Hi guys,
I was just wondering what bootable CD people are using with some of the
new Dells - in particular the new Optiplex 745s. I've tried Mario Gzuk's
mm/gentoo-based CD, which works well for the 745, but seems to break for
some of the other models (specifically the GX20 and D620 - on both i
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Paul Lewis wrote:
> I have updated the ISO to include the Z_PATH, Z_USER and Z_PASS
relevant
Er, how did you done it?
> 1162 $u->comments ('_meta', 'z_password') = ['pr2E4LaX'];
Is this your pas
Hi all,
I'm using the latest downloadable linux bootable CD (from here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended-gui/ua_0.1.iso?download),
which I finally got working this morning (thanks Nils). However, when
booting a Dell Latitude D620 from this CD, it gets down past "Starting
unattended
I was actually trying to do the same thing yesterday. I came up with the
solution inline below, although I'm not sure if it'll work for you. It
essentially checks the computer's IP address, and decides which
unattended.txt file to use based on that.
You could probably modify it to ask for a langu
Hi,
I was wondering if you could help with a problem I'm having with
unattended. Here at work we tend to buy mainly Dells, but we wipe Vista
off them and install XP Pro SP2 instead. Out Unattended installation has
driver sets for the various Dell Models.
I've noticed that when installing ce
Hi,
I've been trying to sync with the Unattended GUI SVN repository
(https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/unattended-gui), as per the Wiki
instructions
(http://unattended.technikz.de/index.php/Bootcd:file_layout). However,
when I try and connect I get the following errors:
Error: PROPFIND re
Hi,
I'm trying to set up the unattended-gui web content, but currently
getting stuck on step 4 - configuring the database.
I have followed the instructions and done the following:
* Installed PEAR components: Auth, HTML_Template_Sigma, DB
* Removed the require_once line
play, and "Display errors = On" set in
php.ini, but I am not seeing any errors on the install.php page - it just dumps
me back to the database configuration page.
Any other ideas? :|
Thanks,
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Mario Gzuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Ah, that was it. I had a blank password field (naughty, I know!).
install.php has now run to completion - thanks for your help :)
-Original Message-
From: Mario Gzuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 26 November 2007 13:10
To: Paul Lewis
Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject
Hi Mario,
There seems to be a bug in the 0.5.1 image that you released last night,
which wasn't in the 0.5.0 version.
I modify your ISO image to include four "APPEND" strings in the boot
string:
kbd=uk z_user=dcl\WinBuild z_pass=
z_path=//enfifile1.datcon.co.uk/WinBuild-Dev
In th
Hi,
We've recently tried to switch from using regular unattended to
unattended-gui. At the same time, Dell have removed their "Legacy" mode
on their SATA drivers. This means we need to tell Windows about the SATA
AHCI drivers for the Intel SATA chipset - and this is done in the
unattend.txt fil
Hi,
I'm playing around with the unattended-gui webserver stuff. I've got it
all up and running, and am trying to configure it. I'm trying to add a
new computer, by adding a Name, Macaddress, Description, Servicetag, but
when I try to save, the Status block goes red with the following
message: M
owse to
the computer and then software, no software shows up. Under packages, my
"Base" package is showing, but when I try and add it, I get an error
"Missing input".
Anyone got any ideas? Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here...
Paul
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Hi Sebastian,
In the end I followed the instructions in those links, and used the
TXTSETUP.SIF method, which worked a treat.
Thanks for your help!
Paul
From: Sebastian Mellmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 27 November 2007 19:45
To: Paul Lewis
Cc: unattended-info
Does anyone else Unattended while installing Dell PCs? Do you think it
would be a good idea to try and share the problems (and hopefully
fixes!) that we encounter while installing Dell PCs. Maybe we could
document the models that are known to work, and any fixes/hacks that
need to be applied to par
hing?
From: Sebastian Mellmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 November 2007 17:52
To: Paul Lewis
Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Unattended] Dells & Unattended
Sounds like a good idea to me.
We _only_ got DELL Workstations in my company.
How do you w
If Mario would be happy to host, then it would probably be the most
sensible place, as newbies could quickly see any problems (especially
'showstoppers') when thinking about using unattended.
From: Sebastian Mellmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 November 2007 18:15
To: Pau
n --> ATA
Although I still think you'll get linux complaining because the device
isn't in UHCI mode. But worth checking that you're disabling the Flash
Cache Module, just in case.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
Lewis
Sent: 30 November 2007
9 November 2007 19:52
To: Paul Lewis
Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Unattended] Dells & Unattended
Hi.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 05:29:05PM -, Paul Lewis wrote:
> Does anyone else Unattended while installing Dell PCs? Do you think it
> would be a good idea to t
the initial
>> questionaire under "Retail drivers", the next section "OEM
>> drivers" can be skipped completely.
>>
>> This works with Mario's image, not the unattend-gui one, but
>> an older one (kernel 2.6.20).
>>
>> Hope this h
A nicer way of fixing this problem (I remember now - I fixed a similar
problem with our Dell systems), is to extract the uaroot file onto a
linux filesystem, and edit etc/master. Under the "function setup_hw ()"
heading, insert a "modprobe line for each module that
needs to load but doesn't get de
e (usually WINNT.SIF, but with unattended-gui, it's
in the Web interface, under [Unattended] --> OEM PNP Drivers path - make
sure you enclose in quotes!):
[Unattended]
OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01"
If multiple drivers have been added above, then all drivers directories
should b
Hi,
Has anyone experienced any problems booting from Ua-0.5.0 when starting
AoE? I'm getting the following message:
"aoe: AoE v32 initialised."
I'm getting this on D620s and D430s, but I can't find anything online
that looks relevant. Immediately after the message above, the machine
sto
Hi,
Has anyone successfully managed to get AD authentication working on
unattended-gui? I'm trying to get this working as it would be useful for
our install process, but haven't managed to so far.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
-
Hi guys,
Has anyone tried using unattended on a Dell OptiPlex GX755 with RAID
(mirroring)? My colleague has just tried to install a PC this way, and
the following seems to happen:
* The unattended kernel boots, and recognises sda and sdb (not a
mapper device, i.e. the RAID volume)
If you don't mind doing that, I would be more than happy to test it for you :)
Thanks very much!
Merry Christmas all!
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Mario Gzuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 21 December 2007 15:57
To: Paul Lewis
Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
Subjec
This behaviour could also just be a result of using a virtual PC; this could
just be a performance issue. If you're using 'full' virtualization (e.g. VMware
server), there will always be some problems with timing and performance. If you
can switch to hardware virtualization (e.g. XenServer or Xe
Why don't you just get unattended to run your batch files; then you can have
fully automated installations :)
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Gregory Orange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 30 January 2008 14:35
To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Unattended] apps: openoffic
In my opinion, unattended-gui is better, because you can effectively get
a zero-touch installation environment. You configure each machine
through a web interface prior to turning it on, and then either PXE boot
or CD boot, and everything else is done automatically.
With unattended, you have to
It depends why you're copying the drivers in the first place. At my
company, we copy them in this way because Windows is also aware of this
folder when it is copied over, so if it finds any new pieces of hardware
(e.g. network card) that have drivers in the $1 folder (or subfolders),
it can install
You just need to name the different OS folders differently, e.g.
win2k3std and win2k3ent - unattended will poll each folder and figure
out which version is inside...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Nagilum
Sent: 28 February 2008 23:57
To: 'Edson Rodriguez'
Cc: una
What kind of server are you trying to install to? It sounds to me like
Unattended isn't seeing the disk, so when I tries to mount /c (your C:
drive), it probably fails. However, the copy will continue - all the
files just get copied to the RAMdisk I think, which obviously then get
lost of the next
he Web interface, under [Unattended] --> OEM PNP Drivers path - make
sure you enclose in quotes!):
[Unattended]
OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01"
If multiple drivers have been added above, then all drivers directories
should be added, separated by semi-colons:
[Unattended]
OEMPnPDrivers
, it's
in the Web interface, under [Unattended] --> OEM PNP Drivers path - make
sure you enclose in quotes!):
[Unattended]
OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01"
If multiple drivers have been added above, then all drivers directories
should be added, separated by semi-colons:
[Unattende
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