
   2 Dir(s)  39,110,942,720 bytes free

Directory of D:\install\os\winxpsp2\I386\$OEM$\$1

07/08/2005  08:58 PMDIR  .
07/08/2005  08:58 PMDIR  ..
11/29/2005  05:49 PMDIR  D

Directory of D:\install\os\winxpsp2\I386\$OEM$\$1\D

11/29/2005  05:49 PMDIR  .
11/29/2005  05:49 PMDIR  ..
07/08/2005  09:12 PMDIR  adi198x
07/08/2005  09:12 PMDIR  adi198x2
07/08/2005  09:11 PMDIR  ATIfGLx1
07/08/2005  09:11 PMDIR  ATIr9000
07/08/2005  09:11 PMDIR  atix300
07/08/2005  09:10 PMDIR  audio198x
07/08/2005  09:10 PMDIR  AudSigTe
07/08/2005  09:10 PMDIR  bc570x
07/08/2005  09:10 PMDIR  bc57xx
07/08/2005  09:10 PMDIR  BCMV.92K
07/08/2005  09:10 PMDIR  D480
07/08/2005  09:08 PMDIR  e1000
07/08/2005  09:08 PMDIR  e1000670
07/08/2005  09:08 PMDIR  EthrtLat
07/08/2005  09:03 PMDIR  gx270
07/08/2005  09:03 PMDIR  i855MP
07/08/2005  09:03 PMDIR  intel800
07/08/2005  09:03 PMDIR  intel845
07/08/2005  09:02 PMDIR  intel865
07/08/2005  09:02 PMDIR  intel915
07/08/2005  09:02 PMDIR  intelG
10/26/2005  02:55 PMDIR  IntelINF
07/08/2005  09:02 PMDIR  intelLOM
07/08/2005  09:01 PMDIR  IwlssA20
07/08/2005  09:01 PMDIR  MSI6800
07/08/2005  09:00 PMDIR  nv71.84
07/08/2005  09:00 PMDIR  p1000
07/08/2005  09:00 PMDIR  p100A02
07/08/2005  09:00 PMDIR  p100ve
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  p100vesp
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  PC2304
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  pro2100
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  pro2200
10/26/2005  02:27 PMDIR  R104087
11/29/2005  05:49 PMDIR  R104771
10/26/2005  02:26 PMDIR  R105653
07/08/2005  09:09 PMDIR  R54631
07/08/2005  09:09 PMDIR  R61662
07/08/2005  09:09 PMDIR  R66756
07/08/2005  09:09 PMDIR  R87461
10/26/2005  02:56 PMDIR  R88093
07/08/2005  09:08 PMDIR  R94825
08/11/2005  04:28 PMDIR  R96614
09/30/2005  10:49 AMDIR  R97582
08/11/2005  04:41 PMDIR  R97752
10/26/2005  02:25 PMDIR  R99254
10/26/2005  02:35 PMDIR  R99394
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  scard.d800
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  SIG9750
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  soundmax
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  T42-FGL
07/08/2005  08:59 PMDIR  T42-modm
07/08/2005  08:58 PMDIR  x31-ati
07/08/2005  08:58 PMDIR  x31-pwr
07/08/2005  08:58 PMDIR  x31.mdm
   0 File(s)  0 bytes
  57 Dir(s)  39,110,942,720 bytes free

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hervé VOISIN
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:49 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers
 
 Would you mind sending me the contents of your TEXTMODE and $1 directories
 ?
 It would be very

RE: [Unattended] Active Directory and Password Length

[Brad Erdman]

Where did you get this completely wrong information from?  Windows does
NOT limit passwords to 7 characters.  Some UNIX applications limit your
password to 8 characters, but you can usually get around it.  I
recommend reading this:
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1554

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Filip Nespor
 Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:17 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Active Directory and Password Length
 
 Hello,
 it doesnt matter how much long is your password. If you use windows
 password longer then 7 characters, windows split your password... So
the
 best is use password exactly 7 characters.
 
 Nespor



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RE: [Unattended] Active Directory and Password Length

[Brad Erdman]

 Hi,
 
 Great program with just a couple of flaws (at least for us).  When
using
 Unattended to join an Active Directory domain, instead of binding the
 computer to a preexisting record, Unattended creates an entirely new
 entry.

How are you doing the install?  I don't think that unattended does
anything with AD in terms of creating new objects.  Joining the domain
is done deep in the Windows installation/setup process, which unattended
has nothing to do with.  Unattended simply copies the files over and
then launches the Windows setup.

 So you can end up with multiple records with the same name.

I actually didn't think that AD allows this.  If I try to create a
computer object in AD and there is already a computer object with that
name, I get an error.  Are you using SAMBA?

Brad


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RE: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

There are two things that need to be in place to do an unattended install with 
drivers that are not shipped with the OS.  

First, make sure you have this folder under the OS that you want to install: 
I386\$OEM$\TEXTMODE.  In there should be a file named txtsetup.oem.  This 
should ship with your RAID drivers 

Second, you need to copy the driver files into the above directory.  Note that 
there should only be a few, and I don't think that subdirectories are 
supported.  At a minimum there should a .cat, .inf, and a .sys file.

You should then be given a choice when unattended launches to use those driver 
files. 

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hervé VOISIN
 Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:42 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] Win2k3 and a320 raid drivers
 
 hi all
 I'v decided to write to this list as I've been trying to integrate a320
 raid
 drivers to Win2k3 without success, though I tried during the last 3 weeks
 !
 I've read so much mails, documentation, howtos and tutorials I feel
 totally
 lost now :P
 The hardware : IBM xSeries X346  : HostRaid (ServeRaid) - Adaptec a320
 drivers.
 The OS : Win2k3 Standard
 
 I've tried I think every method : txtsetup.sif, unattended, nLite, etc ...
 The best thing I've managed to do is an unattended Win2k3 _CD_ with this
 driver thanks to nLite. But when I copy this CD in the unattended tree, it
 stops at the second stage of windows installation, saying it cant find
 a320raid.sys, though windows installer managed to format and copy files on
 the drive !!! (ScreenShot attached)
 
 You're all of you my last hope ! :D Thank you


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RE: [Unattended] NTLDR can't be found

[Brad Erdman]

With the SATA drives, you might try changing the BIOS setting for them
to combination mode.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

 Does anyone have anything to offer that might solve this issue? I'll
play
 around with the BIOS settings for the hard drive configuration. In one
 machine I have a PATA drive, so I'll try putting the bios in legacy
mode
 to disable the SATA ports, but the other machines have SATA drives in
 them.
 
 Matt
 
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RE: [Unattended] Unattended vs. RIS

[Brad Erdman]

 Easy.
 
 RIS is hardware sensitive.  Unattended is much less so.

Actually, this isn't true anymore.  RIS will now do a full install based
on an unattended file.

Brad Erdman
University of Maryland
 
 RIS requires pre-staging of the name.  Unattended does not.
 
 RIS requires re-work when a problem comes up.  With Unattended, you
just
 tweak a file.
 
 RIS uses GUIDS.  Unattended uses MACS.  WAY easier.
 
 -Jeff
 
 
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 On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Bill Barnard wrote:
 
  Greetings,
 
  I'm new to the list and haven't found quite what I was looking for
by
  searching the list or the web.
 
  I'm very interested in finding the right tool for automating
installs.
  Unattended looks like just the ticket. However it seems to me that
  selling Unattended instead of the MS RIS tool might be tough in the
  corporate environment. (I definitely like the open source aspect of
  Unattended as well as the fact it's in perl so it's easily
modifiable.)
 
  I've read a reasonable amount of the Unattended docs; it looks like
it
  would do the job I have in mind. I have not read the RIS docs (very
  much) but I suspect it would also handle the job if I had a Windows
  server. (Of course I'm a Linux guy so I don't...)
 
  I would really like to hear some opinions regarding the strengths
and
  weaknesses of the two approaches. Also, is there an existing thread
I've
  not found you could point me to?
 
  Thanks in advance,
  Bill
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RE: [Unattended] Intel e1000 inf file

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I think there is some confusion here.  Installing the network drivers
requires that you have the chipset drivers installed.  

To install the chipset drivers, you need to follow the instructions from
Intel.  This involves creating the I386\$OEM$\$$\INF directory and
populating it with the inf files for the chipset (a.k.a. motherboard)
drives.  There are a few more steps outlined in the Intel documentation.
If you need more help with this, let me know.

Once you have that in place, the network drivers will install.  One
caveat here; make sure that the inf, sys, and cab files for the driver
are at the top of the driver (i.e. I386\$OEM$\$1\D\e1000, as opposed to
I386\$OEM$\$1\D\e1000\winXP, unless there is an inf file in the top
level).  I bring this up cause I got burned on it with some driver.

Brad

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 Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:52 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Intel e1000 inf file
 
 Thanks,
 
 Thanks
 
 Indeed it seems that Intel give info about unattended setup but i can
 t find those informations. It is said PROADMIN
 This archive contains tools and utilities for network administrators.
 Includes push install and unattended install enhancements and
 instructions
 BUt i don t have it.
 I 've checked the e1000 folder i have inf , cab, sys, din, dll files i
 just put them all in /$oem$/$1/drivers
 
 
 2005/11/8, Paul Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 
  Greetings,
 
  www.intel.com :-)
 
  1 - download the E1000 driver
  2 - extract
  3 - read readme which will tell you step by step how add the Intel
 drivers
  to your unattended setup. Those nice folks at Intel even include a
batch
 to
  do most of the work for you!
 
 
  Thanks
  Paul
  On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 03:28:09PM +0100, Toto Carpaccio wrote:
   Hi again guys,
  
   I try to find *.inf files for e1000 intel NICS without success,
i'm
   shure you guys had ever have to deal with those, can you tell me
where
   i can find all the files needed to put in the oem directory of
   unattended ?
  
   Thanks in advance.
  
  
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RE: [Unattended] LDAPS and unattended

[Brad Erdman]

I believe that you would need to put the pm files in
\\ntserver\install\djgpp\lib\perl5

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:42 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] LDAPS and unattended
 
 Im working on getting unattended to do lookups using the Net::LDAPS
 module in config.pl.
 After doing some research I found this:
 
 IO::Socket::SSL uses Net::SSLeay as the shiny interface to OpenSSL,
 which is the shiny interface to the ugliness of SSL. As a result, you
 will need both Net::SSLeay and OpenSSL on your computer before using
 this module.
 
 Does this mean that I somehow need to merge OpenSSL SSLeay and
Socket-SSL
 with Unattended?
 Do I have to add these modules to my linux bootdisc? If so, how do I
do
 this or where can I find
 information about these kind of things?
 
 Any ideas?
 
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RE: [Unattended] Unattended lookups in LDAP

[Brad Erdman]

I would like to see this.  However, in my situation, the LDAP would be Active 
Directory.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] Unattended lookups in LDAP
 
   I've been thinking of altering (complementing is what i really
 wanted
 to do) config.pl in order to provide LDAP support for lookup values.
 
   The way i see it both actual supported methods have pros and cons;
 
 - CSV file backend
 
 pro - Easy to setup, for those who know what they're doing. It only
 requires a basic line editor.
 
 pro - Being accessed through samba, provides a rather good security
 layer based on crypted user credentials.
 
 con - Difficult to setup, for those who don't know what they're doing
 (fairly big number of operators don't).
 
 con - Difficult to write frontends to. Everything that involves file
 read/writing is a PITA to develop.
 
 
 - MySQL backend
 
 pro - Easy to write frontends to. Almost anyone developing in the web
 environment can write a frontend for that.
 
 pro - Having a nice frontend built, one doesn't have to rely on the will
 of the operator to learn. He just points and clicks.
 
 con - At this time, that i know of, there is no support for a secure
 connection by the install agent and the MySQL database. One using
 sniffing software can get MySQL user and passord credentials, database
 name, product keys, etc, etc.
 
 
   My proposal is for another backend scheme support. The LDAP design
 seems like a winning bet to me since it's aimed for queries, provides
 security access to it's database through ACLs, the use of SSL/TLS and
 the hability to query uppon identification, either using login/password
 credentials, signed client certificates, SASL support, etc.
   That said, i'd like to provide a list of pros and cons for this
 approach;
 
 
 - LDAP backend
 
 pro - Highly secure connections. (SSL/TLS, certificates, ACLs, etc)
 
 pro - Database replication based on subsets of the database hierarchy.
 Have one big LDAP server at headquarters with all the organization
 computers and smaller LDAP replicas in regional offices having the
 computer configurations for that specific office only.
 
 pro - Great perl-ldap API through the numerous perl modules available
 out there (just search CPAN).
 
 pro - Hability for the agent to seamlessly change it's own record state
 while installing. One can think of scheduling installs (boot on lan) and
 provide installed/not installed state.
 
 pro - Hability to easily write custom frontends (or use already existing
 LDAP clients) for machine install administration. The operator doesn't
 have to take a college degree anymore, he just points and clicks.
 
 con - At this time, that i know of, there is no code done to support
 this.
 
 con - At this time, that i know of, there is no LDAP schema to support
 this.
 
 
   Having all that said, i'd like to know what all you guys think.
 
   I really think this can be a good thing(tm), but i'm also aware that
 it
 can give some work to put all this up. I have a fairly good knowledge of
 LDAP and i'm willing to help this coming true, either by clarifying LDAP
 related issues or even writting code.
 
   Having all that said, i'd like to know what all you guys think. My
 guess is that i'm going to go on with this either way, but not only
 having somebody else putting effort on it helps this happen, but also if
 there is interest, this can be done in a way to please some other
 unattended user.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Hugo Monteiro.
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] installing drivers during unattended setup

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Make sure that the chipset driver is also being installed.  I
experienced a similar problem.  The procedure for installing the
chipsets is a little different from other drivers, but should be
documented in a readme when you download the drivers.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:17 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] installing drivers during unattended setup
 
 Hi All,
 
 I am trying to install the drivers for the IBM T41 laptop as part of
the
 unattended installation. Especially the NIC driver so that the
unattended
 installation can run it's postinstall scripts.
 
 The problem is that the driver files are successfully copied to the
c:\
 drive from ...\i386\$oem$\$1\drivers on the installation server, but
they
 don't install.
 
 
 I'm guessing I have to run some other part of the script to get those
 drivers to install, or I'm not copying them to the right location so
that
 the OS finds them.
 
 I scanned the mailing lists and the unattended documentation, but all
the
 info I found involved how to get the files copied, but nothing on how
to
 get them installed.
 
 Any help would be appreciated...
 
 Regards,
 Alon
 
 


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RE: [Unattended] find-boot-device line 9?

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Try changing the SATA operation mode in the BIOS to combination.

Brad

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 Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:40 AM
 To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Unattended] find-boot-device line 9?
 
 I've run into a SATA problem of some kind again (i at least think so)
 
 A via skt800 shipset with Sata HDD is droppng to shell right after loading
 the edd module.
 
 It loads the edd module, informs, taht 0 devices were found and that no
 edd information was available.
 
 Then the actual error comes right after.
 
 /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80 directory not found (did you load the edd.0
 module?) at usr/bin/find-boot-device line 9.
 
 Is it a sata issue ar has something gone wrong with my cvs update of
 Unattended?
 
 
 Thank you for your help:)
 
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] New SATA only client .. how do I update Unattended?

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Try changing the SATA mode in the BIOS to combination.  That has worked
for us a few new Dells we have received.  Optiplex GX620 and Dell
Precision 380.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 Subject: [Unattended] New SATA only client .. how do I update
Unattended?
 
 I'm running PXE boot to Unattended (4.6) installation.
 
 New clients have SATA only drives .. and the
 Unattended installation fails on linux and DOS boot.
 
 How do I update my Unattended files?
 
 I have my PXE/DHCP/Unattended server on a separate
 network ... with no access to the Internet world.
 
 So is there a way to copy files from the unattended
 site and apply them to my server?
 
 Thanks all .. great product!!!
 jrxnelson
 
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Windows x64

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

There is no winnt.exe file in that directory, but there is a
winnt32.exe.  I believe that winnt32.exe cannot be launched from a
16-bit program, and can only be launched from within a 32-bit program.
Since we use DOS (or DOSemu) I don't think this will work.

Please let me know if I am missing something.

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

 Please note that the winnt.exe is infact locate in the AMD64 
 folder. I beleive we could then launch an install we just 
 need to look for that file in that location
 
 Matthias Grimm wrote:
 
 On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:12:08 -0400
 Brad Erdman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   
 
 Hi,
 
 
 Hi,
 
   
 
 Has anyone tried using unattended to install this with the 
 Linux net 
 boot?  I have a Dell Precision 380 that I am going to attempt to 
 install with unattended and was looking for any info that 
 anyone has.
 
 
 I don't think that it will work, since there is even no way to 
 'upgrade' from XP-Pro x32 to XP-Pro x64.. MS left out 
 winnt.exe which 
 is needed to start the text-based installer which will 
 switch the CPU 
 to 64bit mode..
 
 http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t43161.html
 
 goldfinger's post...
 
 and
 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896334
 
 
   
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Never mind; continue about your daily business (was biosinfo.txt not found when using unattended with XPSP2 integrated MVLS)

[Brad Erdman]

I would find this helpful as well.  If anyone has this/does this, please
put it on the Wiki or the website.

Thanks!
Brad Erdman


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 Subject: [Unattended] Never mind; continue about your daily business
(was
 biosinfo.txt not found when using unattended with XPSP2 integrated
MVLS)
 
 It turns out I was using the old DOS mode boot cd, not the actual
Linux
 one.  The lInux boot CD is working just fine on this client.
 
 A question:  Is there any documentation which shows the flow of
execution
 of the scripts (i.e. what happens when, and when/how script execution
is
 handed off to other scripts) or am I going to have to just trace
through
 the scripts?
 
 
 ---
 I am having the same problem that Chad Anderson did on April 11, 2005:
 
 =
  I have also tried winxp but get a message $WIN_NT$.~BT\biosinfo.inf
 could not be loaded.  Error code is 14.  Setup cannot continue, press
any
 key to exit.
 =
 
 This occurs after the initial XP text mode setup file copying phase.
I am
 using the Linux boot CD and I have removed the boot CD from the drive.
I
 have not been able to find an explanation or a universal solution for
this
 in the mailing list archives.
 
 The client in question is a Dell OptiPlex GX1 900MHz SFF box.
 
 Chris Doherty
 Helpdesk Analyst
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RE: [Unattended] Unattended PXE vs MS RIS PXE - 0:1 ?

[Brad Erdman]

  On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:32:21PM +0200, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
   Hi,
  
   Where I work we have a Windows server that supports RIS, works
  flawlessly.
  
   We tried to make an Unattended PXE, it works, but it's far
  inferior when
   we compare it to MS RIS.
   At least when it comes to the initial PXE booting.
  
   With RIS PXE image, when the workstation is set to boot from
  network, an
   admin has to press F12 in order to boot that machine from the
network.
  
   With all Linux PXE images I tested, there is no such prompt.
  
   It is a great disadvantage, as when the Windows restarts, the
   workstations boots from the network again!
  
   With MS RIS, it continues installation (as F12 wasn't pressed).
  
   So, with Unattended, one has to enter BIOS settings, change the
boot
   type from network to HDD, and continue.
   Not that much of fun when you have to do it on 50 machines.
  
   Do you have any ideas how to solve it (i.e., where to get the PXE
 image
   for Unattended which will say something like Press F12 for a
network
   boot).
  
  
   --
   Tomek
   http://wpkg.org
  
 
  I know this is not the ultimate solution, but on Dells and Intel
based
  mobo if you enable PXE/Network booting in the BIOS, when you restart
  the computer and you press F12 it will boot from the network
otherwise
  it boots normally.
 
  I am sure other mobo makers must support this. I think this is a
  function of the BIOS and the on-board NIC.
 
  Thanks
  Paul
 
 Seconded. I have noticed that option on many recent motherboards,
 especially
 those with on-board LAN. The other standard option is to hit F9
after
 the
 bootup process to be presented with a list of _all_ available boot
 devices.
 
 David

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RE: [Unattended] net use command in mapznrun.bat and startup, not login script...

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

There is a group policy setting that you can set to make it wait for the
network.
Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, Logon:
Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon

Brad Erdman
UMIACS

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 Subject: [Unattended] net use command in mapznrun.bat and startup,
not
 login script...
 
 
 I'm trying to run mapznrun.bat based on a group policy startup script.
It
 appears that net use refuses to run without a logon session.
 
 I get:
 
 System error 1312 has occured.
 
 A specified logon session does not exist.  It may have already been
 terminated.
 
 Anyone know of a way to map a drive before a logon session has been
 established?
 
 Thanks!
 
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RE: [Unattended] Unattended Network Install

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Hi,

It depends on what boot disk you are using.  If you are using the
recommended Linux boot disk, you will need initrd and bzimage.

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RE: [Unattended] GuiRunOnce.... mapznrun postinst...

[Brad Erdman]

 On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Brad Erdman wrote:
 
  My machines join AD during install and run all the necessary post
  install scripts.
 
 Hrm...  You don't need to log in yourself to run them?

No, then it wouldn't be unattended ;)
 
 It may be that a group policy I use is breaking the autologin, but it
 definately does not run by itself on our machines.

Maybe try installing the machines in an OU that blocks policy
inheritance.  I actually specify the OU in my unattended file:
[Identification]
JoinDomain = example.com
DomainAdmin = xxx
DomainAdminPassword =
MachineObjectOU = OU=TestOU,DC=example,DC=com 

Good luck!

Brad
 
 Thanks!
 
 -Jeff
 
 
  This is what my final unattended file looks like on the client:
  [GuiUnattended]
  AdminPassword =
  EncryptedAdminPassword =
  OEMSkipRegional = 1
  TimeZone = 35
  OemSkipWelcome = 1
  AutoLogon = Yes
 
  Brad
 
   -Original Message-
   From: Jeffrey C Albro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:47 AM
   To: Brad Erdman
   Cc: Atom Powers; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
   Subject: RE: [Unattended] GuiRunOnce mapznrun postinst...
  
  
   Yes it do.  Adam pointed out to me that AD machines ignore the
  Autologin
   directive.
  
   That means you can run mapznrun with a group policy or join AD
with a
   todo.pl script.
  
   I think I'm going to try the latter.
  
   -Jeff
  
  
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   On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Brad Erdman wrote:
  
Do you have this in your unattended file?
   
[GuiRunOnce]
; Command which runs after OS installation finishes
Command0 = C:\netinst\mapznrun.bat C:\netinst\postinst.bat
   
Brad
   
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 Domain computers ignore the autologon directive.
 I set my systems to build on a workgroup then, as the final
step,
  join
 the domain.

 [_meta]
 bottom=join-domain.bat

 Jeffrey C Albro wrote:

 Oh, here it is:
 
   AutoLogon = Yes
 
 But again, it's not working.  Autologon never happens.
Anyone
  have
any
 ideas?  Should I give up and trigger it with a group policy?
 
 In most cases, the first person loggin in will not be an
administrator.
 
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RE: [Unattended] GuiRunOnce.... mapznrun postinst...

[Brad Erdman]

Do you have this in your unattended file?

[GuiRunOnce]
; Command which runs after OS installation finishes
Command0 = C:\netinst\mapznrun.bat C:\netinst\postinst.bat

Brad

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 Domain computers ignore the autologon directive.
 I set my systems to build on a workgroup then, as the final step, join
 the domain.
 
 [_meta]
 bottom=join-domain.bat
 
 Jeffrey C Albro wrote:
 
 Oh, here it is:
 
   AutoLogon = Yes
 
 But again, it's not working.  Autologon never happens.  Anyone have
any
 ideas?  Should I give up and trigger it with a group policy?
 
 In most cases, the first person loggin in will not be an
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[Unattended] Windows x64

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Hi,

Has anyone tried using unattended to install this with the Linux net
boot?  I have a Dell Precision 380 that I am going to attempt to install
with unattended and was looking for any info that anyone has.

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RE: [Unattended] Wiki points to porn

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The wiki was definitely hacked.  I saw the porn links.  However, it
seems fine now.

Brad

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 this seems strange... the links work fine for me
 
 is it possible you've got a hijacker leaching IE?  If so, consider
 Firefox - getfirefox.com
 
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RE: [Unattended] todo.pl dies at line 118

[Brad Erdman]

I actually did get that error once.  I rebooted to try to reproduce the
error, but it did not come back.

Brad

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 Subject: [Unattended] todo.pl dies at line 118
 
 Greeetings,
 
 Anyone ran into the problem of todo.pl dying trying to rename
 todo.txt? Here is the error message I get:
 
 Unable to rename c:\netinst\todo.txt.tmp.1328 to c:\netinst\todo.txt:
 access is denied at Z:\todo.pl line 118.
 Z:\bin\todo.pl exiting with status 13 ; halting
 
 Thanks
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RE: [Unattended] problem starting Outlook form Office 2000

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With Office 2003 you can cache the install files and this is not a
problem.  

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tomasz Chmielewski
 Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:24 AM
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 Subject: [Unattended] problem starting Outlook form Office 2000
 
 I made an Unattended install, together with Office 2000:
 
 msiexec /qb %Z_PATH%\packages\office2k\data1.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL
 REMOVE=WinFax ALLUSERS=1
 
 I have a problem running Outlook.
 
 Users can't start it - they see a window contact your
administrator
 
 If I start Outlook on that machine as an Administrator, the issue is
gone.
 
 So basically Outlook works for users only if I first start it as an
 Administrator.
 
 Does anyone have a solution for that?
 
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RE: [Unattended] Drivers

[Brad Erdman]

Check out what Paul Griffith said:

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Griffith
 Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:29 PM
 To: Davis, Keith
 Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Drivers
 
 If you limit your directories name to a 8 character limit you will be
 OK.

 I'm using the Linux boot disk. Here's the strange thing. First, the MS
 document says the limit is 4096 characters, not 64.

The 4096 path length refers to the entire listing OEMPnpDriversPath,
including all the drives in the diver tree:
OemPnPDriversPath =
D\ATIfGLx1\drivers;D\ATIfGLx1\nvidia\QNVS280;D\ATIr9000;D\AudSigTe\WDM;
D\D480;D\EthrtLat\DOS\NDIS2\v6.44;D\EthrtLat\Win2K\v6.64;D\EthrtLat\WinX
P\v6.64;D\IwlessA20\R82163\Drivers;D\IwlessA20\R86279\Drivers;D\MSI6800;
D\PCTEL2304WT;D\SIGMATELSTAC9750;D\T42-FGL\2KXP_INF;D\T42-modm;D\adi198x
;D\adi198x2\SMAXWDM\SE;D\adi198x2\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP;D\atix300\Driver\2KXP_I
NF;D\bc570x;D\bc57xx;D\broadcom-7xxx\DOS\NDIS2\v7.65;D\broadcom-7xxx\Win
2K\v7.86;D\broadcom-7xxx\WinXP\v7.86;D\broadcom440x;D\broadcom570x;D\e10
00;D\e1000670;D\gx270;D\intel800;D\intel845;D\intelG;D\intelLOM;D\nvidia
71.84;D\p1000;D\p100A02\WINXP;D\p100ve;D\p100vesp;D\pro2100;D\pro2200;D\
scard.d800;D\soundmax\SMAXWDM\SE;D\soundmax\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP;D\x31-ati\DRI
VER\XP_INF;D\x31-ati\PHILDEC\WDM_XP;D\x31-pwr;D\x31.mdm\W2KXP

The 64 character limit refers to a single driver path:
D\ATIfGLx1\drivers;D\ATIfGLx1\nvidia\QNVS280

 Second, I got it to work by changing my driver folder name to b440,
which  is very strange, because that makes it
 
 \\daloalabsrv.americas.ad.pegs.com\install\os\xpsp1\I386\$oem$\$1\b440
 
 Which is still over the 64 character limit you indicate.

Hmm, some of directories are over 8 characters and they work.  It may be
a particular case with this driver.  However, in general, you should
keep your directories to 8 characters or less.

Brad

 
 Keith Davis (214) 234-4296
 
 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:35 PM
 To: Davis, Keith; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Drivers
 
 Hi,
 
 There is a 64 character limit on the path\filename so if you have:
 \\server_name\sharer_name\...\driver_name and it is longer than 64
 characters, it gets truncated.
 
 Are you using the Linux boot disk or the DOS version?
 
 Brad
 
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  Subject: [Unattended] Drivers
 
  I know, I'm a real pain, and it seems that right after I send an
email
 I
  figure it out, but here's the problem:
 
  I was able to get the code to work to automatically add the driver
 folders
  to the OEMPnpDriversPath, and setup did copy the folder to the C:
 drive.
  However, it changed the name from Broadcom440 to Broad~XP and did
not
  install the network card driver, that is essential to continue. I
 manually
  directed Windows to look in that folder, and sure enough, it's the
 correct
  driver. Any ideas or is there more documentation that describes that
 part
  of the process?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Keith Davis
  Senior Office Automation Engineer
  Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
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RE: [Unattended] problem starting Outlook form Office 2000

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Yes, check out the .reg files \scripts for examples.  Just execute them.

Brad

 actually, it should be easier than that.
 
 take a look at this article:
 
 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;235530
 
 I checked that, and it's also valid for Windows 2000 and XP.
 
 So all that should be done is to set this registry value:
 
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Setup
 
 to Full Access for everyone.
 
 When I changed that from regedit.exe, Outlook runs for all users.
 
 But of course the problem is, how to do it Unattended - are there
any
 tools to manipulate the registry from the command line?
 
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RE: [Unattended] Drivers

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

There is a 64 character limit on the path\filename so if you have:
\\server_name\sharer_name\...\driver_name and it is longer than 64
characters, it gets truncated.

Are you using the Linux boot disk or the DOS version?

Brad

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 Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:30 PM
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 Subject: [Unattended] Drivers
 
 I know, I'm a real pain, and it seems that right after I send an email
I
 figure it out, but here's the problem:
 
 I was able to get the code to work to automatically add the driver
folders
 to the OEMPnpDriversPath, and setup did copy the folder to the C:
drive.
 However, it changed the name from Broadcom440 to Broad~XP and did not
 install the network card driver, that is essential to continue. I
manually
 directed Windows to look in that folder, and sure enough, it's the
correct
 driver. Any ideas or is there more documentation that describes that
part
 of the process?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Keith Davis
 Senior Office Automation Engineer
 Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
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 Mobile (214) 906-5183
 
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RE: [Unattended] Help - Name Resolution Issue

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Hi,

If you are using PXE, you can append some options to your tftpboot files
(found in \tftpboot\pxelinux.cfg):

label linux
kernel bzImage
append initrd=initrd.auto z_user=user_name z_pass=pass_word
z_path=//ntinstall.americas.ad.pegs/install

Mind the line wrap.

If you are using the CDROM, try looking at Johan Stevens
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reply on 6/22 for a solution

Brad

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 Subject: [Unattended] Help - Name Resolution Issue
 
 I'm not very familiar with Linux, but here's the problem:
 
 I've got the thing working, but I have to manually enter the
 \\servername\sharename file://\\servername\sharename  as
 \\ntinstall.americas.ad.pegs\install
 file://\\ntinstall.americas.ad.pegs\install , as Linux can't do a
lookup
 on \\ntinstall\install file://\\ntinstall\install  and it doesn't do
 Broadcast Name Resolutions (apparently.)
 
 How do I get around this issue?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Keith Davis
 Senior Office Automation Engineer
 Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
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RE: [Unattended] Help - Name Resolution Issue

[Brad Erdman]

I think John mentions WinISO...

 -Original Message-
 From: Davis, Keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:35 PM
 To: Brad Erdman
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Help - Name Resolution Issue
 
 Thanks. John's instructions look like exactly what I need. Now I have
 another problem, how do I open and edit an .iso file without using
 Linux? I found a tool (VCdControlTool.exe) that will allow me to mount
 it, but I can't seem to make changes.
 
 
 Keith Davis (214) 234-4296
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Brad Erdman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:21 PM
 To: Davis, Keith; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Help - Name Resolution Issue
 
 Hi,
 
 If you are using PXE, you can append some options to your tftpboot
files
 (found in \tftpboot\pxelinux.cfg):
 
 label linux
 kernel bzImage
 append initrd=initrd.auto z_user=user_name z_pass=pass_word
 z_path=//ntinstall.americas.ad.pegs/install
 
 Mind the line wrap.
 
 If you are using the CDROM, try looking at Johan Stevens
 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reply on 6/22 for a solution
 
 Brad
 
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  Subject: [Unattended] Help - Name Resolution Issue
 
  I'm not very familiar with Linux, but here's the problem:
 
  I've got the thing working, but I have to manually enter the
  \\servername\sharename file://\\servername\sharename  as
  \\ntinstall.americas.ad.pegs\install
  file://\\ntinstall.americas.ad.pegs\install , as Linux can't do a
 lookup
  on \\ntinstall\install file://\\ntinstall\install  and it doesn't
do
 
  Broadcast Name Resolutions (apparently.)
 
  How do I get around this issue?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Keith Davis
  Senior Office Automation Engineer
  Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
  Phone (214) 234-4296
  Mobile (214) 906-5183
 
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RE: [Unattended] Error mapping to ntinstall\install

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Answers below

 Hello everyone,
 
 I had unattended up and running, with my install-share on a windows nt
 machine. I had a wins entry to make the server reachable with the name
 ntinstall.
 
 Due to diskspace limitations I had to move the installation folder to
 another server (windows 2k)
 The first part of the installation works fine, but when trying to map to
 \\ntinstall\install after the initial file-copy and reboot, I get the
 following error:
 
 You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network.
 I tried both a wins entry and a dns entry, to make the server reachable
 with the name install, but got the same error.
 
 Has anyone got an idea on how to solve this issue?
 I found some articles on the net saying that you cannot use 'net use' to
 map to an alias name ?
 
 Is there a way to change the default ntinstall name to my real servername
 on the linux installation disk, without having to set up a linux box?

Yes.  Append these options (as one line) to your tftpboot files under 
pxelinux.cfg:
z_user=your_username z_pass=your_password z_path=//your_sername/your_sharename

i.e.:

label linux-auto
kernel bzImage
append initrd=initrd.auto z_user=your_username z_pass=your_password 
z_path=//your_sername/your_sharename

(mind the line wrap)

Brad

 I know it can be changed manualy in the beginning, but this isn't
 convenient when having to install many computers..
 
 Thanks in advance.
 
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RE: [Unattended] ifshlp.sys problem with unattend 4.6

[Brad Erdman]

Do you have this in your unattended.txt file:
[Unattended]
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
OemPreinstall = Yes
UnattendMode = DefaultHide
FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
ExtendOemPartition = 1
OemSkipEula = Yes
UnattendSwitch = Yes

 -Original Message-
 From: Kai Schfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 5:47 AM
 To: Brad Erdman
 Subject: AW: [Unattended] ifshlp.sys problem with unattend 4.6
 
 Hi Brad,
 
 unfortunatelly: No
 
 I had a system on a 4GB Partition...
 
 Any clue?
 
 
 -Ursprngliche Nachricht-
 Von: Brad Erdman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2005 22:02
 An: Kai Schfer; Kaari Jakobi
 Betreff: RE: [Unattended] ifshlp.sys problem with unattend 4.6
 
  Hi there again,
 
  I now putt he linux image from you to your pxe boot and that works also
  for the dell.
 
  I But know Linux and get to all my old stuff- fine. But 2 questions:
 
  1.
  When using defaults for the partition e. g. all C it will only use 4GB
  instead of the full disk. Also when using 12GB to C and the rest to D. I
  get 4 GB for C and the other partition starts at what C should and. When
  using the tool and do it manually it works...
 
 It will create a 4GB partition and copy the files to that.  During the
 Windows install the partition will be increased to the full size of the
 drive.  Is this not happening for you?
 
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RE: [Unattended] Nothing but net install problem

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Wit respect to the copying files problem, there is a limit on the length
of the path/file name that could be causing the problem.  Although since
this file does not seem to have a long file name, this does not seem to
be the likely case.

For the BSOD problem, you will probably need to add the SCSI RAID
drivers to the install files.  You will need to create a directory
\i386\$OEM$\TEXTMODE.  Within this directory, you will need to add the
drives for the RAID.  There should be a file called txtsetup.oem.  As
you add more and more RAID/controller drivers, you will need to update
this file.

Brad

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 Subject: [Unattended] Nothing but net install problem
 
 Seeing that I have a nicely configured kickstart server doing
completely
 unattended Fedora and Redhat AS installs, adding unattended to the
mix
 for the Windows installation seems like the next logical step.
 
 After some difficulties, I managed to get the full PXE booting going
 using the undis3c option (is this the best way to go here?).  The
drive
 mapped, install.pl started, I answered all of the questions, and it
 started up the windows installer.
 
 After a few moments, the Windows installer (I'm testing with WinXP)
 popped up an error about being unable to find 3145pcl.gdp.  After
some
 various attempts, I decided to skip it, and it popped up a bunch of
 other errors about being unable to find some other files.  Finally, it
 continues to install, then reboots.  Unfortunately, at that point,
when
 it tries to boot off of the newly installed WinXP setup, it gives me
the
 BSOD.
 
 This is on a rather new HP GL380... perhaps I should try something
older?
 
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RE: [Unattended] New IBM T43 fails with NTLDR missing

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Hi,
Most likely SCSI support is loaded because you have a SATA drive.  The
SATA protocol basically implements the SCSI protocol, so a lot of times
SATA drives are treated as SCSI.

To capture the output I believe you can dmsg and it will display
everything that it did.

With respect to the txtsetup.oem, mine will not help you, nor will
anyone else's unless they have installed a T43 with a SATA drive.  You
should download the SATA drivers for the laptop, if they exist.

Brad

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 To: 'Mellmann, Sebastian'; unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] New IBM T43 fails with NTLDR missing
 
 I have found nothing but dead ends.  I have noticed that a SCSI
support is
 loading during the Linux boot.  For some reason, our unattended
process
 thinks this IBM laptop has a scsi adapter/drive.  It does not.   This
is
 probably why the NTLDR failure is happening.  It is trying to boot off
a
 non
 existent SCSI drive.
 
 Still no solutions.
 
 I have tried to remove all partitions prior to the unattended boot but
no
 luck there either but it will work fine with a non-unattended XP
service
 pack-2 installation CD.
 
 Do you know how I can capture the data that is on the screens during
the
 linux boot?  I think I could better diagnose the problem if I could
 capture
 all the text during the initial boot.
 
 Do you have an error on linux boot saying unable to parse
 z:\os\i386\$oem$\textmode\txtsetup.oem...file not found  I have not
had
 any
 luck finding this file to add to the textmode folder.  Do you have a
 txtsetup.oem file?  Can you send it to me?
 
 I see this error when I am prompted to press 1 to edit unattended.txt,
2.,
 3, 4 to continue.
 
 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:07 AM
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 Subject: RE: [Unattended] New IBM T43 fails with NTLDR missing
 
 Hi Steve!
 
 I've read your posting about installing windows xp on an IBM T43 with
 unattended.
 I'm having the same problem here with the ntldr failure.
 
 Do you've any solutions for this?
 
 
 Thanks in advance.
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Unable to determine boot device at /usr/bin/find-boot-device line 207

[Brad Erdman]

Sorry, never mind, I am an idiot and thought I was using 4.6 but was
still using 4.4.

Brad

 -Original Message-
 From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:25 PM
 To: Brad Erdman
 Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Unable to determine boot device at
 /usr/bin/find-boot-device line 207
 
 Brad Erdman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
  *** Unrecognized bus type in /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/host_bus
  Unable to determine boot device at /usr/bin/find-boot-device line
207
  *** find-boot-device failed
  *** Dropping to shell
 
 Please run:
 
 cat /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/host_bus
 
 ...and send me the output.  Apparently the find-boot-device script
 needs to be taught a new bus type.
 
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[Unattended] Unable to determine boot device at /usr/bin/find-boot-device line 207

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I am trying to install a new Dell Precision 670 with an Ultra320 SCSI
drive.  It is attached to the onboard SCSI controller.  When it boots it
says:

Adaptec SCSI HostRAID BIOS v4.30.4S5

It goes through most of loading Linux but craps out with:

***Now we will the EDD module...
Loading edd...
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices found
...done loading edd
*** ... and locate the boot device
*** Unrecognized bus type in /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/host_bus
Unable to determine boot device at /usr/bin/find-boot-device line 207
*** find-boot-device failed
*** Dropping to shell

I tried this on 4.4 and have now tried it on 4.6.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
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RE: [Unattended] New IBM T43 fails with NTLDR missing

[Brad Erdman]

I asked if they where SATA drives because the T43 does have an option
for a SATA drive.  I don't think having PCI-Express and Sonoma chipset
would cause the error you are seeing.  There is a texmode directory:

i386\$OEM$\TEXTMODE

But no texmode file.  There is a txtsetup.oem file in that directory.

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RE: [Unattended] XP Delay

[Brad Erdman]

Mine does

 -Original Message-
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[mailto:unattended-info-
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan Stones
 Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:58 PM
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 Subject: [Unattended] XP Delay
 
 Does anyone elses XP install delay for around 1-2 mins before it
starts
 copying files on the first text install. im curious as to if this is
 common, and if there s asolution ?
 
 --
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RE: [Unattended] another installation is already in progress

[Brad Erdman]

This is the solution I was looking for.  It fixed the problem.  

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 karlsruhe.de
 Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 6:28 AM
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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] another installation is already in progress
 
 Hi,
 
 I think you have to upgrade to the latest install script for Adobe
Reader.
 See:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/unattended/unattended/install/scri
pt
 s/
 
 --
 Moritz
 
 
  Hi,
 
  I am getting an error when during the post installation of the
  applications.  It says Another installation is already in progress.
  Complete that installation before proceeding with this install.
 
  It seems that it is trying to install FireFox while the Adobe Reader
is
  still installing.  I am trying to install Adobe Reader 7.0 and am
using
  the adobe-reader.bat script.  I have not modified this script.
 
  Anyone have any idea about this?
 
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[Unattended] another installation is already in progress

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I am getting an error when during the post installation of the
applications.  It says Another installation is already in progress.
Complete that installation before proceeding with this install.

It seems that it is trying to install FireFox while the Adobe Reader is
still installing.  I am trying to install Adobe Reader 7.0 and am using
the adobe-reader.bat script.  I have not modified this script.

Anyone have any idea about this?

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RE: [Unattended] time comparison

[Brad Erdman]

Ghost drive is drive is the fastest.  I just had to upgrade a person
drive from a 160GB to a 400GB and it took about 20 minutes.

Brad

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 Subject: [Unattended] time comparison
 
 Hi List
 
 Im wondering after the initial setup stage (You already have your
Ghost
 image and created an Unattended server) assuming that everything is
 standard
 (some server machine, some taget machine, same target O.S.)
 
 What is the fastest of the following
 
 1 Unattended deployment
 2 Ghost image to drive
 3 Ghost drive to drive
 
 Im looking to order the three but if anyone has performed the three
and
 can
 give me times I would be most greatfull.
 
 I know that it is an Unattended forum but please dont be bias.
 
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RE: [Unattended] OemPnPDriversPath

[Brad Erdman]

Isn't the limit a SAMBA or Linux thing?  I remember when I used the DOS
boot disk, the directory structure I had was fine.  However, when I
moved to the Linux boot disk, I had to reorganize things a bit.

 My guess would be that your total path lenght exceeds an annoying
limit
 of the Windows setup.
 I think a path longer than 64 characters will be truncated and not
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RE: [Unattended] Comments and Criticism

[Brad Erdman]

 I think you might be misunderstanding the OP.  He is simply taking
 exception
 to some of the assertions that are made by the unattended project page
 about
 disk imaging and re-packaging.  I personally am interested in this
topic
 and
 would not want to shoo Evan away for simply bringing up some points.
 
 Unfortunately Evan (OP) adds little to the discussion in terms of
giving
 suggestions when imaging might be a good idea or under what
circumstances
 Software Repackaging might be a good idea.  The only argument he has
 given
 to us is to trust his experience on the matter.  So, what say you
Evan?
 Can we get some more concrete examples on: Why Imaging is a good idea?
or
 Why Software Repackaging is a good idea?
 
 I have a few software packages here at my company that I would much
rather
 re-package with msi than use some of the AutoIT scripts that I have
 hacking
 things together.
 
 This is a good discussion.
 
 Michael

I think I tend to agree with you on this.  MSI packages can be very
powerful, and when combined with a group policy for deploying software,
very effective.  

However, I tried to go down the repackaging road and fond it to be very
time consuming.  Unless you are trained as a re-packager, the learning
curve, in my experience, was a little too steep for the average
sys-admin.  I didn't have the time to lean about the all the intricacies
of MSI packaging.  I did repackage a number of pieces of software, but
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RE: [Unattended] Driver Install

[Brad Erdman]

 I'm hoping i'm just missing some small thing here, but i can't get my
 drivers to install. The scripts are all in place per instructions, and
the
 install will actually take place. I run into a problem with my NIC
 drivers. Win 2000 machine boots up after restart and it cannot map Z.
If i
 look in device manager the NIC is yellow execlimation mark'd. If i
browse
 to c:\drivers\r66636 (home of the inf file) the files are all there 10
 objects, 1.20 meg. If i point the device there to load new drivers
it
 finds them and the device functions. When i boot to the CD and it
walks me
 through all the questions and get prompted to add devices to the
 unattend.txt i see drivers\r66636. On a lark i took another machine
and
 ran the install on it. the same issue came up but it is almost
entirely
 different hardware. All the drivers are there for both mahcines. Is
there
 a way to find out exactly what it is outputting when it scans my
drivers
 folder to see if there is an error there? I can just modify the

You should be able to look at c:\netinst\unattended.txt and look at
OEMPnPPath

 information from the old unattend.txt we used with another system to
get
 it to work, but i would really like to get this scan to work for ease
of
 use when i am not the one deploying the machines.
 
 Any ideas on what to look at?
 
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RE: [Unattended] Mozilla Thunderbird

[Brad Erdman]

Please share

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 Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:46 PM
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 Subject: [Unattended] Mozilla Thunderbird
 
 Hey guys, its taken me a while but i finally found a way to install
 Thunderbird and Extensions automatically. It can be done silently but
i
 liek to see the progress. Just doesnt require user input. Would anyone
 like to know how i did it? or is this common knowledge?
 
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RE: [Unattended] File copy fails

[Brad Erdman]

I have run into this problem of auto-negotiation before as well.
Sometimes we just have to hard code it to 100MB, full duplex.

 Might I ask what speed network connection you are using?
 
 Our building is wired with cat 5, and the switches are capable of
10/100,
 and are set to autodetect the speed.
 The dell machines with 3com integrated 10/100 ethernet (3c920) get
shipped
 from the factory with the NIC hardware set to auto detect the speed
and
 duplex.
 
 I swear the nics and the switches cannot decide on a speed, and this
 causes the machine to report that the cable is unplugged, or plugged
in
 but you have no connectivity, but intermittently. A reboot may get it
 working ONCE.
 
 The DELL 3c920 network card drivers have a little DOS utility called
 3C90XCFG.EXE, that will allow you to configure the hardware, and it
saves
 these settings in some non-volatile ram on the chip. I have had to
force
 all of my DELLs to 10MB, and as soon as I do, the duplex gets detected
as
 HALF, and everything works fine. You might want to try forcing your
NICs
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RE: [Unattended] howto trash xp

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What if you just delete boot.ini and ntldr and possibly ntdetect.com?

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RE: [Unattended] Ghostview

[Brad Erdman]

 Rolled mine into an MSI

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 Hi all,
 
 does sombody know how to install Ghostview complete without any
useraction
 under Windows XP.
 
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RE: [Unattended] Re: Re: Unattended without DHCP

[Brad Erdman]

 You can use one DHCP-Server for all subnets if using dhcrelay. If
using
 Cisco equipment look into ip-helper command.

Or you can multi-home (have it listen on multiple subnets) the DHCP
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RE: [Unattended] Pre Install drivers (Raid/SCSI)

[Brad Erdman]

 Does the Unattended package support these drivers? In a normal setup
you
 will have to press F6, to specify an additional storage driver. I did
 allready copy the drivers to the $$ dir,

I think that you want the I386\$OEM$\TEXTMODE directory.

 but didn't had the chance yet
 to test it. If this is not the way MS wants it, how else should I do
it?
 Is it possible at all?

Yes, use the directory above.

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RE: [Unattended] Dell Precision 370

[Brad Erdman]

I have it working on the 670.

Brad

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RE: [Unattended] Dell Precision 370

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Yes, it booted off a SATA drive.  I was using an old version of unattended
(3.2?) with the dos boot disk.  I am in the process of upgrading to the
latest version.

I guess this doesn't help too much, sorry.

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 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Dell Precision 370
 
 are you using SATA drives?  What version of Unattended with which boot
 disk (linux or dos?)  I have a drive format problem with my dos boot disk.
 It creates the partition fine, but format.exe bombs.  I haven't updated in
 a while so my linuxboot is still on 4.2 which doesn't seem to support the
 broadcom nic version...  Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and try a
 current linux boot disk.
 
 
 
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 Sent: Mon 10/4/2004 6:10 PM
 To: Scott Card; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Dell Precision 370
 
 
 
 I have it working on the 670.
 
 Brad
 
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[Unattended] Linux boot disk problem

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I have switched to the Linux boot disk and am having a problem.  It is not
able to find the unattended site file.  I get Unable to open
z:\site\c0a84c28t.txt: No such file or directory at
/z/lib/Unattended/Inifile.pm line 270.  Then install.pl exited non-zero,
and finally *** Dropping to shell.

The file exists, and yes, I did run lower-casify.pl on the directory.  I am
using Windows Server 2003 for my unattended server.

TIA
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[Unattended] format error

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I am getting an error when unattended try's to format the disk.  I choose
the whole disk option, it then asks ABOUT TO PARTITION..., to which I say
yes, it then says Re-checking partition..., then asks FORMAT C:
drive..., to which I say yes.  Here is where the problem occurs.  After
that it says Invalid Drive! Aborting..  On the next line it says [Code
55].

If I try to run the command that format's the disk found in install.pl
'format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v: c:', I get the same error.

I am in the process of upgrading to 4.4b.  Because I have heavily customized
my site, upgrading is not easy.  I have upgraded all the files in dosbin,
and added the tools directory.  This seems to be meat of initial unattended.
I am using the DOS bootdisk.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
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RE: [Unattended] Happy 2nd birthday

[Brad Erdman]

Mmmm, Hefeweizen

 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:09 PM
 To: Patrick J. LoPresti
 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Happy 2nd birthday
 
 
 Indeed. Unattended has made quick work of some major problems for me.
 Hefts a Pyramid Hefeweizen for you.
 
 --
 Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard.
 
 Atom Powers
 Systems Administrator
 Pyramid Breweries Inc.
 206.682.8322 x251
 
 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:49 AM
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 Pat,
 
 On Sep 8, 2004, at 11:13, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
 
  I would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the project
 
 Cheers! Unattended makes weary *nix admins smile.
 
 I'll have a beer tonight to celebrate.
 
 Regards,
 Mike
 
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RE: [Unattended] rename administrator account

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Hi,

This is what I need too.  I tried to edit install.pl to use this but it did
not work.  I changed 'autolog.pl --logon=0' to 
'autolog.pl --logon=0 --user=ourlocaladmin'.  

Where do I specify this option?

TIA
Brad

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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] rename administrator account
 
 Is it enough to use:
 autolog.pl --user=nobodyknowsme
 
 
 
 Am Mo, den 06.09.2004 schrieb Mario Gzuk um 9:40:
  Here is some vbs scribt to rename the local Administrator account:
 
  OldName = Administrator
  NewName = nobodyknowsme
  ContainerName = .
  Set Container = GetObject(WinNT://  ContainerName)
  Set User = GetObject(WinNT://  ContainerName  /  OldName
  ,user)
  Set NewUser = Container.MoveHere(User.ADsPath, NewName)
  Set User = Nothing
 
  The question is how to handle it, with the renaming is the auto login
  not working. Is there anybody who knows the registry key of the Account
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RE: [Unattended] SATA RAID

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I fixed the problem.  I changed this section from:

[Files.scsi.iaStor]
driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor
inf= disk1, iaStor.inf
catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat

To:
[Files.scsi.iaStor]
driver = d1, iaStor.sys, iaStor
inf= d1, iaStor.inf
catalog = d1, iaStor.cat

To reflect the fact that I use:
d1 = Intel Application Accelerator driver, \txtsetup.sif, 

Instead of:
disk1 = Intel Application Accelerator driver, \txtsetup.sif, 

Ugh, typos suck.

Thanks for you help again, Pat.

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[Unattended] Chipset drivers

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

It seems that the latest Intel chipset drivers set contains the majority
(all?) of the recent chipsets.  Do I just need to include the latest ones in
unattended?

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RE: [Unattended] Whole c option

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

The 4 gig partition is expanded during the install to the full drive.  Is it
not using the entire drive once the install is finished?

Brad

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 Why when i select the whole c option does it only create a 4gig
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RE: [Unattended] Whole c option

[Brad Erdman]

 I understand that.
 Are you saying at the end of the install it somehow converst that 4gig
 partition to fill up the whole drive?

Sort of.  The conversion to NTFS (if you are using NTFS) and the expansion
is handled at the beginning of the OS install.  You should see a screen that
details some of this.  I know it shows info about the conversion to NTFS,
but never looked to see about the drive expansion.

 If so mine is not.
 Is there some script i should be running?

No, it is part of the OS install routine.  

What OS are you installing?

What version of unattended are you using?

Are you using the DOS or Linux boot image?

 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Windows auto update how to?

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I knew there was a reason that I wasn't using these already.  They require
wint32.exe instead of winnt.exe, so they only work from an upgraded.  What a
waste.

Brad

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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Windows auto update how to?
 
 For the record...
 
 I just read about this unattend.txt setting:
 
 [Unattended]
 DUDisable=No
 
 Apparently, this causes Windows Setup to connect to Windows Update to
 download everything during installation.
 
 Read all about it by searching for DUDisable (second occurrence) at:
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Obtaining values from a spreadsheet

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Just some ideas.  I am not much of a coder so I can't really offer samples.

Everyone is going to want to do things differently.  Would it be possible to
offer a variety of mechanism (spreadsheet(s), SQL, text file, etc.) to store
the relent information?  A configuration file or config.pl could specify
what mechanism will be used for that particular site.  Support for each
could be added incrementally.

I personally would like to store the information in AD (LDAP).


My 2 cents
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RE: [Unattended] Version 4?

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I successfully used it on a Dell latitude D400.  The CD booted and it was
able to map the drive.  I want do more testing but do not have time right
now.

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RE: [Unattended] server 2003

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

I am using server 2003.  Did you add the PXE option to the DHCP server?

Brad

 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:22 PM
 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Subject: [Unattended] server 2003
 
 Was wondering if anyones had any luck getting unattended to work with a
 Windows Server 2003 DHCP server? Using the boot floppy method, it appears
 to work and load the proper driver (3com in this case) but hangs for a
 very long time at the Initializing TCP/IP via DHCP message.
 
 I left over night and in the morning it had a message displaying that the
 IP was already in use.
 
 Anyone else seen it and\or solved it?
 
 Thank You,
 
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RE: [Unattended] Similar project - merging possible?

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  The floppy contains also busy-box, a dhcp-client and samba(!) plus
  NFS-Support. After booting, a ash-shellscript gets started. The
  floppy gets its settings (namely the Win-share location and other
  relevant infos) from custom DHCP-Options from the DHCP-Server.
 
 Cool!  Does anybody know if Microsoft's DHCP server can be configured
 with custom options?  (We can always fall back to the current prompt
 the user with timeout approach if the DHCP options are not
 available.)
 

If I understand what you mean by 'custom options' the yes.  I have added
them.

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RE: [Unattended] Fully unattended, changing pxelinux boot files

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

For number 4, I have a small hack in install.pl that replaces the tftpboot
file from booting from the network to booting from the local disk.

It does this once the machine has repartitioned etc, right before it starts
to copy files.

Brad

 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 2:27 AM
 To: 'Jordan Share'
 Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Fully unattended, changing pxelinux boot files
 
 Jordan Share wrote:
 
 Rather than change the config files (if that is indeed what you need to
 do), you might consider changing the IP addresses handed out to the
 various MAC addresses.  pxelinux.0 will get its config file based on
 what IP address it was given.  So you could dynamically reconfigure your
 dhcp server to give out addresses from different pools.
 
 We have every machine PXE boot all the time, and default to localboot
 in the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file.  Thus, we manually tell it
 to boot to the unattended install (for the first boot) and then just let
 it reboot.  It subsequently PXE boots, times out, then boots from HD.
 
 
 What I want to do is :
 
 (1) remotely reboot a computer.
 (2) have the first boot, partion hard drive.
 (3) have the second reboot, continue the unattended installation.
 (4) have a system that will then change automatically unattended (in
 some
 way) to boot straight of the hard drive.
 
 If I change the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/(file), or change the IP address
 handed out with dhcp(so pxelinux points to a different (file) like
 C0A8002A
 for example, I think? I still need a way to change one of (dhcp or tftp)
 with the installation? Or I would have to manually go to the computer to
 start the installation, or manually change the (dhcp or tftp config) mid
 installation!
 
 My wish is a system that is completely unattended ;-)
 
 Thanks anyway I never thought about dhcp.
 
 If anyone has any other ideas about this?
 
 Thanks
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RE: [Unattended] Fully unattended, changing pxelinux boot files

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 Harder.  You need a way for the install.pl on the client machine to
 indicate a state change back to the TFTP (or maybe DHCP) server.
 
 The easiest approach, I think, is to export the pxelinux.cfg directory
 inside the TFTP root as a Windows share, modify the boot disk to mount
 it as P: or whatever, and edit install.pl to generate a pxelinux
 config file named after the system's IP address.  

This is what I do.  It works very well, but as stated, there are security
implications.  An additional step I take is to enforce quota's on the hard
drive and give the install account a 1MB limit.  This makes it effectively
useless for the unscrupulous person looking for a dump site.

 You will need to
 configure your DHCP server to hand out a fixed IP address to the
 client, I am afraid, unless you have programmatic control over the
 DHCP options (which is unlikely unless your DHCP server is a Unix
 box).
 This will work, although it will not be secure because anybody on your
 network might map the pxelinux.cfg directory and scribble all over it.
 
 This can probably be corrected...  You could export a different
 directory (call it incoming.cfg or somesuch) and have install.pl
 write its config file there.  Then you would manually or automatically
 move that file over to pxelinux.cfg, but only if you were expecting it
 to appear.  So anybody on your network could still drop files into
 incoming.cfg, but those files would have no effect unless you moved
 them over to pxelinux.cfg.
 
 How much work are you willing to do to make this happen?  You should
 probably start by downloading a copy of SYSLINUX (see
 http://syslinux.zytor.com/) and reading the pxelinux.doc file...
 
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RE: [Unattended] Can't find domain

[Brad Erdman]

OK, here are some basic suggestions that you have probably already looked
at:

1. In your unattended.txt, do you specify the DNS servers?
2. Are these DNS servers able to resolve the domain (e.g. try resolving
domain.com)?
3. After the machine is installed, are the values in the DNS servers box
correct?
4. Can you join the machine to the domain after the install terminates
early?

Brad

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 Subject: Re: [Unattended] Can't find domain
 
 I need to join an XP machine to a Windows 2000 (AD) domain.  I have
 edited the lmhosts file, and that will resolve the issue once Windows
 has been fully installed.  While XP is installing it tries to join our
 domain, but it won't be able to, because the lmhosts file is straight
 from the i386 directory.  I tried editing that file by extracting its
 contents then rearchiving them, but when I looked at the machine again,
 the lmhosts file was just an archive, I suppose because I don't know how
 to rearchive the way Windows wants it.  I am not really sure if my idea
 of editting the i386\lmhosts file is a good idea, but I'll post my
 results once it has installed.  If anyone knows how to edit those files,
 or has any other suggestions feel free to let me know.
 
 Justin Beckley
 
 Michelangelo Bottura wrote:
 
  I suppose you tried
  c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts
 
  You need to join to a NT4 or Windows2000 (AD) domain?
 
  For the latter you need a particular syntax in lmhosts file (which i
  may be able to provide searching on my past records), while in AD you
  should have dns server providing full name for the domain controller
  (ie: non need to modify anything).
  That said, i never tried to do an unattended installl trhu a subnet so
  i'd be interested on the outcome - let me know
 
  Regards
  Michelangelo Bottura - sysadm
  Psychology Dept.
  University of Bologna
  ITALY
 
  Justin Beckley wrote:
 
  I was having problems installing a couple of boxes from a different
  subnet, because they couldn't resolve the server name.  I added the
  name and IP address of the server to the lmhosts file on the cd and
  that fixed the problem, until Windows tries to join up to the
  domain.  During the installation, a message pops up that says the
  Domain controller couldn't be reached, and I tell it to continue and
  join later.  Well once Windows finishes installing, nothing happens,
  because the server still cannot be reached, so it just sits there.  I
  tried adding the server to the Windows hosts
  (/Windows/system32/drivers/etc) file, but that didn't help either.
  Any other suggestions on how to resolve the issue?
 
  Justin Beckley
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Can't find domain

[Brad Erdman]

Hi,

Do you have WINS setup in your environment?  That is MS preferred way to
browse across subnets.

Brad

 -Original Message-
 From: Justin Beckley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:56 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [Unattended] Can't find domain
 
 I was having problems installing a couple of boxes from a different
 subnet, because they couldn't resolve the server name.  I added the name
 and IP address of the server to the lmhosts file on the cd and that
 fixed the problem, until Windows tries to join up to the domain.  During
 the installation, a message pops up that says the Domain controller
 couldn't be reached, and I tell it to continue and join later.  Well
 once Windows finishes installing, nothing happens, because the server
 still cannot be reached, so it just sits there.  I tried adding the
 server to the Windows hosts (/Windows/system32/drivers/etc) file, but
 that didn't help either.  Any other suggestions on how to resolve the
 issue?
 
 Justin Beckley
 
 
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RE: [Unattended] Starting MS-Dos... Freeze

[Brad Erdman]

 Correct.  I believe if you replace memdisk in your TFTP root with the
 latest version, PXE booting will start working, too.

No Dice.  I replaced it and it still freezes.  It says:
MEMDISK 2.07 2.07-pre5 Peter Anvin
then a bunch of lines staring with e820.

Is this the most recent version?

I have to put these boxes into production later today, but I am sure we will
be getting more in at some point.  I should be able to keep those for a
little longer for debugging purposes.

Brad


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RE: [Unattended] Starting MS-Dos... Freeze

[Brad Erdman]

  However, it freezes at 'Starting MS-Dos...'.
 
 This probably indicates a bad interaction between SYSLINUX (memdisk)
 and your system's BIOS.
 
 I would start by flashing the BIOS to the latest version and
 downloading the current release of Unattended (which includes a more
 recent release of SYSLINUX).  If you still encounter problems, we can
 take it up with the SYSLINUX folks.

I replaced the syslinx.0 file with the one from unattended 3.4, then went to
the site and tried that one since it is more recent.  I also tried flashing
the BIOS.  No luck.  I have 2 of these machines and they both exhibit the
behavior.
 
  The install is totally over the network using DHCP and PXE.  I have
  tried with the universal driver (undis3c), the el90x driver and the
  e1000 driver, but to no avail.
 
 The problem is occurring before DOS even starts, so no amount of
 driver shuffling will help.
 
  If I write the new e1000.img image to floppy and boot, that works.
 
 The original image would probably work, too.  (Please try it and let
 me know if it does not.)  Booting from a real floppy does not use
 memdisk.

It works

  Also, I have recently installed cygwin and am trying to 
 generate the images
  but I get an error:
  
  Making images/b44.img...Syntax error: | unexpected
  make: *** [images/b44.img] Error 2
 
 Ah, that is my fault.  I use bash-specific constructs without even
 thinking about it, but the default shell on Cygwin is more generic
 (ash, I think?).  I will change the Makefile to use only generic
 /bin/sh syntax.
 
 Meanwhile, try putting SHELL=/bin/bash at the top of the Makefile.

That worked, sort of.  Now I am getting a different error:  No space left on
device.  However, I believe this is a cygwin problem.  I have over 1.5GB
free and cygwin was complaining of no space when it was downloading stuff.
I finally had to switch to a different drive to download and install.

Thanks for the help.
 
  - Pat
 



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RE: [Unattended] Starting MS-Dos... Freeze

[Brad Erdman]

That should read, I replaced the pxelinux.0 file, not syslinux.0 file.

Note to self, do not send email after working 12 hours.

 -Original Message-
 From: Brad Erdman 
 Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:08 PM
 To: 'Patrick J. LoPresti'; Brad Erdman
 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: [Unattended] Starting MS-Dos... Freeze
 
 
   However, it freezes at 'Starting MS-Dos...'.
  
  This probably indicates a bad interaction between SYSLINUX (memdisk)
  and your system's BIOS.
  
  I would start by flashing the BIOS to the latest version and
  downloading the current release of Unattended (which includes a more
  recent release of SYSLINUX).  If you still encounter 
 problems, we can
  take it up with the SYSLINUX folks.
 
 I replaced the syslinx.0 file with the one from unattended 
 3.4, then went to the site and tried that one since it is 
 more recent.  I also tried flashing the BIOS.  No luck.  I 
 have 2 of these machines and they both exhibit the behavior.
  
   The install is totally over the network using DHCP and 
 PXE.  I have
   tried with the universal driver (undis3c), the el90x 
 driver and the
   e1000 driver, but to no avail.
  
  The problem is occurring before DOS even starts, so no amount of
  driver shuffling will help.
  
   If I write the new e1000.img image to floppy and boot, that works.
  
  The original image would probably work, too.  (Please try it and let
  me know if it does not.)  Booting from a real floppy does not use
  memdisk.
 
 It works
 
   Also, I have recently installed cygwin and am trying to 
  generate the images
   but I get an error:
   
   Making images/b44.img...Syntax error: | unexpected
   make: *** [images/b44.img] Error 2
  
  Ah, that is my fault.  I use bash-specific constructs without even
  thinking about it, but the default shell on Cygwin is more generic
  (ash, I think?).  I will change the Makefile to use only generic
  /bin/sh syntax.
  
  Meanwhile, try putting SHELL=/bin/bash at the top of the Makefile.
 
 That worked, sort of.  Now I am getting a different error:  
 No space left on device.  However, I believe this is a cygwin 
 problem.  I have over 1.5GB free and cygwin was complaining 
 of no space when it was downloading stuff.  I finally had to 
 switch to a different drive to download and install.
 
 Thanks for the help.
  
   - Pat
  
 


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RE: [Unattended] XP domain logons and automatic updates

[Brad Erdman]

 I have a couple of questions about Windows procedure in a domain 
 environment.  We use the unattended deployment method to setup the 
 machines and join them to the domain, but the first time a 
 user logons 
 on to a machine it takes a long time.  The domain controller 
 is running 
 Windows 2000  Server with AD, and the machines are running 
 XP.  Is there 
 some kind of compatability issue with 2000 Server and XP, or 
 something 
 else.  Has anyone else experienced this, or know of a way to 
 remedy it.

If the user has not logged on before, it takes a while for the system to
create the profile.  This is the first thing that comes to mind.  Is the
users profile set to automatically map some drives that might not be
available?

 Secondly, if I set the machines to download and install updates 
 automatically @ 5 AM everyday, does someone have to be logged 
 in at that 
 time, or will the updates still take care of themselves?  

Depending on how you have it setup, no one has to be logged on.  It can
download and install the patches on its own.

 And 
 if someone 
 happens to be logged on at that time, do they notice anything?

Again, it depends on how you have it setup.  You can have it put up a box
that says the machine has been updated and needs to reboot, or you can just
reboot it.  There might be other options, but I am not sure.
 
Since you already have AD in place you should use the policy's of AD to
control automatic updates.  Here is a very good paper that describes the
options:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/susdeployment.mspx

Brad

 Thanks,
 Justin
 
 
 
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