Newbie unattended user here. I just got it installed a week ago.
I too have tried it on a Dell GX150, and had similar errors about copying files.
I think it has something to do with FreeDos and their Format command that was causing trouble. I just wanted to see if the perl script would do what it said (and once I got it running, it seemed to actually be 'unattended'. Splenid!). So far I have worked around this by booting from a completely different boot disk using an actual Microsoft OS, and the Microsoft fdisk and format commands.
When the freedos format command formatted the drive, and the install.pl script tried to copy some files, it would claim ACCESS DENIED writing to the C: drive.
manual copying of a file just caused a corrupted FAT.
BTW: The first thing I tried was the boot CD (not the linux one) on every single machine that I could find: Dell Optiplex GX150 (3com NIC), Dell Optiplex GX1 (also a 3com nic), and a Gateway E-1400 (Intel 82557 nic). In all cases, the boot disks failed to load the NIC drivers (and usually dumped some registers).
I modified one of the images to use an actual Microsoft OS, and the driver didn't crash this time. This makes me suspect the freedos.
| "Atom Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/16/2004 02:15 PM
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: [Unattended] Issues with Dell GX150 (GX270) |
I am impressed with unattended. I have had invariable problems with RIS and
off-the-cd installs; Unattended does everything I need it to and more.
I'm woring on my first deployment of Unattended installation on a batch of
Dell GX270 and GX150 systems. But I've run into a few problems.
First, during the initial boot off the floppy or cd images it hangs looking
for a DHCP server. I found this odd because Bart's Boot disk worked and it
uses the same driver. I found that disabling emm386 on the boot floppy solved
the problem for both systems. Booting without emm386 support doesn't seem to
affect the install, so I wonder why it is included when it can sometimes
cause problems. (All the other extended memory managers caused the same
behavior.)
The GX270 works almost flawlessly, except for a few issues I have with the
DirectX update and the sun-jre install.
However the GX150 barely gets started. I'm not sure this is a problem with
Unattend, but the install gets as far as "copying files" and then claims it
can't find the CD or can't copy ftdisk.sys. If I skip ftdisk.sys (the first
file it tries to copy) it is able to copy some, but not many, files.
It happens like this:
Boot from floppy, reformats drive to 4GB.
Reboot from floppy, starts WinXP Pro (VLP) setup and copies files.
Reboot from HDD, copies more files and then "Setup is checking your disk",
completes
Reboot from HDD, "Setup is checking your disk", completes
Reboot from HDD, "Setup can not copy ftdisk.sys, make sure the CD is in the
drive"
I think it has to do with the way setup is converting the drive to NTFS, but
I haven't been able to pin it down yet.
Any ideas? Is this a known problem?
unattend.txt
--
; Answer file for WinXP unattended setup
[_meta]
fdisk_lba=1
fdisk_cmds="fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:4000;fdisk /activate:1"
fdisk_confirm=0
format_cmd="format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v: c:"
replace_mbr=1
top=base.bat
middle="spybot.bat;sun-jre.bat"
edit_files=0
ntp_servers=""
local_admins=""
[UserData]
ProductID=KKM7J-64KB8-XKHKV-R6X6Y-XFBPJ
FullName="Pyramid Administrator"
OrgName="Pyramid Breweries"
ComputerName=*
[Identification]
JoinDomain=pyramidbrew
DomainAdmin=builder
DomainAdminPassword=F00man
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="N0va*s"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
OemSkipWelcome=1
TimeZone=004
AutoLogon=YES
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=DefaultHide
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
ExtendOemPartition=1
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch=Yes
OemPnPDriversPath="gx270\audio;gx270\nic;gx270\video"
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall=Yes
[Components]
iis_common=Off
iis_inetmgr=Off
iis_www=Off
iis_doc=Off
[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Vrefresh=75
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[URL]
Home_Page=http://intranet.pyramidbrew.com/index.html
Search_Page=http://www.google.com
[Shell]
DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
DefaultThemesOff=Yes
--
Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard.
Atom Powers
Systems Administrator
Pyramid Brewery
206.682.8322 x251
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