I've been having problems with PXE boot on a Toshiba Tecra S1 that are solved by 2.07-pre5. In addition to this version of MEMDISK, I also had to disable USB legacy floppy emulation in BIOS. On this machine, the "net diag /status < nul > \netdiag.txt" command in the autoexec.bat seemed to hang for a long time, so I commented it out, and the unattended process seems to work fine.
I don't know how people tend to use Unattended, but the following may be of interest for anyone who wants to make it mobile, but hasn't switched to a Linux laptop yet. I've got a mobile setup for taking my WinXP laptop to end user sites and running unattended installations, either via a cross-over cable or by plugging into a local hub/switch. In this scenario, the target system is being configured to use a static IP address, but it could be applicable to DHCP environments too. I'm using a Dell Latitude C840, running Windows XP Pro. I've added a FE575C-3Com 10/100 LAN CardBus-Fast Ethernet so that I can run unattended installs on one interface while still connecting to a network via the other, but this is not a compulsory requirement. The IP address configured on the interface used must obviously be visible to the target system after it has completed the first stage of OS installation, otherwise the target won't be able to map the Z: drive. I'm using the freeware TFTPD32 product as recommended on the Unattended site to host the PXE image. I tried a couple of others, but this is the only one that seems to support the "tsize" option. TFTPD32 has a built-in DHCP server, but this had problems due to the PC making two DHCP requests (one at PXE boot, one when starting TCP services) and would not service the second request. I've opted for the free 5-client version of DHCP Turbo Standard instead. The only scope variable is the bootfile name - pxelinux.0 Since there is no WINS server available, I've primed the net\lmhosts file of the undis3c.img with the IP address of the relevant network interface, by modifying the bootdisk template. However If I need to make changes to the image when away from the office, I can use WinImage. So all I do is plug the second interface of my laptop into the machine to be built via a cross-over cable, or into a switch on a statically addressed network, perform a network boot and that's it - a fully transportable unattended environment. I've managed to have 5 x Windows 2000 servers building off my laptop without noticeably affecting the performance when I'm reading emails and looking at web pages. My admiration for the Unattended system grows daily! Cheers, James Barlow TRL Technology Ltd. United Kingdom http://www.weird-solutions.com/product/dhcpt.html DHCP Turbo Standard - 5-client version http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philippe.jounin/tftpd32.html TFTPD32 Homepage http://www.winimage.com/download.htm WinImage [shareware] -----Original Message----- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 September 2003 21:21 To: Soeren Kuklau Cc: Brad Erdman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] Booting the unattended CD on a diskless laptop Replying to a very old thread... I have just tried the version of MEMDISK from SYSLINUX 2.07-pre5. Whatever the problem was with diskless laptops, the SYSLINUX folks have fixed it. Booting from CD/network on an Inspiron 8600, which fails with the current version, works great with 2.07-pre5. I will bundle the new version of MEMDISK in the next release of Unattended. - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately by telephoning +44(1684) 278700. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
