RE: [Unattended] Multiple unattend.txt files?

2004-04-29 Thread Max Lovius
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RE: [Unattended] Multiple unattend.txt files?

2004-04-29 Thread Max Lovius
Neil wrote: >Is it possible to use multiple unattended.txt files? All you need to do is $u->read("another_unattend.txt"); in the config.pl file, That will do the modification to the $u object. How you get the options from tftp is another problem, I think you would have to add an export to the masto

[Unattended] System settings change

2004-04-15 Thread Max Lovius
After the installation at the beginging of the todo.pl script runing I get a dialog box: System Settings Change Windows has finished installing new devices, The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer. You must restart your computer before the new settings wi

RE: [Unattended] Dell OEM W2k+SP1 install fails :(

2004-04-14 Thread Max Lovius
I asume you are using 4.0b or something like that? Have you tried runing winnt after it drops back to the shell? Check the Doit.bat it should say what is passed to the winnt, it should have the location of the i386 folder on the share and the path to the unattend.txt file on the local drive. Let

RE: [Unattended] Winnt.exe copying files graphics on linuxboot disk

2004-04-08 Thread Max Lovius
Just tested it it seems fine $_external_char_set = "cp437" you just add the line to \linuxaux\etc\dosemu\dosemu.conf simple! -Pat wrote: > But if it bothers you guys, I will look into fixing it. I just was wondering if it was just me! Strange that you find a defect to remind you of linux, it j

RE: [Unattended] Winnt.exe copying files graphics on linuxboot disk

2004-04-08 Thread Max Lovius
> But if it bothers you guys, I will look into fixing it. I just was wondering if it was just me! Strange that you find a defect to remind you of linux, it just reminds me of windows! Would it be posible to get rid of the graphics altogether, just sort of redirect them some place else... Like a di

RE: RE : [Unattended] Winnt.exe copying files graphics on linuxboot disk

2004-04-07 Thread Max Lovius
Thanks Sylvain, now I no it's not just me... Maybe it is just a font problem! Strange I got you reply before my question. Thanks Max -Original Message- From: Sylvain Faivre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 07 April, 2004 2:56 PM To: Max Lovius; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subjec

[Unattended] Winnt.exe copying files graphics on linuxboot disk

2004-04-07 Thread Max Lovius
Is it normal that the graphics (the lines look like _ _ _ _ _ on the dialog)(not _)on the winnt part of the installation... A bit like winnt is using the wrong font! This seems to be related to Linux or is it just me, before I start looking? Max -

RE: [Unattended] Linux boot z_user too back slash or not

2004-04-06 Thread Max Lovius
ain and what is the username, or does it try both? What would happen if the was two domains and two users and the two! Great Thanks Max -Original Message- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 06 April, 2004 3:58 PM To: Max Lovius Cc: [EMAIL PROTEC

[Unattended] Linux boot z_user too back slash or not

2004-04-06 Thread Max Lovius
I am passing the username and domain to the kernel boot like: label unattended kernel bzImage append initrd=initrd root=0:0 init=/linuxrc z_user=username/domain z_pass=password z_path=\\server\install For the linux boot (smbmount) to connect to a windows 2003 share this seems ok z_user=userna

[Unattended] Sending mail plain text with outlook ( just info not so much about unattended )

2004-04-01 Thread Max Lovius
Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: >Can Outlook set preferences based on recipient? Maybe you can tell it >that mail to unattended-info should always be plain text only... In RE: RE : [Unattended] Any one got drivers installed from ATI Rage pro or the like graphics card. I think this is more a problem w

RE: RE : [Unattended] Any one got drivers installed from ATI Rage pro or the like graphics card

2004-03-31 Thread Max Lovius
sending my mail HTMLish Thanks Max -Original Message- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 31 March, 2004 3:51 PM To: Sylvain Faivre Cc: Max Lovius Subject: Re: RE : [Unattended] Any one got drivers installed from ATI Rage pro or the like graphics card

[Unattended] Any one got drivers installed from ATI Rage pro or the like graphics card

2004-03-31 Thread Max Lovius
Title: Any one got drivers installed from ATI Rage pro or the like graphics card I have a few computers that have these old ATI Rage 128 pro, they are quite old so I don't want so spend time on this, but I have failed to find a way to install the drives ATI provide, which are applications (se

RE: [Unattended] samba registration key

2004-03-03 Thread Max Lovius
I think the recommended way is to make a bat or any other script and add it to the todo list. http://unattended.sourceforge.net/apps.html Straigt from that page : The todo.pl driver script One script to rule them all One master Perl script, todo.pl, oversees the entire installation process. All of

RE: [Unattended] Internet Explorer plugins

2004-02-26 Thread Max Lovius
It depends what the plug in is. Some like Shockwave Flash you can get a special version for deployment. I try to install as little as posible of these sort of things, so may not be the best person to answer this. What sort of pluging is it? I expect you have read http://unattended.sourceforge.n

RE: [Unattended] Install.pl script

2004-02-26 Thread Max Lovius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I do not know where it is at. I could not find it on the site It should be in the CVS http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/unattended/unattended/install/lib/ Or get http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-3.5-images.tar. gz?download from https://s

RE: [Unattended] Install.pl script

2004-02-26 Thread Max Lovius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > error (Can't Locate attributes.pm in @ INC (@INC contains: Z:\lib /dev/env/djdir/lib/perl5 etc.) I think this is the same as I had a dos name problem, 8 letters no longer. Pat said: First, "SelectSaver" has more than 8 letters in it, so DJGPP Perl is going to be unable

RE: [Unattended] Problem with xcopy

2004-02-26 Thread Max Lovius
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 February, 2004 6:13 PM To: Max Lovius Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] Problem with xcopy you might try `xcopy /e z:\drivers c:\` c: is not the same as c:\ brien Max Lovius wrote: >I think you realy don't want to do that. >I t

RE: [Unattended] Problem with xcopy

2004-02-25 Thread Max Lovius
I think you realy don't want to do that. I think what you should do is place the files you want under the i386 folder in a folder $1, unless you are doing something dynamic? The is a great web page at http://unattended.sourceforge.net/os.html sorry... Look at the Add device drivers part. If you nee

RE: [Unattended] Unattended & control booting

2004-02-24 Thread Max Lovius
I will reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And post you a copy. Thanks Max -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sebastian Schneider Sent: Tuesday, 24 February, 2004 10:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Unattended & control booting May

RE: [Unattended] server 2003

2004-02-23 Thread Max Lovius
Title: Message I am sorry to say I have used 2003 and 2000 DHCP and they both work fine, no problems.   DHCP should realy take just a few seconds even on a slow network, so I think you may have some problems with something! But you don't realy say much about where you are up to?

FW: [Unattended] server 2003

2004-02-22 Thread Max Lovius
In plane text, with a few typos I fogot to check, I realy should spend more time checking my email before I send them off, Sorry list if you got the first version in html. Here is is again... I am sorry to say I have used 2003 and 2000 DHCP and they both work fine, no problems. DHCP should real

RE: [Unattended] Testers wanted! Linux boot disk v0.0

2004-02-17 Thread Max Lovius
Intel D850EMV2,2.6Ghz, on board intel pro100 Intel D875PBZLK, 2.4Ghz, on board intel pro1000 MicroStar MS6178 v1.1, 866Mhz, 3c905cx-txm Seems fine on these, when is the next weekend :-) Thanks Max -Original Message- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 17 F

RE: [Unattended] how to disable sound

2004-02-16 Thread Max Lovius
I think this was asked a while ago https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=6077809 The sourceforge search of mailing lists does not seem to work for the moment. Thanks Max -Original Message- From: Tyler Hepworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 17 February, 2004

RE: [Unattended] install.pl

2004-02-16 Thread Max Lovius
Adam Peart wrote: >I was wondering if there was a way I could get install.pl to create the >.bat files in the netinst directory and everything else, except the >instruction to run the mapznrun.bat I have a subrtine user in config.pl which is called from the following around line 964 on install.p

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

2004-02-06 Thread Max Lovius
Thanks, I should have rtfm... Linux to the rescue then.:-) Max -Original Message- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 06 February, 2004 3:56 PM To: Max Lovius Cc: 'Brad Erdman'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Unattended] Fully

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

2004-02-06 Thread Max Lovius
Thanks for all the ideas and advice. Patrick J. LoPresti Wrote: > Harder. You need a way for the install.pl on the client machine to > indicate a state change back to the TFTP (or maybe DHCP) server. Brad Erdman Wrote: >This is what I do. It works very well, but as stated, there are security i

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

2004-02-04 Thread Max Lovius
Jordan Share wrote: >Rather than change the config files (if that is indeed what you need to >do), you might consider changing the IP addresses handed out to the >various MAC addresses. pxelinux.0 will get its config file based on >what IP address it was given. So you could dynamically reconf

[Unattended] Fully unattended, changing pxelinux boot files

2004-02-03 Thread Max Lovius
I am working on fully unattended installations ideas. Anyone done any work on changing pxelinux boot files? The last step! Or some other way to complete the task of automation? Might I have missed something? The only thing I can think of is a perl or dos tftp client! But thought I should ask, befor

RE: [Unattended] Problems with site/config.pl

2004-01-27 Thread Max Lovius
Title: Message It would be helpful if you say. What version of unattended are you using? What is line 933 in install.pl To me it looks like something else than your script that is causing the problem. my config looks something like this seems to work fine, I use install.pl

RE: [Unattended] How do I load different default unattend.txt def aults for 2000 and XP.

2003-10-02 Thread Max Lovius
Put this in the site\config.pl perl script, which you will have to create. It is called as a subrouting from install,So you don't need much else. Just change the XP$ and 2000$ to the regex that match your OS\ Folder names. Comes from #Which directories to include in OemPnPDriversPath. This is

[Unattended] Multiple installations Product Keys etc...

2003-09-16 Thread Max Lovius
I have a few different distributions in the os folder, and would like to use different unattend.txt settings for each for things like Product Keys linked to each distribution. The only solutions I see at the moment is too write a config.pl script that checks which installation version is been inst