Re: [Unattended] quotation marks
Hi, just do it in this way: todo.pl xcopy /s /e \%Z%\packages\directory containing white space\\ \%ProgramFiles%\directory containing also white space\\ greetings mario Am Dienstag, den 09.05.2006, 12:09 +0200 schrieb Lars Reinecke: How do I write e.g. a copy statement that needs parameters containing space characters? When I am working with the prompt I can use quotation marks, but here I need them to tell Unattended that it is one single statement (otherwise Unattended would execute ‘copy’ without any parameters and then the source file etc) I used to work around with constants like %ALLUSERSPROFILE% and % PROGRAMFILES% and I also worked around when I had a file name containing space characters by using the 8-character file name. But now I have a subdirectory containing a space character… Any solution? Thanks, Lars Reinecke --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid0709bid3057dat1642 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] quotation marks
* Lars Reinecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-05-09 12:10]: How do I write e.g. a copy statement that needs parameters containing space characters? When I am working with the prompt I can use quotation marks, but here I need them to tell Unattended that it is one single statement (otherwise Unattended would execute 'copy' without any parameters and then the source file etc) I used to work around with constants like %ALLUSERSPROFILE% and %PROGRAMFILES% and I also worked around when I had a file name containing space characters by using the 8-character file name. But now I have a subdirectory containing a space character... I usually use \ with environment variables: todo.pl \%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe\ x -o\%ProgramFiles%\ %Z%\packages\dsfp\dsfp.exe Does this fail for names with actual spaces in it? Maybe using \ twice would help? I believe todo.pl commands are processed like this: - command executes the todo.pl in a batch file, doesn't touch everything between quotes, but probably strips the outer quotes. - todo.pl expands escapes (eg. \) and passes the string to a new cmd instance - the new cmd instance executes it just like every other batch command. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If everything fails, you can always call a batch file which executes the command without todo.pl, eg: todo.pl .ignore-err 3 dsfp-install.bat dsfp-install.bat: cd %ProgramFiles%\DirectShow FilterPack [...] Alson --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Win2k/XP commandline utils to replace fdisk/parted
Because Unattended uses DOS as the launchpad OS to start your Windows installation, using diskpart is not possible since diskpart is win32 app. In order to use DISPART, you will need replace DOS with WinPE. WinPE allows you to exploited with native XP environment. This makes it possible to partition and format the hard disk without having to reboot. Plus you can format the disk to native NTFS. It's unlikely that Microsoft will release WinPE to the general public anytime soon. In the meantime, I use the Argon Client Deployment Services which includes a licensed copy of WinPE. CDS allows me to leverage the functionality of Unattended within the PXE environment. On 5/8/06, Paul Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings,I have been looking for commandline versions of parted or fdisk forWindows2000 or XP, I am looking at porting install.pl to a Windowsbased boot disk.*NOTE* I said I am only looking at porting install.pl :-)The biggest roadblock I see so far is replacing fdisk/parted. Another optionwould be to use diskpart.exe (native to Windows) and have install.plautomatically generate the script file that diskpart.exe needs.FYI - dispart uses a basic scripting language, but you can't use thecommandline.diskpart.exe /? diskpart /s scriptAny ideas out there? and rememberI said I am only looking at portinginstall.pl :-)ThanksPaul--Paul Griffith |York University, Dept. of Computer Science Engineering CSE Technical Team|4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3[EMAIL PROTECTED] |CSE1003A|Phone: 416-736-2100 x70258|Fax: 416-736-5872 --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info -- Regards,Conrad LawesPXE Guru
Re: [Unattended] Win2k/XP commandline utils to replace fdisk/parted
I am going to assume that Argon Client Deployment Services is a paid product. I think the DOS boot disk is dead and the Linux boot disk will be limited to Win2K and WinXP. The best solution is WinPE or BartPE bootdisk. The winnt32.exe commandline installer offer some nice options that the winnt.exe installer doesn't have. For now my goal is to see how hard it would we to replace fdisk with diskpart. Paul On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 07:09:12AM -0400, Conrad Lawes wrote: Because Unattended uses DOS as the launchpad OS to start your Windows installation, using diskpart is not possible since diskpart is win32 app. In order to use DISPART, you will need replace DOS with WinPE. WinPE allows you to exploited with native XP environment. This makes it possible to partition and format the hard disk without having to reboot. Plus you can format the disk to native NTFS. It's unlikely that Microsoft will release WinPE to the general public anytime soon. In the meantime, I use the Argon Client Deployment Services which includes a licensed copy of WinPE. CDS allows me to leverage the functionality of Unattended within the PXE environment. On 5/8/06, Paul Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I have been looking for commandline versions of parted or fdisk for Windows2000 or XP, I am looking at porting install.pl to a Windows based boot disk. *NOTE* I said I am only looking at porting install.pl :-) The biggest roadblock I see so far is replacing fdisk/parted. Another option would be to use diskpart.exe (native to Windows) and have install.pl automatically generate the script file that diskpart.exe needs. FYI - dispart uses a basic scripting language, but you can't use the commandline. diskpart.exe /? diskpart /s script Any ideas out there? and remember I said I am only looking at porting install.pl :-) Thanks Paul -- Paul Griffith |York University, Dept. of Computer Science Engineering CSE Technical Team|4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |CSE1003A|Phone: 416-736-2100 x70258|Fax: 416-736-5872 --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info -- Regards, Conrad Lawes PXE Guru -- Paul Griffith |York University, Dept. of Computer Science Engineering CSE Technical Team|4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |CSE1003A|Phone: 416-736-2100 x70258|Fax: 416-736-5872 --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Win2k/XP commandline utils to replace fdisk/parted
* Paul Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-05-09 14:49]: I think the DOS boot disk is dead and the Linux boot disk will be limited to Win2K and WinXP. The best solution is WinPE or BartPE bootdisk. The winnt32.exe commandline installer offer some nice options that the winnt.exe installer doesn't have. I agree that installing from Windows is probably the future (too bad since WinPE/BartPE is a lot worse than DOS/Linux in terms of bandwidth, size and speed), and winnt.exe is EOL. Unless someone gets winnt32.exe to work under Wine, BartPE seems the only free option (assuming everyone that installs Windows already has a Windows license, which seems likely). For now my goal is to see how hard it would we to replace fdisk with diskpart. Doesn't seem too hard. Unattended currently uses fdisk command line switches set in unattend.txt. This is converted to parted commands for the Linux bootdisk by convert_fdisk_parted. I don't know the diskpart scripting language, but assuming that it supports all necessary commands, it doesn't seem hard to write a convert_fdisk_diskpart function similar to the parted one. This function would write the script to a temporary file and execute it using diskpart /s. From a quick look at the documentation (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/diskpart.mspx?mfr=true) create partition, active, clean, and delete partition seem to support all the required functions, along with the correct select and list commands. Not sure how you switch between NTFS and FAT, I guess via format. Unless third-party tools offer useful extra functionality, I would prefer standard Windows tools for compatibility, support and availability reasons. Alson --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
