[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > - as others in the mailing list have mentioned, there is no RTL8139 > driver included yet. It would be nice if the next upgrade could > include it as an option.
Added. Thanks to Eugene Kotlyarov for the excellent pointer. > Also, I've heard there is a different project that created a boot > disk with tons of different drivers at once, using PCI > auto-detection. Now that would be nice to have. That would be "Bart's boot disk". I agree this would be nice, although I wonder how many drivers can actually fit on a single floppy. > - both when first booting and when rebooting after the partitioning, > the disk asks whether the SMB login data (per default "GUEST", no > password, don't save password list) is correct. I've edited this > data to use a special account called "UNATTENDED" per default, > somewhere in the system.ini (or protocol.ini?). The batch file is > still asking though. Is there a way to set the ini files so that it > won't ask and just go ahead and try connecting? I know of no way, except to use net.exe itself to save your password in a "password list". And even then it might prompt for the user name; I am not sure. Maybe you could put your answers in a text file and redirect stdin from there? As in: net start basic < stuff.txt ...where stuff.txt is just three lines with a user name, password, and carriage return? > - After the partitioning, I've found it asks whether it should > really format the disk. I always thought format.exe had a /y option > for no longer asking, but I guess I was wrong (I tried with the > format.exe supplied with unattended as well as with Windows 2000's > version; neither had that option). Is there another way, using the > Perl script, to tell it to go ahead? Again, redirecting stdin from a file might work. Then again, maybe not. I am a little surprised that format.exe does not let you bypass its question. Maybe you could take this up with the FreeDOS folks? > - The third step, as I recall, where it stops is with the serial > number. Even though I have provided a valid serial number in my > ./site/unattended.txt file, it asks both during the perl script > execution and during Windows 2000 Setup. I've used the format as it > is printed; maybe I must leave out the dashes? Or maybe, as seen in > your example > > ProductKey=XXXXX-YYYYY-ZZZZZ-00000-11111 Yeah, unfortunately, my code here is broken. For Windows 2000, you want to set "ProductID", not "ProductKey"... For now, the easiest workaround is just to set BOTH ProductID and ProductKey to the same value (the license key). > I *must not* put quotation marks in that case? I should probably > read Microsoft's full documentation on that sooner or later. Putting it in quotes will do no harm, but it is also not necessary. I am not sure anybody knows exactly when it IS necessary :-). Anyway, I will see what I can do about fixing this whole mess in the next release. > - Next up is a problem most likely difficult to solve (if possible > at all): with the next reboot, the BIOS will recognize the disk > again, and the disk will start its batch script again, even thought > Windows 2000 Setup should continue. To my knowledge, fixing this is impossible. The best you could do, I think, would be to use a network boot, and somehow frob the state on the DHCP (or TFTP) *server* to achieve a different effect on each boot. This is possible in principle, but tricky to do securely and reliably. > - Oh, and while we're at boot.ini, I've noticed with this kind of > running Windows 2000 Setup, there is a "Previous Windows > installation" item in the boot menu. Shouldn't the script take care > of that? See the install/bin/bootini.pl script. Arrange to run it in the post-installation script (as the provided base.bat script does) and you should be all set. > Once again, thanks for your efforts, and thanks in advance for a reply! You are very welcome. I should have a little time this weekend to get the next release out the door. Enough bug fixes have accumulated to make it worthwhile, I think. - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
