> > This is my mistake. I assumed that since ipconfig.exe exits with > status 13 for me, it exits with status 13 for everybody. And I am a > tad obsessive about checking exit statuses. But I have reports of > ipconfig.exe exiting with 11 and now 14, so that code needs a little > work. > > The fast&loose workaround is to comment out these two lines (circa > 101) in install/dosbin/install.pl: > > $status == $expected_status > or die "$cmd > $tmpfile failed, status $status"; > > (That is, put a '#' at the start of each line.) >
Whew! I thought I was loosing my mind because the code looked OK to me. I can't code, but I can usually spot a missing bracket, semicolon in the wrong place, etc. > > Also, since I haven't been able to get it working at all, I can't > > tinker around and see what all it can do. Will I be able to add > > different OSs to the list of available installs, or is it just > > 2k/XP? > > We only support 2k and XP for now. Several people have asked about > NT. The unattended process for NT is similar enough that making it > work should not be too hard. But I would need someone else to head up > the effort because I do not have time. Patches are welcome! > > What other OSes did you have in mind? I wouldn't need NT. The biggest would be Win98se. I don't have the site up right now, but will this work with XP Home? I'm assuming it would being an XP product. The biggest reason for 98SE is by trade, I'm a computer tech, and we have a lot of clients that are still running 98 for some reason or another. Ideally, an easy to use menu that has selections (ie: a-Windows XP Pro, b-Windows XP Home, c-Windows 98SE, etc) that any monkey (read: our other techs) can use to install a system. It'd be really nice to be able to drop an ISO of a bootable OS installation CD into a directory that's shared, configure the "boot menu" to have the new ISO information and bang, it's installing. >From what I've seen so far, Unattended looks pretty good :) Brian Smith http://www.team140.net S13 Fastback 2x S13 Coupe
