[Unattended] win2ksp4-updates possible bug

2006-05-17 Thread Andreas Heinlein
Hello, the script win2ksp4-updates.bat (current CVS HEAD) has a bug concerning the update from KB904706. It exists in two different versions, one for DirectX 8 and one for DirectX 9. The update script tries to install the version for DirectX 8, which fails because DirectX 9 was already installed

[Unattended] Re: Nameserver configuration under Linux / *ix

2006-05-17 Thread Markus Mahlberg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello List! Works fine as described below! Kind Regards, Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello List! There should be is easier solution to the nameserver issue than described in the docs. First, you have to add a line to the [global]

Re: [Unattended] Issues with getting Unattended to work with Dell machines.

2006-05-17 Thread Ken Doyle
Hi Steve, I have used the unattended installation with Dell Machines (on about 10 optiplex gx620's -- but no laptops). However, we used a volume-licensed copy of WindowsXP for the installation, not the Dell/restore version of windows. Which 4 files are different between the two? Also, if you

Re: [Unattended] DriverPacks.net

2006-05-17 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, arboreal wrote: I'll give more details below, but the practical upshots are: - I reckon Bashrat's DriverPacks are not useable with Unattended by default. OK, it's long ago, but anyway. In http://www2.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de/~skaise2a/ska/prepOEM.zip there are two

[Unattended] Problems with parted

2006-05-17 Thread Steffen Kaiser
Hello, I have serious problems with the use of parted in unatteded Linux boot disk. Usually I install unattended on pre-partitioned hard disks, either by a previous version of Windows or using sfdisk (our Linux deployment usually runs before the Windows deployment :-) . However, when I

Re: [Unattended] Problems with parted

2006-05-17 Thread Andreas Heinlein
Hello, which version of the boot media (CD/Disk/TFTP-Image) are you using? I'm having the same problems since I recompiled (with customized paths) the boot cd from CVS two weeks ago (the current stable 4.6 wouldn't compile, but I don't remember exactly what the problem was right now). With the

Re: [Unattended] Issues with getting Unattended to work with Dell machines.

2006-05-17 Thread IT Support
Thanks for the reply Ken. Does anyone if know its possible to use the CD Keys on the side of the Dell Box and how I would go about doing that. Also the Dell Restore CD has a CD key installed in it. This is what the Dell boxes use to register windows I assume. Does anyone know how I might be

Re: [Unattended] Issues with getting Unattended to work with Dell machines.

2006-05-17 Thread Matt_Fries
You need to match the type of media with the type of product key that you are using to install Windows XP. If you use a Volume Licensed edition of Windows XP Professional, then you need to use a Volume License Product key. The Volume Licensed edition will not ask you to Activate windows ever.

Re: [Unattended] CVS 7-zip update

2006-05-17 Thread Eugene Kotlyarov
Hello Adam Peart wrote: Good news. The new Sourceforge CVS server is up running, and all the changes are up-to-date, including the Windows updates that were posted on the 13th. You need to change the scripts website to reflect the new changes. The site is

Re: [Unattended] win2ksp4-updates possible bug

2006-05-17 Thread Eugene Kotlyarov
Hello Andreas Heinlein wrote: the script win2ksp4-updates.bat (current CVS HEAD) has a bug concerning the update from KB904706. It exists in two different versions, one for DirectX 8 and one for DirectX 9. The update script tries to install the version for DirectX 8, which fails because