Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
All, I wrote a bit ago about running into the atapi.sys error and here is what I found out. I was trying to install it on 3 different machines. #ModelIntegrated NICPCI NICNotes 1Optiplex 260Intel Pro 1000 Ran with no problems 2Optiplex 4003com 3c920 (905-TX)Atapi.sys error 3Precision 6103com 3c1918Atapi.sys error This first machine had no problems. Machines 23 got the atapi.sys error every time. Finaaly I added a PCI Intel Pro 1000 to machines 2 3 and it worked. I'm nmot sure but anytime i ran it with the 3com integrated NICs i would get the atapi.sys error. I even tried adding the drivers for the 3com cards to the OEM preinstall but that didn't work. I guess this mean I have to add Intel Pro 1000 PCI cards to all my machines here. I am hoping there is another way around this. If anyone has any feedback let me know Thanks Heather
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
Might I ask what speed network connection you are using? Our building is wired with cat 5, and the switches are capable of 10/100, and are set to autodetect the speed. The dell machines with 3com integrated 10/100 ethernet (3c920) get shipped from the factory with the NIC hardware set to auto detect the speed and duplex. I swear the nics and the switches cannot decide on a speed, and this causes the machine to report that the cable is unplugged, or plugged in but you have no connectivity, but intermittently. A reboot may get it working ONCE. The DELL 3c920 network card drivers have a little DOS utility called 3C90XCFG.EXE, that will allow you to configure the hardware, and it saves these settings in some non-volatile ram on the chip. I have had to force all of my DELLs to 10MB, and as soon as I do, the duplex gets detected as HALF, and everything works fine. You might want to try forcing your NICs to a particular speed. BTW: I'm on list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/08/2005 01:30 PM To:unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net cc: Subject:Re: [Unattended] File copy fails All, I wrote a bit ago about running into the atapi.sys error and here is what I found out. I was trying to install it on 3 different machines. #ModelIntegrated NICPCI NICNotes 1Optiplex 260Intel Pro 1000 Ran with no problems 2Optiplex 4003com 3c920 (905-TX)Atapi.sys error 3Precision 6103com 3c1918Atapi.sys error This first machine had no problems. Machines 23 got the atapi.sys error every time. Finaaly I added a PCI Intel Pro 1000 to machines 2 3 and it worked. I'm nmot sure but anytime i ran it with the 3com integrated NICs i would get the atapi.sys error. I even tried adding the drivers for the 3com cards to the OEM preinstall but that didn't work. I guess this mean I have to add Intel Pro 1000 PCI cards to all my machines here. I am hoping there is another way around this. If anyone has any feedback let me know Thanks Heather NOTICE: The information contained in this email message, and any attachments accompanying this transmission, may be legally privileged and/or confidential and protected health information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity identified above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to protect the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, printing, copying, forwarding, or distributing of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, by telephone or return email, to advise of wrongful receipt and confirm your understa nding of this Notice. Thank You.
RE: [Unattended] File copy fails
I have run into this problem of auto-negotiation before as well. Sometimes we just have to hard code it to 100MB, full duplex. Might I ask what speed network connection you are using? Our building is wired with cat 5, and the switches are capable of 10/100, and are set to autodetect the speed. The dell machines with 3com integrated 10/100 ethernet (3c920) get shipped from the factory with the NIC hardware set to auto detect the speed and duplex. I swear the nics and the switches cannot decide on a speed, and this causes the machine to report that the cable is unplugged, or plugged in but you have no connectivity, but intermittently. A reboot may get it working ONCE. The DELL 3c920 network card drivers have a little DOS utility called 3C90XCFG.EXE, that will allow you to configure the hardware, and it saves these settings in some non-volatile ram on the chip. I have had to force all of my DELLs to 10MB, and as soon as I do, the duplex gets detected as HALF, and everything works fine. You might want to try forcing your NICs to a particular speed. BTW: I'm on list. --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95alloc_id396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 09:21 +, Tony Worrall wrote: Hi, I had this error on an old desktop machine I was using to test unattended, before I started using it on potential production machines. The atapi/sys error persisted stayed no matter what I tried with unattended so, eventually, I gave up trying to install onto that machine, tried another one and *bam* it all worked perfectly! The only thing I can guess at causing the failed copy error would either be a slightly iffy hard drive. If anyone does discover a fix for this issue, I'd still like to hear it, after all, I have an old desktop machine sitting there doing nothing :) Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance Heather. Tony Worrall I also had that same problem, but in my case i was trying to install into a brand new mobo with a SATA controller that had still no support in XPSP2. The mobo also had an IDE bus where the CDROM was connected. After i succesfully inserted the SATA drivers it started complaining about not being able to copy atapi.sys. I googled around and found somewhere (can't recall where, sorry) some directions to ALSO specify in unattend.txt in the [MassStorageDrivers] section (needed for the SATA - and SCSI - stuff) an entry for the atapi cdrom driver. That said, i added the right stuff and it worked ... maybe if you specify that you can get your problem solved... try this on unattend.txt [MassStorageDrivers] IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller = RETAIL .. and good luck Hugo Monteiro Heather Coors wrote: If anyone else has any suggestions or a fix please let me know as well. Thanks Heather Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:32:51 -0800 Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info -- javali:~# cat .signature Hugo Monteiro Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telefone : +351 916993183 JavaLi - ADSI, Lda. Madan Parque Edifício VI Campus da FCT/UNL Quinta da Torre 2829-516 Caparica Portugal Telefone: +351 212949666 Fax: +351 212948313 www.javali.pt [EMAIL PROTECTED] javali:~# _ --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
Hi. I had a similar problem some time ago. Look the mail archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg03127.html I had this problem using the Unattended boot disks only and solved this creating another boot disk. Regards. Edmundo. Heather Coors escreveu: Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks Heather Coors Procter Gamble Corporate Engineering --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 21/02/2005 / Versão: 4.4.00 - Dat 4431 Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://www.emailprotegido.terra.com.br/ --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
Hi. I had a similar problem some time ago. Look the mail archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg03127.html I had this problem using the Unattended boot disks only and solved this creating another boot disk. Regards. Edmundo. Heather Coors escreveu: Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks Heather Coors Procter Gamble Corporate Engineering --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 21/02/2005 / Versão: 4.4.00 - Dat 4431 Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://www.emailprotegido.terra.com.br/ --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] File copy fails
Hi, I had this error on an old desktop machine I was using to test unattended, before I started using it on potential production machines. The atapi/sys error persisted stayed no matter what I tried with unattended so, eventually, I gave up trying to install onto that machine, tried another one and *bam* it all worked perfectly! The only thing I can guess at causing the failed copy error would either be a slightly iffy hard drive. If anyone does discover a fix for this issue, I'd still like to hear it, after all, I have an old desktop machine sitting there doing nothing :) Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance Heather. Tony Worrall Heather Coors wrote: If anyone else has any suggestions or a fix please let me know as well. Thanks Heather Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:32:51 -0800 Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- Scanned by NetCleanse for all known viruses. http://www.netcleanse.com --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] File copy fails
If anyone else has any suggestions or a fix please let me know as well. Thanks Heather Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:32:51 -0800 Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] File copy fails
Tony, I just started using Unattended last week. I was able to get my first workstation up and running with no problems. Then I tried my second workstation and bam I got the atapi.sys unable to copy error as well. I saw you posted on the mailing list you had that issue. Were you able to get it resolved? Thanks Heather Coors Procter Gamble Corporate Engineering --- 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] File copy fails
Hi all, I'm seeing a problem where Win2k3 systems being setup by unattended copy all the files over the network and then reboot, when they come back up, windows setup starts 'copying files' and can't find atapi.sys. I can skip the file and it will continue for about 3 or 4 files till in comes to the next one it can't copy and so on and so on. I think this is the stage of windows setup where it extracts the atapi.sy_ to atapi.sys (ie. second reboot). Having sucessfully setup a Win2k3 Web edition install with unattended, I was quite chuffed, I'm pretty sure I didn't change anything with the setup which might have affected it this way. I added another OS, Win2k3 Standard Edition, edited the config.pl a little and since this problem happened I have removed my changes. Tried since on two seperate systems and it fails at the same point everytime! Can anyone shed some light/experience on this? Tony Worrall --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag--drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ___ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net 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
