I've updated my install system to latest from cvs, but using with the latest linux kernel.
1) Compiling linuxboot I had to fix the configure line for glibc. This now needs CFLAGS="-march=i586 -O2" to the compiler to produce appropriate code. (I'm using gcc 4.2.1.) 2) TEXTMODE drivers and nt5x-install This script silently drops the drivers in the drivers in [OEMBootFiles]. They're there just before the script runs, but not afterwards. These are the only lines in unattend.txt that aren't in the form key=value so I'm guessing that they are discarded when the file is reloaded due to be syntactically invalid for an ini file. This is not actually the reason why the install fails - in fact only the first bit of the installer (the bit that we skip with nt5x-install) reads that section at all. However, we also don't do the work required, which is to copy the textmode drivers into place, which is why the installer stops with this message: Windows Setup ============== File txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (18) at line 1747 in d:\xpsp\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c. Press any key to continue. (Pressing a key does not in fact continue.) Copying the contents of /c/$/textmode/ into /c/$win_nt$.~bt/$oem$/ is sufficient to make the install work - we don't need to fix up the ini file. 3) Dell Optiplex 760 - install using DOSEMU Running DOSEMU install, I get this message instead: Windows XP Professional Setup ----------------------------- Setup was unable to copy the following file: tabletpc.cab - Press ENTER to retry the copy operation - Press ESC to ignore the error and continue Setup. - Press F3 to exit Setup Note: If you choose to ignore the error and continue you may encounter errors later in Setup. It does this for a few files relating to tablet/media pcs - it seems to be looking inside cmpnents/TABLETPC/i386 instead of I386/tabletpc.ca_. Pressing ESC does let you continue. It stops for mediactr.cab too. Ignoring that lets the installation finish. This one is a mystery to me. I haven't yet tried using an older machine to see if it affects all installations to just Dell Optiplex 760s. Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
