Re: [Unattended] pausing between software instals
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Oliver Henriot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I don't know how to insert an equivalent to, say, sleep 10 in todo.pl between two installations. Take a look at the sleep directive here: http://unattended.sourceforge.net/apps.php kevin - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Way to auto-select an unattend.txt file
Where are you specifying z_install at? As far as I can tell and I also have
a hard time with Perl, is that config.pl is only looking at unattend.csv or
a mysql DB if you set it up for that, but by default it's reading from
unattend.csv.
I think that's what you might want to look at.
kevin
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Jeremy Fein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks kevin, that helped a LOT.
I have the z_install parameter set on my linux boot disk. I've written this
code for the config.pl:
my $installtype = $u-{'_meta'}-{'z_install'};
if ($installtype eq 'A') {
$u-read (dos_to_host ('z:\\site\\unattend_A.txt'));
}
elsif ($installtype eq 'B') { $u-read (dos_to_host
('z:\\site\\unattend_B.txt'));
}
Obviously this doesn't work. The installtype is never set anywhere in the
meta section, and I get the following error when I run the boot disk:
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /z/site/config.pl line 5
How can I set the z_install value to be set to the value on the boot disk,
just as the z_user, z_path, and z_pass values are initialized?
Thanks.
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Re: [Unattended] Boot Problem
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:15 PM, PROVENZANO Vinicius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm getting in touch with you people to see if you have a newer linux image avaiable, so I can try again. You don't say what version you are trying to use. You can try 4.8 RC4. I don't know if there is a newer version available: http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01624.html kevin - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] *-tweaks.pl and/or ntuser.dat
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Stephen Kojoukhine
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What I'm curious about is, the %winver%-tweaks.pl file modifies the Default
User hive AFTER the Administrator profile is already created. So how do
those changes migrate over to the Administrator profile? Do changes made to
the Default User somehow migrate over to profiles that already exist? Or
does the tweaks.pl make changes simultaneously to both the default user and
the current user?
tweaks? You mean the notips files? Yes, they modify HKEY_CURRENT_USER and
ntuser.dat under the Default User. They also, for some reason I don't
understand modify HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT. This is acutally the registry
settings for the Local System account and not the default user, yes the name
is confusing, but I don't know why any of those settings would need to be
modified. I've edited my %winver%-notips.pl files to only edit the current
user and the default user hive and not the local system account. Oh and
they make some changes to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
This is the default:
# Setup keys for per-user
foreach my $reg_key ($cuser_key, $defuser_key, $ntuser_key) {
This is what I changed to:
# Setup keys for per-user
foreach my $reg_key ($cuser_key, $ntuser_key) {
I also broke mine out into separate files for some different programs that
are the same across different versions of Windows. This way I don't have to
maintain 2 or 3 HUGE files, those program settings aren't going to change
with different versions of Windows. I just call those scripts from one of
my batch files.
Example:
todo.pl program-settings.pl
todo.pl program-installation.pl
So the program is installed, then the default settings are applied.
Also, note that you could use group policy to make most changes also, but it
all depends on your environment.
kevin
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Re: [Unattended] todo.pl has been producing the same error with WindowsXP SP3 source. Tested on 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8rc4
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:18 PM, George Diamantopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. I know it's not recommended among the unattended community but i did use nliteos to integrate sp3 and tweak some registry options on the wxp source... (owever I haven't integrated any other hotfixes, ie7 or wmp11)... Could it be the reason i'm getting this error? Try manually integrating SP3: http://apcmag.com/how_to_create_a_bootable_xp_sp3_cd.htm I'd forgo the reg tweaks until you can get a successful install with little to no changes, then start modifying stuff, that way if something fails you have a better idea of where to start. As for the reg tweaks, you can take a look at the %winver%-notips.pl files under /install/bin. I copied them over into my own file and call that from my base.bat file. True they are a bit more painful to use than some gui, but you're not tossing in another variable of where something could fail. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Having a Problem (mapzrun)
I think I may have found the issue, at least a possible related issue on my system. Apparently the more recent versions of cygwin have stopped setting NTFS file permissions correctly, IMO. To fix this you need to set the *CYGWIN *environment variable to include *nontsec*. My Computer Properties Advanced Environment Variables Find the variable *CYGWIN*, edit and remove *ntsec *if it's there and add * nontsec*. If the *CYGWIN *variable isn't there, create it and add *nontsec* . Now when cygwin creates files or downloads updates from using the prepare script it will correctly just create the file and correctly allow the file system to set the permissions based on inheritence and not try to set permissions based on some unix/linux idea of the way to set permissions on Windows. I ran into the same problem this morning, if you don't have nontsec set then CYGWIN will incorrectly set permissions and not have the execute bit turned on, meaning you can't run the executable files, generating an access denied message. Otherwise, yes, after running prepare to download programs and updates, you'll need to reset permissions so at least the read and execute bits are set to allow for the user/group you log into your ntinstall server from the bootdisk. kevin On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:26 AM, kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Stephen Kojoukhine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My share is hosted on a Windows Server 2k3 SP2 by the way. When I created my install share, I assigned it the following permissions: Are you talking Share permissions or NTFS permissions or both? NOTE: OsDeploy is a straggler group, it doesn't belong to anything else, not even Users. That's fine. After the permissions were set as above, I ran ./prepare. And what I noticed during my troubleshooting is that the folders created inside my packages and updates had their ownership changed to Administrator (not Administrators) as that is the account I was using. Of course, on the surface this doesn't sound like it would pose a problem (as far as I know) as the other permissions above propagated just fine. However, as I mentioned in my previous email, I was denied access to execute files from my Z_Share. File ownership in Windows means almost absolutely nothing in terms of file permissions or file access. You can even disallow an owner from reading a file or folder. However, an owner can change the permissions so they can access said files or folders. guest could be the owner of the files and folders and as long as the Share and NTFS permissions allowed someone at least read access to the folders and files, they could access them. I'm wondering, is Windows just retarded when creating child folders/files and intelligently assigning permissions? Or is it something the scripts do wrong, although looking at the scripts I don't see any tinkering with permissions, and can't imagine a reason to have them do so anyway. I'd double check your permissions and make sure that your OsDeploy group had read permissions through the ntinstall share as well as at the NTFS level. But it sounds like when you reapplied ownership it reapplied the permissions and all is well again. I'd also make sure you're not dealing with the deny bit set on any of your permission settings to remove that layer of complexity. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Unattended
If you check out the mailing list archives, you'll see it's still quite active and see the CVS commit logs: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=unattended-cvs 4.8 RC4 is available http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg01624.html kevin On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Allan Quirós [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, Are you still working on this? I really like the concept and I already set up a test server, which works! I'm just concerned that the project might not be upgraded anymore. Is that the case? Thank you so much. Allan Quirós Technology Support Services Central Point School District 541.494.6902 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Having a Problem (mapzrun)
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Stephen Kojoukhine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My share is hosted on a Windows Server 2k3 SP2 by the way. When I created my install share, I assigned it the following permissions: Are you talking Share permissions or NTFS permissions or both? NOTE: OsDeploy is a straggler group, it doesn't belong to anything else, not even Users. That's fine. After the permissions were set as above, I ran ./prepare. And what I noticed during my troubleshooting is that the folders created inside my packages and updates had their ownership changed to Administrator (not Administrators) as that is the account I was using. Of course, on the surface this doesn't sound like it would pose a problem (as far as I know) as the other permissions above propagated just fine. However, as I mentioned in my previous email, I was denied access to execute files from my Z_Share. File ownership in Windows means almost absolutely nothing in terms of file permissions or file access. You can even disallow an owner from reading a file or folder. However, an owner can change the permissions so they can access said files or folders. guest could be the owner of the files and folders and as long as the Share and NTFS permissions allowed someone at least read access to the folders and files, they could access them. I'm wondering, is Windows just retarded when creating child folders/files and intelligently assigning permissions? Or is it something the scripts do wrong, although looking at the scripts I don't see any tinkering with permissions, and can't imagine a reason to have them do so anyway. I'd double check your permissions and make sure that your OsDeploy group had read permissions through the ntinstall share as well as at the NTFS level. But it sounds like when you reapplied ownership it reapplied the permissions and all is well again. I'd also make sure you're not dealing with the deny bit set on any of your permission settings to remove that layer of complexity. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Looking for a good reference to extend winxpsp2-notips.pl
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Stephen Kojoukhine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, the windows registry is an enormous beast. Does anyone have any advice as to where I can turn to in order to figure out where all these useful windows settings are stored in the registry? For example, where can I find out how to change the Hidden files and folders setting, or enable Restore previous folder windows at logon, and etc… Better yet, if there is such a thing out there as a call sniffing tool (imagine changing an option in a program and having a debug screen tell you that a registry change happened and what it was) then I would love to learn about it. I've just been going through modifying notips for my purposes. I've used a combination of the following: Google Regedit Exporting a reg file prior to making changes Make a change (or a whole bunch of changes) Export another reg file after the changes are made Compare the differences using Beyond Compare (www.scootersoftware.com) RegMon http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963881.aspx (though it's output can be a bit overwhelming at times as Windows is constantly accessing the registry) kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] setup disk size error
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Alex Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I feel like a fool, but the problem turned out to be the size of my driver folder. Apparently when I added the drivers for that laptop it put the total install size over the limit (due to windows copying everything under \$OEM$\$1. This leads me to another question however. Is it possible to somehow still have the option of adding certain driver packages but not necessarily have to copy over ALL of your drivers? No. http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg07850.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479 Create a $oem$\$1\Drivers folder in the I386 folder that you copied to the distribution point. You may want to create additional folders in the Drivers subfolder, depending on the hardware that you want to install (for example, network adapter, modem, or video driver). The $1 folder resolves to %SystemDrive%. During text-mode Setup, these folders and files are copied to the %SystemDrive%\Drivers folders. This is probably less than ideal, but if I was in this situation, I would create different OS distribution points for a few different sets of hardware so the drivers directory wasn't so large or only include truly essential drivers under $oem$ and install the rest later with a script for that particular hardware. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] updates and packages
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Oliver Henriot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feeling very bold and lucky, I then copied the winxpsp*.bat scripts back into the scripts directory and ran the script-update and prepare tools with the proper language code (FRA). It indeed updated my scripts and downloaded the binaries to the proper directories, brilliant. :-) Unfortunately, when I run the installation of a machine, the only applications I can install are 7-zip, vlc, firefox and thunderbird. No trace of the updates anywhere. I checked rights on files and folders, that's OK. I tried copying the binaries to the packages directory and editing the scripts, to no avail. I just can't get these updates to appear in the applications list... You need to select a base (MASTER) script. Take a look at base.bat. That's what installs the updates by default. That's the Unattended way. If you want stuff to show up in the applications list you need so one of the first lines has OPTIONAL: in it. Take a look at the 7-zip.bat and you'll see what I mean. The base OS scripts use MASTER: to signify what they are. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] setup disk size error
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Alex Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I removed one of my Windows directories and that seems to have fixed the problem. Why is unattended trying to copy over 2 windows installations? I have also noticed that regardless of which driver package I choose to install on my system, it seems to copy over ALL of the different driver packages I have available. Why is this? I don't know about the first part. But for the drivers, that's the Windows install doing that. This has nothing to do with how the Unattended project works. Windows will always copy everything under $oem$\$1 to the drive. See Step 2 of the Unattended Setup section here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479 What you're selecting during the setup is what drivers are actually added to unattend.txt for installation. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Postinst.bat not working
I don't know what can and can't be attached to these mailing lists so let me know if you don't get the attachments. There are 3 attachments, each are BAT files renamed to TXT files. LOGIT.txt (this is the batch file that does the logging) DOIT.txt (a hand edited DOIT batch to show how LOGIT might be used, install.pl would need to be edited to generate the code) MAPZNRUN.txt (again, a hand edit MAPZNRUN to show how LOGIT might be used, install.pl would also need to be edited to generate the code) I suppose the same could be done for POSTINST.BAT, however, it appears it's just running some small things, like installing perl, setting up users in the local administrators group and then setting up todo.pl. At least this is one step closer to being able to find where something might fail before todo.pl starts running. Just in case the attached files don't make it through the mailing list, here is the contents of LOGIT.BAT Hopefully it doesn't word wrap to badly. Each command should be on one line and I've added an extra, empty line between each line, so only the comments should have 2 lines right next to each other. :: BEGIN LOGIT.BAT :: Requires just 1 parameter, the message to log. However, it does assume :: the directory netinst always exists and is named netinst :: :: Example: logit.bat SUCCESS: Something worked as expected. SET msg=%1 SET logdir=%SystemDrive%\netinst\LOGS SET logname=Unattended SET logfile=%logdir%\%logname%.log SET zdate=%date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2% SET ztimestr=%time:~-11,2%:%time:~-8,2%:%time:~-5,2%:%time:~-2,2% SET ztimefil=%time:~-11,2%%time:~-8,2%%time:~-5,2%%time:~-2,2% IF NOT EXIST %logfile% echo %logname% Log (date|time|message) %logfile% ECHO %zdate%|%ztimestr%|%msg% %logdir%\%logname%_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp REN %logfile% oldlog_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp nul COPY %logdir%\oldlog_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp + %logdir%\%logname%_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp %logfile% nul DEL %logdir%\*.tmp nul :: ENDLOGIT.BAT On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Don Fryers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Juan. Please send me the batch for logging so I can get more detail on what's happening. Don -- On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Juan Jose Pablos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, 1) make sure that you have the network interface up and running (ie. missing network drivers for windows) 2) execute the command: c:\netinst\mapzrun.bat 3) check if a Z network unit is created. unless the Z unit is created the whole process will not work. I was just about to suggest the same thing. I did 3 installs yesterday inside VMware. 2 worked flawlessly. However, one of them installed Perl and stopped. I can't tell if it rebooted at that point (I wasn't watching it), but noticed Z: wasn't mapped so I assume it rebooted and auto-logged back on once more, then failed to map Z:. Then went to a command prompt and manually ran the command: z:\bin\todo.pl --go Just checked on all 3 machines and everything that should have been installed was. If you're interested, I have some batch code I can clean up and put together for logging what the batch routines are doing, so a log could be inspected to see where and maybe why something stops. kevin :: Requires just 1 parameter, the message to log. However, it does assume :: the directory netinst always exists and is named netinst :: :: Example: logit.bat SUCCESS: Something worked as expected. SET msg=%1 SET logdir=%SystemDrive%\netinst\LOGS SET logname=Unattended SET logfile=%logdir%\%logname%.log SET zdate=%date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2% SET ztimestr=%time:~-11,2%:%time:~-8,2%:%time:~-5,2%:%time:~-2,2% SET ztimefil=%time:~-11,2%%time:~-8,2%%time:~-5,2%%time:~-2,2% IF NOT EXIST %logfile% echo %logname% Log (date|time|message) %logfile% ECHO %zdate%|%ztimestr%|%msg% %logdir%\%logname%_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp REN %logfile% oldlog_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp nul COPY %logdir%\oldlog_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp + %logdir%\%logname%_%zdate%_%ztimefil%.tmp %logfile% nul DEL %logdir%\*.tmp nul IF EXIST c:\netinst\7916663.tmp EXITEMU logit Formatting C: now format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v: c: if errorlevel 1 goto exit_formatfail logit Copy files from Y: to C: xcopy /s /e /y Y:\ C:\ logit Copy files done logit Starting Window install now Z: cd Z:\os\win2ksp4\i386 winnt /rx:lang /s:Z:\os\win2ksp4\i386 /u:C:\netinst\unattend.txt goto end :exit_formatfail logit Formatting C: failed exit 1 :end @echo off if exist %SystemDrive%\netinst\permcred.bat call %SystemDrive%\netinst\permcred.bat if exist %SystemDrive%\netinst\tempcred.bat call %SystemDrive%\netinst\tempcred.bat if not %Z%. == . goto got_drive set Z=Z: :got_drive :: If drive is already mapped, do nothing if exist %Z%\ goto mapped if not %Z_PATH%. == . goto got_path set Z_PATH=\\ntinstall\install :got_path if %Z_USER%. == . goto no_user if %Z_USER%. == . goto no_user set USER_ARG
Re: [Unattended] Unattended install woes -- first reboot gives blinking cursor, hangs
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that I'm having the same issue as many others on the mailing-list. Upon the first reboot after the Unattended / Windows installation copies the installation files over from the Unattended server, I'm left with nothing but a discouraging blinking cursor. I'm attempting an install of Windows 2000 Server (vanilla) using Unattended (4.6 or 4.7). The entire Unattended process works fine up until that point. Did you edit unattend.txt? Make sure that this section is in there: [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes I ran into at least something similar and adding that section back in got me past the blinking cursor. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Postinst.bat not working
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Juan Jose Pablos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, 1) make sure that you have the network interface up and running (ie. missing network drivers for windows) 2) execute the command: c:\netinst\mapzrun.bat 3) check if a Z network unit is created. unless the Z unit is created the whole process will not work. I was just about to suggest the same thing. I did 3 installs yesterday inside VMware. 2 worked flawlessly. However, one of them installed Perl and stopped. I can't tell if it rebooted at that point (I wasn't watching it), but noticed Z: wasn't mapped so I assume it rebooted and auto-logged back on once more, then failed to map Z:. Then went to a command prompt and manually ran the command: z:\bin\todo.pl --go Just checked on all 3 machines and everything that should have been installed was. If you're interested, I have some batch code I can clean up and put together for logging what the batch routines are doing, so a log could be inspected to see where and maybe why something stops. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Just boot cd-rom
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:41 AM, Marko Keränen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Could you please provide downloadable boot-cd ISO on your website, that just starts Windows setup from the shared folder and does nothing else (no post install bats, no drivers from $OEM$\$1 folder etc.)? I've tried to do it myself and Windows setup starts but it gets into somekind of boot loop. I suppose this has something to do with the dosemu. As far as I can tell from my 2 weeks of digging in and using unattended. None of what you are asking for is actually done from the CD. You can control all of that from your ntinstall server, please anyone correct me if I'm wrong anywhere. For the no post install bats, you can edit those as one of the last steps before Windows gets copied down and installed, or you can edit the scripts on the server so they are blank and have nothing to execute. For the boot loop, I'm not exactly sure what you are seeing. Did you take the CD out? Is it a blank screen when it reboots? Did you edit unattend.txt? Make sure that this section is in unattend.txt: [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes For the drivers, just don't put anything in $OEM$\$1. Please be aware, it's not Unattended copying those drivers down, that's part of the Windows unattended install process. If you created an unattended install by other means anything and everything under $OEM$\$1 would still get copied to the local hard drive: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479 http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ http://www.hytekcomputer.com/Articles/XPInstall/1.shtml http://www.networkclue.com/os/Windows/install/unattended-install.aspx http://www.installunattended.com/ http://www.google.com/search?q=unattended+install+windows It sounds like since you don't want drivers, programs, updates, etc installed you are not really wanting or needing what the Unattended project provides. Years ago, I created an unattended install of WinXP SP2, using this guide: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ I did have to add drivers to the install CD because I didn't have a floppy drive in that machine and XP didn't and doesn't have the SATA drivers for my mother board, so those drivers had to be included with the install. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Installing from DVD
This FAQ looks a bit out dated http://unattended.sourceforge.net/faq.php#8_4 I read the posts and did some more searching on DVD and finally found this slightly newer thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05787.html However, that just mentions dosboot disk. Is the method the same for the linuxboot disk? I don't see any reference to DVD in the Makefile for the linuxboot disk. Could the FAQ be updated to explain what to do and how to make it, for example does it only work under the dosboot disk? Thanks kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Where are wget, find, grep and sort?
You can re-run the setup for cygwin and download and install those or I believe you can manually download those from here: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Though you should have all of those except for wget already if you ran the setup and didn't change a thing. I remember I had to rerun the setup to get wget installed (well actually I copied over my Win32 wget binary) kevin On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Don Fryers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm very new to using command lines and especially linux. I have some experience with dos commands but not much. In the directions, we are told to update our scripts using the 'script-update' script. When I ran it in the cygwin program, it was unable to find 'wget', 'find', 'grep', and 'sort'. After searching the internet, I found some old issues around this (from 2006) and learned that we must manually edit the 'script-update' script with the appropriate paths to these programs. I have searched the 'unattended-4-7' directory and cannot find any of these programs. Can someone help me with this? I'm using a WindowsXP box as my file server. Thanks - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Where are wget, find, grep and sort?
All I know is that I ran script-update without making any changes. I've used it in 4.7 and 4.8RC2 and 4.8RC3 all without problems from a cygwin environment. To get wget, rerun the setup.exe for cygwin and look at the Web package, wget is in there. Just type this at the command line changing the path as needed for your system: cd /cygdrive/c/path/to/unattended/install/tools/ ./script-update kevin On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Don Fryers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Kevin. I looked into my C:\cygwin\bin directory and found all but wget. Should I move them into my 'Install' directory and edit the path or leave it where it is and edit the path? Lastly (I hope!!) although I ran a search of my C: drive for 'wget', I came up empty. Do you know where that may be found if I have no 'W32' ? Thanks again! -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of * kevin *Sent:* Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:33 PM *To:* Don Fryers *Cc:* unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [Unattended] Where are wget, find, grep and sort? You can re-run the setup for cygwin and download and install those or I believe you can manually download those from here: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Though you should have all of those except for wget already if you ran the setup and didn't change a thing. I remember I had to rerun the setup to get wget installed (well actually I copied over my Win32 wget binary) kevin On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Don Fryers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm very new to using command lines and especially linux. I have some experience with dos commands but not much. In the directions, we are told to update our scripts using the 'script-update' script. When I ran it in the cygwin program, it was unable to find 'wget', 'find', 'grep', and 'sort'. After searching the internet, I found some old issues around this (from 2006) and learned that we must manually edit the 'script-update' script with the appropriate paths to these programs. I have searched the 'unattended-4-7' directory and cannot find any of these programs. Can someone help me with this? I'm using a WindowsXP box as my file server. Thanks - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] 4.8 Release Candidate3
Other than the kernel throwing a bunch of errors about parted: program parted is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO I didn't get these errors with the previous kernel in 4.8RC2 So far so good. I installed a base Win2k SP4 just fine on a SATA system. I wasn't able to do that with the 4.7 boot disks. I thought there were some other problems, but apparently I was missing this section from my unattend.txt [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Can anyone help?
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Juan Jose Pablos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don Fryers escribió: None of this makes sense to me because I don't know how to run this script. When I double click on it in the 'tools' directory, a pop-up windows asks me which program I would like to use to open the file. uses perl. maybe someone that has the windows server can help you out. I'm not sure which script you are talking about, something got cut off in the email chain and it's not in the archives. However, Don, have you installed Perl and cygwin on the server? I just got Unattended up and running in a pure Windows environment, after a bit of beating my head against a wall. The wall or my head gave way, I'm not sure which yet, but I do have a much better understanding of Unattended than I did a couple of years ago when I tried it. I ended up doing the same thing you did, named the server ntinstall and just bypassed the entire DNS modifications needed. Once you have ActiveState's Perl installed double-clicking on a .pl file will execute it. I don't know if the scripts that ship with Unattended will function correctly that way or not, I've only ran them in a cygwin environment. If we're talking about the prepare or update-script, they require wget, so make sure you have that as well, either add that to cygwin when installing or grab GNU Utils for Win32 http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Any questions? Just ask, I'll try to share what I've learned setting Unattended up in a Windows only environment. So far the only trouble I've had is rebuilding the ISO in cygwin, I don't think it's possible. I've searched the archives and pretty much found the same answer. My next step for that is dual-booting Ubuntu. kevin - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Adding Perl Modules
I have been attempting to add perl modules during an installation. I have written .bat files to load the .ppd files using ActiveState ppm. Everything works fine except when the .bat file is loaded using the todo.pl script. The only error that I get is The system cannot find the path specified. It will state that twice and then quit. Any ideas on how to install perl modules would be greatly appreciated. Also, the computers that use the perl modules cannot connect to the internet so all things have been run locally thus far. Best Regards - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Adding Perl Modules
I have tried putting the path in the todo.pl statement such as: todo.pl c:\perl\bin\ppm.bat install absolute path to ppd file This produces the same results. However, I did try executing ppm in the shell that was created by todo.pl and it works but only when c:\perl\bin is the current directory (I just cd to it). Other than that the ppm command produces the original problem On Friday 18 April 2008 10:37:36 am Matt Hyclak wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:55:12AM -0400, Kevin G. Erdmann enlightened us: Strawberry perl looks interesting and I will investigate that option. Plus since it is open source that is even better. However, looking at it I am afraid that the ppm for Strawberry perl might have the same effect as ActivePerl. The problem seems to be a something in the todo.pl script. What I have found is that if I launch another command line from the todo.pl and type ppm I get the exact same problem as described in my first email. However, if I start a new cmd from the task manager or start-run menu the .bat file works fine. Sounds like the %PATH% environment is different depending on how you invoke the command. I would put the full path to ppm in your .bat file and see if that solves the problem. Matt - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Adding Perl Modules
Alright, I think I figured it out. In the script that is called by todo.pl I used the following lines. cd /d C:\Perl\bin ppm location and name of package.ppd It seems that in order to install the packages via ppm for local files one has to have the working directory be in c:\perl\bin On Friday 18 April 2008 10:43:24 am Kevin G. Erdmann wrote: I have tried putting the path in the todo.pl statement such as: todo.pl c:\perl\bin\ppm.bat install absolute path to ppd file This produces the same results. However, I did try executing ppm in the shell that was created by todo.pl and it works but only when c:\perl\bin is the current directory (I just cd to it). Other than that the ppm command produces the original problem On Friday 18 April 2008 10:37:36 am Matt Hyclak wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:55:12AM -0400, Kevin G. Erdmann enlightened us: Strawberry perl looks interesting and I will investigate that option. Plus since it is open source that is even better. However, looking at it I am afraid that the ppm for Strawberry perl might have the same effect as ActivePerl. The problem seems to be a something in the todo.pl script. What I have found is that if I launch another command line from the todo.pl and type ppm I get the exact same problem as described in my first email. However, if I start a new cmd from the task manager or start-run menu the .bat file works fine. Sounds like the %PATH% environment is different depending on how you invoke the command. I would put the full path to ppm in your .bat file and see if that solves the problem. Matt - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/java one ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] unattended-gui-0.5.1
I am using a PXE server and have had success using the bzimage and initrd supplied by unattended-4.6. However, due to network card driver issues I have moved to use the unattended-gui-0.5.1 kernel and root. The machine boots up fine but when it asks for the z mount and I enter the path, user, and password then it loops again. It appears that I cannot enter anything onto the password line (guest). I have tried passing the appropriate arguments on the append line in tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default. My changes will show up in the question boxes but it continues to loop. Thank you. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Windows 2003 Server SBS
Does anyone know what data from what CD's need to be copied to have unattended install Windows 2003 Server SBS? There's like 6 CD's. The first has a i386 directory, but the other disks, I have no idea what to copy over.
Re: [Unattended] Braodcom's b57.dos driver
So no one has had any success in getting broadcom's 57xx series ethernet to PXE boot? --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Braodcom's b57.dos driver
OK, I've seen this talked about, but noa n actuall fix for this. I'm trying to do a PXE boot to a Tyan S5350 motherboard with Broadcom 57xx series ethernet. No matter what I do, it freezes. I get the FreeDOS message using himem64 Kernel: allocated 40 Diskbuffers = 21280 Bytes in HMA then it freezes. Does anyone have any ideas bout this? thanks --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Re:
confirm 335352 --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Qlogic 2312
I am tring to get the linux boot CD to work with a Qlogic 2312
card. I know the driver is qla2300.ko which is kindly
provided. Here is what I have done and here is what I have
got. I fail in find-boot-device because I have no hda r sda in
/sys/block. I forced my driver to load prior to loading edd but I
am very unfamiliar with this process any help would be
appreciated. Also when my driver loads it shows me the drives
attached to the card so I know the card can see the drives.
/etc/master
snip
load_modules qla2300
# Load EDD module, which we use to locate the boot disk and to
# determine the legacy disk geometry.
echo *** Now we will load the EDD module...
load_modules edd
snip
###//sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80/interface
FIBRE
wwid: 5005076300c69508 lun: 0
#/install/linuxaux/usr/bin/find-boot-device
snip
my $interface = read_line (File::Spec-catfile ($dir, 'interface'));
if (defined $interface) {
if ($interface =~ /^ATA\s+device:\s+(\d+)$/) {
$ret{'ide_dev'} = $1;
}
elsif ($interface =~ /^SCSI\s+id:\s+(\d+)\s+lun:\s+(\d+)$/) {
@ret{'scsi_id', 'scsi_lun'} = ($1, $2);
}
elsif ($interface =~ /^FIBRE\s+wwid:\s+(\S+)\s+lun:\s+(\d+)$/) {
@ret{'ww_id', 'scsi_lun'} = ($1, $2);
}
else {
warn *** Unrecognized interface type in $dir/interface\n;
}
}
return \%ret;
snip
RE: [Unattended] Keyless CD's
I have the same I find that the section [UserData] FullName=Network Manager OrgName=Marlwood School ProductID= Works just fine - although I seem to remember it wasn't happy until I added the empty quotes Good luck Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: 22 March 2005 20:31 To: Kevin Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Unattended] Keyless CD's My problem is that we don't have a key. We are enrolled in the Select program and recieved a CD that doesn't request a key. I checked the unattend.txt file on the CD, and there is no winnt.sif file. I have put in 12345-12345-12345-12345-12345 into the unattend.txt file, but i still get prompted by install.pl. Everything installs fine. I am just trying to get rid of the prompt for simplicity sake. Ryan wrote: Our Windows 2000 CD's don't prompt for a Key. How do i make it not prompt for one? I tried leaving the ProductKey blank in the unattnded.txt, and also entered a dummy number. I tried searching the archives, but wasn't able to find anything that helped. Is this possible? --Ryan --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882alloc_id=15148op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info if you dont want it to prompt then you can either enter the key into the unattended.txt or you can modify the config.pl script to automatically enter it for you --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882alloc_id=15148op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idh82alloc_id148op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Automate - New Hardware Found Wizard - WinDriver
Sorry, but I don't know - we are on the edges of my knowledge here :-( It would be good to know how you get on though Good luck Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Griffith Sent: 26 November 2004 16:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [Unattended] Automate - New Hardware Found Wizard - WinDriver That's something I can try, but is isn't this I tried adding c:\la2124 to the registry entry DevicePath located at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion but that failed. I was hoping that Windows XP would automatically seach in c:\la2124 and find the files it needs. the same thing ??? Thanks Paul On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:25:33PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried dropping the drivers in the folder tree that you use to do the unattended install, and have them listed in the driver path in unattend.txt, nothing will happen at install time since the hardware does not exist, but my guess is that once the hardware is detected those paths will be scanned automatically when the OS looks for drivers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Griffith Sent: 25 November 2004 18:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Automate - New Hardware Found Wizard - WinDriver Greetings, I have run into a problem that has left me scratching my head. Here is the problem. I used AutoIt to install Logic Analyzer software which installs Jungo WinDriver virtual device. After I reboot, Windows XP detects the new virtual device and the New Hardware Found Wizard wants me to point it to the software for the virtual device. If I manually point the wizard to C:\la2124 it will find the files it needs (oem1.inf I assume). It will then work correctly. Now the question is how can I eliminate the New Hardware Found Wizard? I tried adding c:\la2124 to the registry entry DevicePath located at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion but that failed. I was hoping that Windows XP would automatically seach in c:\la2124 and find the files it needs. I also tried to simulate right click install on the file oem1.inf but that failed. todo.pl rundll32 \syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 %SystemDrive%\la2124\oem1.inf\ Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Paul --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Automate - New Hardware Found Wizard - WinDriver
Have you tried dropping the drivers in the folder tree that you use to do the unattended install, and have them listed in the driver path in unattend.txt, nothing will happen at install time since the hardware does not exist, but my guess is that once the hardware is detected those paths will be scanned automatically when the OS looks for drivers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Griffith Sent: 25 November 2004 18:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Automate - New Hardware Found Wizard - WinDriver Greetings, I have run into a problem that has left me scratching my head. Here is the problem. I used AutoIt to install Logic Analyzer software which installs Jungo WinDriver virtual device. After I reboot, Windows XP detects the new virtual device and the New Hardware Found Wizard wants me to point it to the software for the virtual device. If I manually point the wizard to C:\la2124 it will find the files it needs (oem1.inf I assume). It will then work correctly. Now the question is how can I eliminate the New Hardware Found Wizard? I tried adding c:\la2124 to the registry entry DevicePath located at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion but that failed. I was hoping that Windows XP would automatically seach in c:\la2124 and find the files it needs. I also tried to simulate right click install on the file oem1.inf but that failed. todo.pl rundll32 \syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 %SystemDrive%\la2124\oem1.inf\ Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Paul --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Help - partition scheme problems
Tobias Thanks very much. This was similar to what I tried - with the big difference being that it worked - your help is much appreciated. I now have an unattended install system that gives me different partition layouts based on MAC address - we give laptops a second partition to store user data on. I shall now go away and play to try make it preserve an existing 2nd partition on rebuild without my intervention. Again, thanks Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Schneider, Tobias Sent: 09 November 2004 15:52 To: 'Kevin Lawry'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: [Unattended] Help - partition scheme problems Hi Kevin, perhaps you can take my configuration as an example fdisk_cmds=fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:1 ;fdisk /pri:100,100 /spec:7;fdisk /delete /pri:1;fdisk /pri:2000;fdisk /activate:1 Explanation: this commands will create a 10GB partion for the system and taking the rest for the second partition. it first creates a primary 10GB partition (pri:1) and another one with the rest(pri:100,100 its in percent). Afterwards it deletes the first partion and creates at that place a new partion of 2GB (this is needed for the first paret of install). Win will then expand it back to 10GB during setup I hope this will help Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Tobias Schneider --- Voith Paper Automation GmbH Co. KG - prf St. Poeltener Strasse 43 89522 Heidenheim, germany Tel +49 7321 37 6926 Fax +49 7321 37 8716926 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet http://www.voithpaper.com --- -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Kevin Lawry Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. November 2004 15:48 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [Unattended] Help - partition scheme problems Help, I give up - I am trying to get 2 partitions on a disk from a fully unattended network booted linux install. I have the following line in my site unattend.txt fdisk_cmds = fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:2000;fdisk /activate:1 which works gives me one auto expanding partition, but I cannot work out what to put here to get 2 partitions - preferably a 50/50 split, but I would be happy with a sized 1st partition and the second partition filling the rest Any help gratefully received Thanks Kevin Lawry --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588alloc_id=12065op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88alloc_id065op=ick ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588alloc_id=12065op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Help - partition scheme problems
Help, I give up - I am trying to get 2 partitions on a disk from a fully unattended network booted linux install. I have the following line in my site unattend.txt fdisk_cmds = fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:2000;fdisk /activate:1 which works gives me one auto expanding partition, but I cannot work out what to put here to get 2 partitions - preferably a 50/50 split, but I would be happy with a sized 1st partition and the second partition filling the rest Any help gratefully received Thanks Kevin Lawry --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588alloc_id=12065op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Something for the wish list
I am happily building machines matching their computer name to their MAC address in the hardware.csv - but I have to pre-populate it The lazy part of me would like that to be at least semi automatic, if the MAC is not on the list the build prompts for a machine name, as it should. What I would like is for the machine to then update the hardware.csv file for me so that next time I build it it will automatically know its name. I would think that config.pl might be the place to make the code change since this will be a site specific change, but my PERL is not really up to it. I am just throwing the idea out incase someone with better coding skills than me also thinks its a good idea feels like making the changes All the best Kevin Lawry --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Win XP Pro - automatically install terminal services?
It's installed on default, just use this reg key afterwards. ;Enable terminal services [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server] fDenyTSConnections=dword: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Lee Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:54 PM To: Gerhard Hofmann Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] Win XP Pro - automatically install terminal services? If you're referring to the TS Client, XP installs it automatically, it's under Accessories, Communications, Remote Desktop Connection (MS Marketing and their love for renaming everything...) Creating a desktop shortcut would be trivial. If you're talking about enabling RDP/TS Server for XP. You'll have to dig through unattend.txt and find the right settings. Jay Gerhard Hofmann said: Hi list, is is possible to automatically install and enable terminal services? Any ideas? TIA Gerhard --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info -- Jay Lee Network / Systems Administrator Information Technology Dept. Philadelphia Biblical University -- In a bullet-proof vest, with the windows all closed, I'll be doing my best, I'll see you soon --Coldplay --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] DHCP address based on classid with W2K ?
Hi Guys, does anyone know if it is possible to issue an IP address under W2K DHCP that is dependent on the class id. To be specific I want to bring my machines up on a private (logical) subnet until installation is complete then switch to our general (logical) subnet. I already assign default gateways this way, but I cannt see any way of issuing IP's from a specific pool this way Any thoughts would be welcome Thanks Kevin Lawry --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] config.pl/csv: script entry
I have done something along those lines, although I did it in hardware.csv - I thought I had posted the code to the list, I will try again when I am back in work on Monday. Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Julien TOUCHE Sent: 19 September 2004 13:24 To: Unattended List Subject: [Unattended] config.pl/csv: script entry is there a way to have the equivalent of top/middle/bottom entries of _meta in software.csv ? or is there any developpement towards this functionnality (the database option ?) ? thanks Regards Julien --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Creating Dial-up Entries
for w2k machines on my domain it seems to be in %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users.winnt\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk Wether that is true for all domain machines I do not know but it might be worth keeping in mind Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adam Peart Sent: 17 September 2004 05:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] Creating Dial-up Entries At 03:28 PM 9/16/2004, you wrote: Hello All, My question is have anybody done this before? Is this even possible? I'd done registry comparisons before and after manually creating the dialup entries but I couldn't find anything meaningful. I'm attempting to do this on a windows 2000 professional system. If this is possible with other windows version, I'd gladly upgrade/switch. I used this idea for Win2K, and it's from a unattended XP site, but usernames passwords aren't copied. http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/restore_dialup.htm All you need to do is go to the machine that has the address book you want to copy, goto start, run, paste %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk That directory has all dialing adsl address books, and that's the directory you need to copy to on the end machines. How you do the copying is up to you. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] WinXP fails after file copy stage
Hello, Im trying to install WinXP by All Network and the install keeps failing right after the file copy stage. After the reboot, the PC starts windows setup and immediately analyzes the hard disk. It makes a small change and reboots again. When it starts up a third time, install cannot continue because it doesnt have access to the I386 folder. I believe there is a connection to the FDisk, format, and modify MBR portion of the install.pl script when I configure the Hard Disk. I want to configure the Hard Drive to the specifications below: Hard Drive Size = 20GB System Partition (C:) = 15GB (Active) Second Partition (D:) = 5GB Has anyone run into this problem before?
RE: [Unattended] ACPI problems
Thanks for the ideas, gents. I reckon I'm knackered until I get some sort of response form Acer, they've had a support call logged for a few days now with no response so I'm just going to shift supplier. Their laptops have been getting on me nerves for a while now anyhow, you should see the size of the PSUs... Thanks agaain, Kev -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick J. LoPresti Sent: 09 September 2004 21:50 To: Kevin Latimer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] ACPI problems Kevin Latimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: More a Windows XP question than an Unattended specific one, but I really am hoping someone has overcome this before 'cos I really am stuc. This sounds nasty. You might try asking on one of Microsoft's forums. We've been using Acer notebooks for a while and they recently changed their range to include the ATi IGP9000 over the old intel 865M (or whatever it was) and they just won't accept my Unattended installation I've been using for months. I get to the installing drivers bit of the GUI mode installer and I'm BSODed with an 0xA5 ACPI NOT SUPPORTED error. Clearly it's got to be something to do with either the IGP or the updated Phoenix BIOS that supports it. That seems likely. The actual error is ACPI_BIOS_ERROR and you can read about it at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/BCCodes_88b7f 4db-e17c-44c4-ac53-73fc37945efc.xml.asp That page also tells you how to interpret the parameters on the blue screen. (Not that this is likely to help.) If I just use Acers preloaded XP (a sysprep job) then I get an ACPI Uniprocessor PC HAL. So Acer gives you a recovery CD, but it is nothing like a normal installation CD? That stinks. Maybe they are doing something like Intel does with their chipset software. See: ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/7484/ENG/readme.txt Search for $$. Basically, Intel has you copy some stuff to $OEM$\$$\INF in addition to setting up the OemPnPDriversPath. Maybe the ATI chipset drivers can work similarly? I don't know. - Pat --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] ACPI problems
More a Windows XP question than an Unattended specific one, but I really am hoping someone has overcome this before 'cos I really am stuc. We've been using Acer notebooks for a while and they recently changed their range to include the ATi IGP9000 over the old intel 865M (or whatever it was) and they just won't accept my Unattended installation I've been using for months. I get to the installing drivers bit of the GUI mode installer and I'm BSODed with an 0xA5 ACPI NOT SUPPORTED error. Clearly it's got to be something to do with either the IGP or the updated Phoenix BIOS that supports it. I can perform a succesful install using regular media but I get an MPS Unprocessor HAL, which is useless on a laptop. Similarly, I can install through Unattended if I specify Standard PC in HardwareType in unattend.txt, but again, no ACPI kernel is no use on a laptop. If I just use Acers preloaded XP (a sysprep job) then I get an ACPI Uniprocessor PC HAL. The version of the hal.dll (and ntoskrnl.exe) are regular SP1 (5.1.2600.1106(xpsp1.020828-1920)), same as on my slipstreamed SP1 distribution share. I'm still guessing there's some kind of patching going on Acers build that I can't see. Does anybody have ANY advice for me? I'm at me wits end! Cheers, Kev PS. I tried using a slipstreamed SP2, sambe problem... Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idP47alloc_id808op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Auto eject linux based boot CD?
- Original Message - From: Patrick J. LoPresti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [Unattended] Auto eject linux based boot CD? Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can, however, use cdeject to pop the disc out (I don't think it's on the CD, but Patrick's a nice bloke about cramming more crap on the image) I could add the eject command, but actually figuring out which device to eject is not easy in general. The CD-ROM device could be IDE or SCSI or USB. or, even cuter, use one of the tools to fiddle the BIOS boot order so the CD-ROM drive is no longer the first boot device. Cute idea, but heavily BIOS dependent. Might make a nice contribution for the Wiki, though... It would also be useful to do a Windows-CD feature theft and do the press any key to boot from CD thing. This is probably the best idea. It means we actually have to write distinct pxelinux.cfg and isolinux.cfg files, though :-). does the directive prompt 0 not have a similar effect needing scroll lock or caps lock to be pressed or else pxelinux exits? or is that just with network booting? if so I would think that that might be a suitable default in both .cfg files - it is certainly what I use on the net boot so that machines can carry on building --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047alloc_id=10808op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047alloc_id=10808op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] smartdrv?
I believe that you can only get away with disabling smartdrv with W2K I think it has to be there for XP, I had similar problems and we ended up using a couple of command line switches to ease things along - although I was/am installing W2K systems the line we used was smartdrv.exe /x /u although I also had some success using the latest version from the freedos site, I downloaded lbacache-24jul2004.zip from the freedos site, extracted lbacach.com tried that instaead, which worked with no additional switches required. I then renamed it to smartdrv.com so that the autoexec file could be used unmodified (and so I don't forget to make the change at the next update) tested again it still works. Of course your milage may vary Regards Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jimmy Aronsson Sent: 03 September 2004 17:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] smartdrv? Hi I am having trouble with the file transfer of the installation files. I am trying to do a nothing but net winxp-installation. It all goes fine, the it copies all files to the computer, reboots, fixes filesystem, reboots again... and then.. cdaudio.sys plus a whole lot of other files is missing. I searched in this list and found out that if you disables smartdrv in autoexec.bat it would work, but it would take a little longer to transfer files. Tried this by simply removing the line smartdrv in autoexec.bat. But when i did this, the installations hangs when it tries to transfer files, nothing happens. Please help. //Jimmy --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047alloc_id=10808op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047alloc_id=10808op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] pxe boot/install control
Steven, I am happily using PXELINUX, there is an option to drop straight out of the menu if either caps lock or shift lock are not engaged, coupled with that I have a local disk boot set as the default. This does mean that you have to type a 'magic word' to launch the install, but that has the upside of easilly allowing a choice of boot images for testing - for instance I have one type of machine that refuses to work with the PXE stack in place so I had to build an image of the normal boot disk and run that from the network boot. I have copied my default file below so that you can see what I mean. The message files refered to are just Splash screens that welcome you to the school network (and explicitly forbid hacking :-) ) This file is a bit out of date, I'm not at work this week, but I launch the linux boot disk in exactly the same way with just another line at the bottom in the same format Hope that helps Kevin Lawry ___ pxelinux.cfg\default ___ # Perform a local boot by default default local # Always prompt prompt 0 F1 help.msg # Display the bootup message display pxeboot.msg # Boot automatically after 30 seconds timeout 300 label local localboot 0 # Some entries have been duplicated because labels are case sensitive and I'm lazy label inst kernel memdisk append initrd=undis3c.img keeppxe label INST kernel memdisk append initrd=undis3c.img keeppxe # Blue is the keyword to launch the image for the blue boxes (surprise) # Blue boxes are incompatible with undis stack so need their own network drivers, hence the lack # of the keeppxe directive, we want to take control of the stack ourselves label blue kernel memdisk append initrd=blue2.img label BLUE kernel memdisk append initrd=blue2.img # Ergo disk is set up with a ghost client to allow multicast ghosting of systems - set up ghost server first label ERGO kernel memdisk append initrd=ergoensis.img label ergo kernel memdisk append initrd=ergoensis.img label TEST kernel memdisk append initrd=undis3new.img keeppxe _ File ends _ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Piercy Sent: 03 August 2004 00:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] pxe boot/install control What are the rest of ya's using for bootup control on systems. All my ibm boxes like to just keep booting pxe and re-running the install over and over again (btw... im using tftp'd pxelinux). I'd really hate to have to revert back to our old deployment stuff (Altiris) for this functionallity. I was hoping to leave that in the dust. Any ideas? (I had though of either scripting mods to dhcp.conf or the the tftp root defaults file for control... but that doesn't seem feasable. Dont want dhcpd to restart everytime I run a deploy... and well.. the tftp defaults thing might work... just haven't tried. I suppose the best way would be to add a db backend to track and control deploys - but thats alot of extra work!) also, anyone using pxe services (linux please) other than syslinux/pxelinux? or what pxe server/package? (im getting dizzy from all the pxe projects online now!) --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] CVS from behind a firewall
I have been trying to implement updates via CVS, but our local Government firewall is pretty severe, and that combined with their proxy means I am having problems Can anybody point me at a resource that will help me get through this from a Linux box at my end? TIA Kevin Lawry --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup
Title: AW: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup OK - We have success. I did not have smartdrv as part of the download, and my DOS version refused to work - I guess some MS version checking - So I downloaded lbacache-24jul2004.zip from the freedos site, extracted lbacach.com tried that instaead, which worked with no additional switches required. I then renamed it to smartdrv.com so that the autoexec file could be used unmodified (and so I don't forget to make the change at the next update) tested again it still works. I have modified the autoexec to remove the search for the install media, this was stopping my machines proceeding because of 4 USB card readers installed. I have one machine type left to figure out now, it has a faulty PXE stack that crashes the network boots (and always did before as well) and the boot disk reboots everytime it calls tcptsr so I shall have to hand build a boot disk I think :-( Thanks for your help Kevin Lawry - Original Message - From: Thomas Köberlein To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:04 PM Subject: AW: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup Hi,test this please:smartdrv.exe /x /u in autoexec.batThis worked for me. (and Atom Powers)Greets Thomas-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von[EMAIL PROTECTED]Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Juli 2004 18:29An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Betreff: RE: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setupI see Thomas had the same sort of problem earlier (I don't keep such alargearchive at work - sad huh)so I shall try playing with smartdrivetomorrow -however if anyone has a definative answer I would be very pleased tohearit.It seems that the problem is hardware related, because I have usedexactlythe same boot disk on a no-name box and it installed fine, but theGatewaymachine coughs on it every time.Ideas on what else to try to trouble shoot would be welcome, I havealreadywasted a day trying to get this one machine to work.On a positive note though, the machines that do boot install properlyareworking really well, the improvments over version 1.1.1 which I havebeenusing are really good, being able to map machine settings to MAC addresshasme really excited, I can see great potential for that.Thanks EveryoneKevin Lawry-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of KevinLawry (Administrator)Sent: 27 July 2004 13:22To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setupHelp!I am trying the dos boot disk on a gateway machine (no network bootingor CDdrive) I have managed to get the first stage of installation to work, Ineeded to alter some of the defaults in config.sys, and it appears thatallthe files are copied accross the network.After the machine reboots starts the local portion of the install Ihavenumerous disk copy failures, a list to long to transcribe here,I have tried using my old v1.1 unattended install point the machineinstalls so I think the hardware is sound.I have tried with and without replacing the MBRI have tried an unconditional format in case there was any dross fromprevious installsI have tried formatting with debugging turned on but there are noreportederrorsMy altered section of config.sys looks like this - I needed to change itbecause the default settings crashedAny clues about where to look would be good at this stageThanksKevin Lawry;; Pick exactly one of these XMS providersDEVICE=himem64.exe;DEVICE=A:\fdxxms.sys bios ps;DEVICE=himem.sys /testmem:off;; UMB providerDEVICE=umbpci.sys;DEVICE=emm386.exe NOEMS---This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic WorkshopFREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools!Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click___unattended-info mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info---This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic WorkshopFREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools!Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click___unattended-info mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup
Title: AW: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup Thomas, Thanks for the suggestion, but I have just checked my boot disks I do not have smartdrv on them, I have tried the version from my DOS set which just sits there beeping continuously - can you let me know what version you used. The free dos site was my next port of call, but their smartdrv clone seems to be called something else - I'll try that later Sorry to bother you again Thanks Kevin Lawry - Original Message - From: Thomas Köberlein To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:04 PM Subject: AW: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup Hi,test this please:smartdrv.exe /x /u in autoexec.batThis worked for me. (and Atom Powers)Greets Thomas-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von[EMAIL PROTECTED]Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Juli 2004 18:29An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Betreff: RE: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setupI see Thomas had the same sort of problem earlier (I don't keep such alargearchive at work - sad huh)so I shall try playing with smartdrivetomorrow -however if anyone has a definative answer I would be very pleased tohearit.It seems that the problem is hardware related, because I have usedexactlythe same boot disk on a no-name box and it installed fine, but theGatewaymachine coughs on it every time.Ideas on what else to try to trouble shoot would be welcome, I havealreadywasted a day trying to get this one machine to work.On a positive note though, the machines that do boot install properlyareworking really well, the improvments over version 1.1.1 which I havebeenusing are really good, being able to map machine settings to MAC addresshasme really excited, I can see great potential for that.Thanks EveryoneKevin Lawry-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of KevinLawry (Administrator)Sent: 27 July 2004 13:22To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setupHelp!I am trying the dos boot disk on a gateway machine (no network bootingor CDdrive) I have managed to get the first stage of installation to work, Ineeded to alter some of the defaults in config.sys, and it appears thatallthe files are copied accross the network.After the machine reboots starts the local portion of the install Ihavenumerous disk copy failures, a list to long to transcribe here,I have tried using my old v1.1 unattended install point the machineinstalls so I think the hardware is sound.I have tried with and without replacing the MBRI have tried an unconditional format in case there was any dross fromprevious installsI have tried formatting with debugging turned on but there are noreportederrorsMy altered section of config.sys looks like this - I needed to change itbecause the default settings crashedAny clues about where to look would be good at this stageThanksKevin Lawry;; Pick exactly one of these XMS providersDEVICE=himem64.exe;DEVICE=A:\fdxxms.sys bios ps;DEVICE=himem.sys /testmem:off;; UMB providerDEVICE=umbpci.sys;DEVICE=emm386.exe NOEMS---This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic WorkshopFREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools!Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click___unattended-info mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info---This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic WorkshopFREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools!Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click___unattended-info mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup
Help! I am trying the dos boot disk on a gateway machine (no network booting or CD drive) I have managed to get the first stage of installation to work, I needed to alter some of the defaults in config.sys, and it appears that all the files are copied accross the network. After the machine reboots starts the local portion of the install I have numerous disk copy failures, a list to long to transcribe here, I have tried using my old v1.1 unattended install point the machine installs so I think the hardware is sound. I have tried with and without replacing the MBR I have tried an unconditional format in case there was any dross from previous installs I have tried formatting with debugging turned on but there are no reported errors My altered section of config.sys looks like this - I needed to change it because the default settings crashed Any clues about where to look would be good at this stage Thanks Kevin Lawry ;; Pick exactly one of these XMS providers DEVICE=himem64.exe ;DEVICE=A:\fdxxms.sys bios ps ;DEVICE=himem.sys /testmem:off ;; UMB provider DEVICE=umbpci.sys ;DEVICE=emm386.exe NOEMS --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup
I see Thomas had the same sort of problem earlier (I don't keep such a large archive at work - sad huh)so I shall try playing with smartdrive tomorrow - however if anyone has a definative answer I would be very pleased to hear it. It seems that the problem is hardware related, because I have used exactly the same boot disk on a no-name box and it installed fine, but the Gateway machine coughs on it every time. Ideas on what else to try to trouble shoot would be welcome, I have already wasted a day trying to get this one machine to work. On a positive note though, the machines that do boot install properly are working really well, the improvments over version 1.1.1 which I have been using are really good, being able to map machine settings to MAC address has me really excited, I can see great potential for that. Thanks Everyone Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Lawry (Administrator) Sent: 27 July 2004 13:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] File copy fails in second stage of setup Help! I am trying the dos boot disk on a gateway machine (no network booting or CD drive) I have managed to get the first stage of installation to work, I needed to alter some of the defaults in config.sys, and it appears that all the files are copied accross the network. After the machine reboots starts the local portion of the install I have numerous disk copy failures, a list to long to transcribe here, I have tried using my old v1.1 unattended install point the machine installs so I think the hardware is sound. I have tried with and without replacing the MBR I have tried an unconditional format in case there was any dross from previous installs I have tried formatting with debugging turned on but there are no reported errors My altered section of config.sys looks like this - I needed to change it because the default settings crashed Any clues about where to look would be good at this stage Thanks Kevin Lawry ;; Pick exactly one of these XMS providers DEVICE=himem64.exe ;DEVICE=A:\fdxxms.sys bios ps ;DEVICE=himem.sys /testmem:off ;; UMB provider DEVICE=umbpci.sys ;DEVICE=emm386.exe NOEMS --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] mapznrun problem with linux boot - there is no disk in the drive
Guys, thanks, between you I have sorted it - the machine I was testing it on had onboard USB memory card readers, unplugging them made the problem go away, however that is not a practical solution so I have modified mapznrun to remove the section that searches the disk. I had seen that line, but I only had the problem on the machine I did the linux boot on - turned out that the machine I was doing the DOS boot test has a motherboard error the drives are not always available so the error didn't happen (untill I tried again this morning running mapznrun from the command line) - So I had blamed the Linuz boot got confused. I have some other problems going on with files not copying properly so I may be back for more help :-) Cheers Kevin Lawry - Original Message - From: Niels de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Daniel Kruszyna' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:37 PM Subject: RE: [Unattended] mapznrun problem with linux boot - there is no disk in the drive Hi Daniel, The 4th line in mapznrun.bat is checking all local disks for a \dosbin\install.pl file, for use in installing unattend from a Cd/DVD instead of a network. It could be triggering your error. You can remove the line starting with for %%a. or comment it out. See if that helps and let us know. Greetings, Niels de Groot, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Daniel Kruszyna [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: zaterdag 24 juli 2004 17:51 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: [Unattended] mapznrun problem with linux boot - there is no disk in the drive On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:41:40PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi My first try with the Linux boot seemed to be going well untill the 1st reboot - then I got the following error from mapznrun There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \device\hardisk1\dr1 clicking cancel repeats the error 3 more times incrementing the drive number dr2, dr3, dr4 and then cancel once more maps the z drive correctly continues I had this problem with a USB printer with integrated memory card reader. As a workaround, disconnecting the printer let the install finish. I haven't really looked into a solution since we only have one printer like that (so far). -- Daniel --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] mapznrun problem with linux boot - there is no disk in the drive
Hi My first try with the Linux boot seemed to be going well untill the 1st reboot - then I got the following error from mapznrun There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \device\hardisk1\dr1 clicking cancel repeats the error 3 more times incrementing the drive number dr2, dr3, dr4 and then cancel once more maps the z drive correctly continues The error repeats with each reboot (at least as many as I sat through before it was time for the weekend) I am guessing that the script is looking for linux drives but I can't see that in the script as written - can someone point me in the right direction please Thanks Kevin Lawry --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721alloc_id=10040op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] OEM Drivers By Group
I would like something like this too. I think by the computer type would be especially nice (HP zd7000, HP d530, Sony Vaio, IBM T20, etc...). This way, a d530 wouldn't get all the drivers for a zd7000 copied down to it's hard drive too...and it beats manually moving the drivers around before doing an install. Kevin Jacobson Krismark Consulting Pty Ltd wrote: Hi Is it possible to modify the install for OEM drivers. I want to group drivers in a directory ( eg by motherboard) and only have these directories shown in the list of oem drivers to install. Any driver under that directory is to be automatically installed Regards Mark Gibbons
[Unattended] MS Office
I have a problem that when laptop users go outside of the office and don't connect to the VPN before running Office apps. Office runs the MS Installer trying to get something off the network. It gives up eventually giving a Visual Basic error. If they connect to the VPN first, the installer doesn't even run...what gives? My Office XP is an administrative installation point and I've installed serveral updates/patches into it. All of the computers were rebuilt this week, so it's not a matter of recaching and reinstalling on the client machines. Thanks for any help! Here is how I install Office on their PCs. First I do a pretty normal install of Office XP using a transform I made. Then we have Access 2000 installed on 1 server in the office and I do a fake install of that so that each computer believes Access 2000 is being installed as well. That way, the one app we have will run when specifying the executable from the network. Then I run a repair of Office XP to fix the Access 2000 junk and so that when they run Access they get Access XP from the local HD. Then I install Outlook 2003 using a transform that I made. Does anyone know why the MSI Screen comes up when the user is offline? Here's the commands I use: start /wait \\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\officexp_network_install\setup.exe /wait TRANSFORMS=\\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\officexp_network_install\Unattended.MST /qb- /le c:\netinst\logs\officexp.txt ADDLOCAL=ALL NOUSERNAME=1 start /wait \\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\office2000_network_install\setup.exe /wait TRANSFORMS=\\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\office2000_Fake\FakeAccess.MST /qb- /le c:\netinst\logs\office2k.txt ALLUSERS=1 start /wait \\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\officexp_network_install\setup.exe /wait /noreboot /foums \\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\officexp_network_install\pro.msi /qb- /le c:\netinst\logs\officefix.txt start /wait \\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\outlook_2003\setup.exe /wait TRANSFORMS=\\mbshare1\shared\Install\packages\outlook_2003\workstation.MST /qb- /le c:\netinst\logs\outlook_2003.txt ADDLOCAL=ALL NOUSERNAME=1 -- Kevin Jacobson Kevin Jacobson * kevin@kjake.net ( +1 616 970 7537 8 http://www.kjake.net
RE: [Unattended] Ghostview installation
Just a thought, but the working directory may be different under the scripted install, you may just need to CD to the install directory before calling the installer - bear in mind though that I have not installed Ghostscript for ages, scripted or otherwise Regards Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Pendler Sent: 12 February 2004 06:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Ghostview installation Hi, I'm fighting with silent installation of GhostView and GhostScript. The instalers (after extraction of downloaded .exe files) provide very easy way for unattended installation - just provide destination directory and you're done. The problem starts when I try to install them from Unattended scripts - from command line (when started manually) everything works great, but from the script I receive error message box saying: gsview setup failed to open filelist.txt. One problem is that the installers have no GUI at all which means that control immediately returns back to script. .sleep 60 doesn't help either. Maybe you have a clue? Kind Regards, Greg - Greg Pendler, Computer Engineer Electrical Engineering Department Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, --- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356alloc_id=3438op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356alloc_id=3438op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] Quick Launch (amendment)
I hope my mail client doesn't butcher this...
This is the AutoItv3 code which can be turned into an .exe for
portability...be warned that this only works in XP as far as I know.
I wish the @SW_HIDE really worked, then no one would see it
happening...something to improve upon.
Run (rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1,,@SW_HIDE)
WinWaitActive ( Taskbar and Start Menu Properties)
WinActivate ( Taskbar and Start Menu Properties)
$var = ControlCommand ( Taskbar and Start Menu
Properties, , Button5, IsChecked, )
If $var = 1 Then
WinClose (Taskbar and Start Menu Properties)
Else
ControlCommand ( Taskbar and Start Menu
Properties, , Button5, Check, )
ControlCommand ( Taskbar and Start Menu
Properties, , Button11, Check, )
EndIf
-Original Message-
From: Kevin P. Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:00:59 -0500
Subject: Re: [Unattended] Quick Launch (amendment)
That works great. I think, combined with an AutoIt script - I could
make
this only turn on the toolbar. I won't be able to start writing the
AutoIt until
later tonight - but I will post my results.
-Original Message-
From: Mark Harburn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:40:15 -
Subject: Re: [Unattended] Quick Launch (amendment)
http://groups.msn.com/MicrosoftWindowsXPRegistryGuide/corrections.ms
n
w?
action=get_messagemview=0ID_Message=449LastModified=4675443
21113
4043585all_topics=1
contains the code:-
-Begin VBScript
Option Explicit
Dim ShellObject
Set ShellObject=WScript.CreateObject(WScript.Shell)
ShellObject.Run(rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1)
WScript.Sleep 200
ShellObject.AppActivate Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
ShellObject.SendKeys %Q
WScript.Sleep 200
ShellObject.AppActivate Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
ShellObject.Sendkeys%A
WScript.Sleep 100
ShellObject.AppActivate Taskbar and Start Menu Properties
ShellObject.Sendkeys{ENTER}
-End VBScript
- Original Message -
From: Patrick J. LoPresti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Unattended] Quick Launch
Hm, tricky.
According to this thread:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=uOmqnfa5BHA.2196%
40tkmsftngp0
7
...the relevant registry entry is the Taskbar value under the
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Streams/De
s
kt
op
key. Obviously, it is a per-user setting.
Unfortunately, that value looks like a random binary blob to me.
The
only KB article I could find is not terribly helpful:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216663
But, maybe if you take a snapshot of that value as a .reg file
and
restore it into the Default User's settings, it will do what you
want.
- Pat
Kevin P. Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Has anyone ever figured out how to programmatically turn on the
quick launch toolbar? The only way I've found is a binary that
someone sells for $5...granted $5 isn't a big deal, but I don't
want
to pay it if it can be done a different way.
Kevin
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RE: [Unattended] Todo.pl -- Restart
ASP can execute, but it will execute at the server because ASP is server- side. Change the *WWW Service* to allow it to interact with the desktop, and set the IIS web that is hosting the ASP page to a Low Process so things are executed as SYSTEM, not IUSR_MACHINE_NAME. That will allow for things to execute. There's also a COM add-in for IIS called ASPExecute that make executing things a little easier, but you still have to follow the above steps. -Original Message- From: Steven D. Pretlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], unattended- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:57:35 - Subject: RE: [Unattended] Todo.pl -- Restart the main use for this, is to distribute applications after the inital roll out. My first attempt was to create an asp page that created the remote process on the clients machine running the mapznrun program under its context, but microsoft has put a stop to that by not allowing the spawned process to interact with the desktop. Second was to get it to produce an AT job (which does allow the job to interact with the desktop) but relies heaverly on the times being Identical (issue in its own right) plus the job would have to be scheduled upto 60 secs in the future (problem for users) Third is to use the mapznrun in its native enviroment, but this can also cause problems. i.e. if a user ctrl breaks while the todo.pl is running they are sitting there with a admin logon in front of them (NOT GOOD) you can not script the RUNAS command as you say so that, is a no go the idea is to allow the users to install applications if they need to. Cheers Steve (01908) 580623 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2003 14:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Unattended] Todo.pl -- Restart I do something similar, but I have a shutdown script make the registry change, the system has permission to change the registry. In my case it is triggered by a change to a central database (a grand name for a shared ini file), however you could use any trigger you like. as an alternative, if you are at the machine, have you tried running the script using RUNAS and your admin credentials? Regards Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: Steven D. Pretlove [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2003 14:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Todo.pl -- Restart Hi all, when todo.pl processes .reboot (or one of its variations) it places the run command in the HKCU Run reg key I have need to set the computer to logon as a administrator (using autolog.pl), reboot the machine, log on as admin, install program, clear autologon and then finally reboot. all the above I can do quite successfully, once I manually kick of the todo.pl --go after the initial reboot and logon as admin does anyone else do something like this if so how did you get round the problem ??? my initial thoughts is to write a bat file to the allusers/start-up directory to run the mapznrun.bat z:\bin\todo.pl --go command and then clear it out at the end. much the same as the current method, just allowing for anyuser to logon afterwards and the command to still run. other thoughts included changing the reg key from HKCU to HKLM but users by default do not have write permission All advice greatly appreciated _ Steven Pretlove Dominos Pizza Group Limited Infrastructure Support Analyst * Tel: 01908 580623 * Fax: 01908 282582 * E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ * * This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Dominos Pizza Group Ltd - 01908 58 - www.dominos.co.uk
RE: [Unattended] Problem with booting from PXE
I am successfully using W2K and the TFTP server that comes with the microsoft RIS setup, from memory I seem to remember that I installed RIS, thought better of it uninstalled it and the TFTP service remained behind. There was a useful web page on using a RIS server for PXE booting, if I can find it again I will post the link (actually, whilst looking for the page I thought I knew I found this one which may be more useful http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2003-August/002422.html ) Regards Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brad Erdman Sent: 05 November 2003 21:52 To: 'Steven D. Pretlove'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Unattended] Problem with booting from PXE Hi, Yes, I have it working. I am using 3com PXE/TFTP server. According to the syslinux guys, you need a tsize support on the server. See: http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php#tftp. Good luck! Brad -Original Message- From: Steven D. Pretlove [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Problem with booting from PXE Hi all, Does anybody have the PXE boot method running under windows I am running solarwinds TFTP Server which appears to work all the way up to loading the DEFAULT (image) at this point it produces the error 'TFTP server does not support the tsize option' All help appreciated _ Steven Pretlove Dominos Pizza Group Limited Infrastructure Support Analyst ( Tel: 01908 580623 ( Fax: 01908 282582 * E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Dominos Pizza Group Ltd - 01908 58 - www.dominos.co.uk ** --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Intervideo WinDVD Installation Switches
Title: Message I've had some horrid .ISS type installs, if you can give me some idea of how it is failing (error message - that kind of thing) then I will see if it rings any bells Regards Kevin -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Norström, DanielSent: 15 September 2003 16:54To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Unattended] Intervideo WinDVD Installation Switches I have problems installing WinDVD 4 on my IBM Clients. The software is the one supplied with the hardware, and there is an .ISS file supplied as well. Usually the installers with an .ISS file is accepting the -S -SMS but this wont, I've also tried some other switches just out of the head but I've failed, Does anyone have any idea?? /Daniel
RE: [Unattended] remote upgrades?
Brad, Because it only rolls out MS patches, not non MS applications. For example, I work in a school where on average I have one new piece of software to install each month on 200+ machines. I believe it is for this kind of usage that people are interested in building a software install system. Regards Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: Brad Erdman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 August 2003 19:41 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Unattended] remote upgrades? Hi, I have seen a number of people asking about this and just wanted to through my 2 cents. I am using MS Software Update Sever (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp) and have found it very reliable. I have seen other people on the list suggest it was well. Bets of all, it is free. It is very easy to use and provides a flexible policy for applying/installing all manor of hot fixes etc. The only drawback to it is that it does not do major service packs. However, I have seen an article on MS sight which describes how to deploy them via group policy. Why reinvent the wheel? Brad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Unattended] remote upgrades? Lloyd (not sure if that is your first name or surname, sorry) Not natively, but some of us are playing with various ideas - I am (fairly) successfully using a modified approach to deploy software triggered by a machine logoff script in group policy - all the details are already posted to the list, unfortunatly the thread title is a bit misleading because things went off on a tangent. If you look in the archive for '[Unattended] Requesting mapdrive.pl from Scott Card' you should find all the gory details. I am loath to make a post that is just a repeat, so if you can't find it let me know I will mail you a copy off list Regards Kevin Lawry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of lloyd Sent: 09 August 2003 21:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] remote upgrades? does unattended offer anything by way of automated upgrades for remote machines? e.g. apply a security patch to a number of machines in an organization without having to visit each desktop? --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet _072303_01/01 ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0013ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Disabling Windows Services
TJ this VB script should do the trick - it is not particularly neat, and you will either have to modify it to do all the services you want or modify it to accept a parameter but it seems to work. Give it a go see how you get on Regards Kevin Lawry -Script Starts 'On Error Resume Next strComputer = . Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem,,48) For Each objItem in colItems strComputerName= objItem.Name Next ' Destroy objects Set objWMIService = nothing Set colItems = nothing ' replace Messenger in the line below with the service name you want to disable Set Service = GetObject(WinNT:// + strComputerName + /Messenger,Service) WScript.Echo Service starttype = Service.starttype ' Service Start Types are constants ' Disabled = 4 ' Automatic = 2 ' Manual = 3 Service.starttype=4 Service.SetInfo WScript.Echo Service starttype = Service.starttype 'destroy objects Set Service = nothing -Script ends --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa0016ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Requesting mapdrive.pl from Scott Card
If it would help, I can post the code - I am not sure of the best way to
post vb source code to the list though, I am not sure that attachments are
the best way to go.
Also the code is a little rough - I am not a programmer by trade.
Let me know
Regards
Kevin
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Card
Sent: 17 April 2003 15:14
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Unattended] Requesting mapdrive.pl from Scott Card
Hmmm... I think I like this. I hope to have some time to explore your
ideas a little further. I really like the logoff script idea for
building and executing a todo list.
Thanks,
Scott
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Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Unattended] Requesting mapdrive.pl from Scott Card
Scott,
I was really taking thing a step further on than the approach that you
outlined in you earlier post, because a couple of the applications that
we use need a live domain account all of my machines are built with an
extra local admin account that is a domain user account (reading that
myself it may be a bit unclear - what I mean is that I have a domain
account, with minimal rights, that is made a member of each machines
local administrator group at build time)
This account - that I have called setmeup for want of a better name -
has the Z: drive set as its home drive. After the initial build I
switch the to this account to auto logon until I have finished adding
applications (I have butchered the script that sets the auto logon
account and removes it so that I can avoid passing parameters.
The other advantage of this is that I am able to script the installation
of program installation -after- the initial builds, I have a small VB
exe file that sets up the todo list from a central database, it is run
as a logoff script for the machine from group policy. It is also set to
check if an install is already in progress, wait until any previous
installs have completed before running.
So - in summary - my build process goes like this
1) Standard unattended install (still version 1 in fact) installs
windows, IE6, Hot fixes
2) Move machine into the correct OU (scripted, happens automatically
based on machine name)
3) Next Reboot (usually the final one of the build picks this up) the
shutdown script sets up the applications specific to the OU - Sets
autologon to me special 'setmeup' account - builds the todo list and
sets todo.pl to run on start-up
4) Machine restarts with 'setmeup' account, installs applications that
are out standing in the usual manner then clears the auto logon
reboots - job done
I appreciate that my writing style is less than perfect (now - be nice)
so if anything needs a bit more clarification then ask I will try
Regards
Kevin
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Card
Sent: 16 April 2003 14:57
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Unattended] Requesting mapdrive.pl from Scott Card
... By setting the home drive for which account? The local
administrator account that is not a member of a domain? Elaborate a
little if you could.
Thanks,
Scott
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Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 3:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Unattended] Requesting mapdrive.pl from Scott Card
Sylvain,
The text from that file is attached below, but I would note that I have
been successfully getting around this problem simply by setting the home
drive for the account to Z: and pointing it at the install share.
Also, I think that having a blank password can sometimes cause more
problems than it causes
Hope it helps
Kevin
_ Start mapdrive.pl (do not include this
line)_ # used to map a drive with authentication
upon restart and # run todo.pl --go
use strict;
my $mapdrvcmd = 'net use z: aa1pri\\install installpasswd
/USER:install /persistent:no'; my $gocmd = 'start cmd /c
c:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe z:\\bin\\todo.pl --go'; my $golog =
c:\\netinst\\logs\\golog.txt;
open GOLOG, $golog
or die Unable to open $golog for writing: $^E;
my $i;
my $not_mapped=1;
# Try 5 times at 2 second intervals
for ($i=0, $i6, $i++){
if (! ($not_mapped = mapdrive() ) ){
last;
}
sleep 2;
}
if ($not_mapped){
print GOLOG Could not map drive, giving up., \n;
close GOLOG;
exit 1;
} else {
print GOLOG Map drive successful\n;
print GOLOG Running todo.pl\n;
system $gocmd;
}
print done.\n;
close GOLOG
or die Unable to close $golog: $^E;
sub mapdrive {
print Running $mapdrvcmd...;
if (0 != (system $mapdrvcmd) ){
print GOLOG $mapdrvcmd failed: , ($? ? $? : $^E), \n;
print $mapdrvcmd failed: , ($? ? $? : $^E);
return 1;
}
return 0
