Onsdag 26 juli 2006 10:11, skrev Falko Trojahn:
> Hi Tim,
>
> > Unfortunately this version still didn't work. And we already have the
> > format line there.

This is the workaround I have used on Thinkpads:

Use a Windows XP CD with sp2 integrated, start install, use FAT as filesystem.
I used 20000 as size of partition.
Let it do its thing until the machine restarts and flip in a Knoppix cd 
before it boots up.
mount /dev/sda1 somewhere and delete boot.ini and the windows directory.
Then use Unattended CD and do not touch partiton. skip format also :-)


After searching and reading the LKML abit,  at last there seem to be a growing 
consensus that the kernel should report the same geometry as BIOS does, 
instead of just pulling some bogus values out of the ass.
I hope this problem will go away soon, .. 
..so maybe we should pester some of the kernel developers to speed up the 
process? :-D 

> Or, you could try my setup which is described here:
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=19294502

The whole thread is more readable here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-devel%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg00713.html
>
> Again, we need a solution to log the details of the unattended setup
> process and of the pc if it comes to problems ...

Yes, write access, and for more than this reason :-)
It would be nice to save a working HD setup (like the one made by my 
workaround above) and just have a option to smack it back to disk on the next 
install on similar hardware.

The linux NTFS tools is also making progress these days,
so disk imaging would be a great extension to the unattended project!
Im just asuming theres more people like me that get a pile with similar 
hardware in for configuration. :-)

-- 
mvh
Nils Olav Fossum
IT-Kontoret
Midtre Gauldal Kommune

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