don't know if this has been brought up before, but the following happened to
me yesterday:
standard config on the compaq evo's i've received (donated stuff) was that
the translation mode was set to 'bit shift'...
now, since linux doesnt use bios settings for drive parameters (iirc), it
seems to be using LBA translation (why do i think this?see below)
all files copied to disk, reboot => NTLDR not found (grrrrrrr, kill bash
splatter ^$%^*)
then i changed the translation mode to LBA assisted (dont know why it came
to my mind suddenly to try and look for that kind of drive parameters, but
hey, sometimes you just dont ask difficult questions..) and *poof* , there
came the famous 'choose what os you want to start ("previous installed os on
C:" or "windows install/upgrade") '
maybe this could help installing on other machines too... just as temp fix
until the alternative installer is finished
just thought i'd share my experience, you know, like "hello all, my name is
Bob and i've been drinking now for 42 years, and..." :)
Michael
On Jan 14, 2008 12:18 PM, Nils Olav Fossum <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mandag 14 januar 2008 11:08, skrev Juan Jose Pablos:
> > Dobdin,
> > I would wait for a "dosemu alternative " that was proposed by Nils Olav.
> > I need time to review and apply. After that it would be nice to get some
> > reports back to the list.
> >
> > Dobdin Aleksandr escribió:
> > > Hello, unattenders :-)
> > > I have tried unattended release version 4.7 and build unattended from
> > > cvs-repository but i have got a Error "Ntldr not found" in both cases.
>
> Hello Dobdin,
>
>
> There is a iso build:
> http://www.source-exchange.de/unattended/nils/
> Please test and give us some feedback :-)
>
> Changes from stock CVS are (apart from its about a month old now):
>
> Disk geometry fixes - for the "ntldr not found" problem
> An alternative windows installer - dosemu alternative.
> (Adapted from Marios unattended-gui)
> An option to run a system command after the dosemu/wininstaller run.
>
>
> install.pl will ask if you want to run the dosemu alternative
> (nt5x-install)
> or if you want to use the old dosemu.
> To get rid of the question put one of these in site/unattend.txt [_meta]
> section:
> ntinstall_cmd = "" # use old dosemu
> ntinstall_cmd = "nt5x-install" # use dosemu alternative (nt5x-install)
>
> Disk geometry fixes:
> Are as default added automatically.
> You can turn this off by adding these (both) in site/unattend.txt [_meta]
> section:
> fix_disk_geo_heads = ""
> fix_disk_geo_sectors = ""
>
> Run a system command before reboot (after windows installation):
> /c is mounted so you can copy files to it
> As an example; Put in site/unattend.txt [_meta] section:
> post_ntinstall_cmd = "cp -r /z/os/drivers/drivers /c/drivers"
>
> Im using this build on production now, and it seems stable.
> I really want feedback on this!
> Whats working?
> Whats not?
> Whatever ;-)
>
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