Also, the linux bootdisc has no problems with the CNAME. Tom van Leeuwen schreef: > I'm installing it to a Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop for testing purposes. > The NIC is a 3Com and I must admit that Windows XP is succesfully > installed now that I have used the linux bootdisc. > > Only thing I had with the linux cd was that the initial file copying > went very slow... 20 min instead of 3 min with the dos bootdisc.... > Maybe the dos version skipped everything.... :P > > Thx anyways! > > -Tom > > Shawn K. O'Shea schreef: >> It sounds like you are using the DOS boot disk. Are you using the >> undis3c image? What kind of hardware are you installing to? In >> particular, what kind of network card is on that hardware? >> >> I found that on HP DL320's with HP's tweaked Broadcom ethernet, that >> I ran into these problems. What it boils down to is that Broadcom's >> UNDI stack, well, sucks. I used the DOS NDIS2 drivers from HP and >> made my own DOS boot with those instead of the 3com undisc driver. Of >> note, is that Intel 1000MT NICs using UNDI are still almost twice as >> fast as HP/Broadcom using drivers specific for the card. >> >> -Shawn >> >> Tom van Leeuwen wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I have installed 'unattended' according to the step-by-step guide. >>> I have copied a dutch WinXP SP2 image to the server which listens to >>> the name 'server'. >>> The server is running Linux (Fedora Core 4) and I have created a >>> CNAME 'ntinstall' as the guide requires. >>> For some reason when I boot the CDROM it won't connect to >>> 'ntinstall' but it does to 'server'. While I can browse from my >>> desktop to '\\ntinstall\install' with 'guest' / 'guest'. >>> Weird, but doesn't matter much for now. I can always modify that >>> manually during the bootup and can change it in the .bat scripts to >>> suit my needs. >>> >>> But the main problem is that when I am trying to install the base >>> system without applications, setup is unable to find certain files. >>> The first message I get is: >>> Setup cannot copy the file ftdisk.sys (translation from Dutch to >>> English). >>> It's also missing or unable to copy: >>> partmgr.sys >>> modem.sys >>> fdc.sys >>> serenum.sys >>> swenum.sys >>> cdaudio.sys >>> odbcint.dll >>> sfc.dll >>> wdmaud.drv >>> parvdm.sys >>> ... (and a lot more) >>> >>> When I have skipped all files (which are a lot) the system reboots >>> and says it cannot find <windows>\system32\hal.dll >>> >>> And then the system hangs. >>> >>> I wonder what I am doing wrong... >>> >>> With kind regards, >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> unattended-info mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info >>> >>> >>> >
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