Hello, This has brewing for a while now and here is what it came out as. I hope further changes is not necessary :-) But, do speak up if you spot something you dont like
The patches introduces these settings in unattend.txt [_meta] section:
predosemu_cmd - System command to run before dosemu
alt_dosemu_cmd - Alternate System command to run in place of dosemu
postdosemu_cmd - System command to run after dosemu
The master script checks unattend.txt for these after install.pl has finished.
If any of them are set, the content string is treated as a system command to
run.
The script "nt5x-install" is an dosemu replacement.
It has several advantages over running the windows installer in dosemu:
- Long filenames (for drivers)
- Deeper directory structures (for drivers)
- A bit faster.
- Editable bash script.
To use it, you can add
alt_dosemu_cmd = "nt5x-install"
under the [_meta] section in your site/unattend.txt
The new files:
A directory "ntldrbin" in misc
holds the ntldr binaries
(ntldr_boot_code_install, ntldr_boot_code_sektor0, ntldr_boot_code_sektor12)
The ntldrbin directory and its content goes to /usr/lib in linuxaux
The bash function library for reading/writing unattend.txt
misc/unatt-functions.sh
Goes to /usr/lib in linuxaux
The misc/nt5x-install script goes to /usr/bin in linuxaux
The patches:
altdosemu-busybox-config.diff:
adds additional dd options
altdosemu-Makefile.diff:
add placement handling for the new files
altdosemu-master.diff:
- moves the old dosemu bits into one 'section'
- adds logic for reading unattend.txt and running commands
specified by predosemu_cmd, alt_dosemu_cmd,postdosemu_cmd
- add umount /c if mounted before restart
altdosemu-install.pl.diff:
Does not do anything, unless the user decides to extend or customize
by extending /z/site/config.pl
nt5x-install and unatt-functions.sh is adapted from Mario Gzuk's
unattended-gui install scripts.
The ntldr biaries is also taken from unattended-gui.
Attached is altdosemu.tar.gz.
It contains the new files placed by directory structure.
The diffs is in archive root.
So, here goes :-)
altdosemu.tar.gz
Description: application/tgz
------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4
_______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
