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Hi Bram,

> 
> First, I get a:
> Error in CONFIG.SYS line 6:
> DEVICE=himem.sys
> 
> Error in CONFIG.SYS line 13:
> DEVICEHIGH=\net\ifshlp.sys
> 
> 
> Next, the process seems to continue:
> FreeCom version 0.82........blah blah
> Unattended Boot Disk Stating...
> Initializing Network Card....
> 
> Error 3658: The IFSHLP.SYS driver is not installed.
> 
> some more blah blah blah regarding NEMM.DOS
> 
> Clearly, something goes wrong on the laptop (Acer Aspire 1510, stats: 
> http://www.phear.org/news/acer_aspire_1510_1513_amd64_debian/) where it does 
> not in the VMWare env. I use the default undis3c network driver, since I use 
> PXE boot, but I've tried every other one too...
> 
> Could someone be of any help here, I really'd like to solve this before I 
> command my friend to switch to Linux ;-p
> 
> Oh, btw, I'm using tftpd-hpa 0.42-1

I would clearly suggest you to use unattended 4.7pre from cvs with
the linux boot image together with pxe, cause of your newer
hardware, e.g. the broadcom ethernet card.

Here's a short summary:

in /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf have e.g.:

subnet 172.16.254.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        range dynamic-bootp 172.16.254.10 172.16.254.26;
        option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
        option broadcast-address 172.16.254.255;
        option routers 172.16.254.2;
        option domain-name-servers 172.16.254.2;
        option domain-name "yourdomain.tld.";
        filename "pxelinux.0";
        }

(adjust this to your needs)

in /var/lib/tftpboot (or where ever your tftpboot dir is) have:

bzImage
initrd
pxelinux.0

in subdirectory pxelinux.cfg have
default

cat pxelinux.cfg/default
- ------------------------------------------
DEFAULT local
        localboot 0
label install
        kernel bzImage
        append initrd=initrd z_path=//yourservernamehere/install
kbd=yourkeyboardhere z_user=yourusernamehere z_pass=yourpasswdhere
label local
        localboot 0
- ------------------------------------------
("append ... yourpasswdhere" all on one line)

You get these and all other needed files e.g. the precompiled kernel
from here (see bottom):
http://ubertechnique.com/unattended/NTLDRNotFound

It's a bit strange, but this
  http://www.smi-softmark.de/unattendedcvs/unattended-cvs.tar.gz
contains the install share and here
http://www.smi-softmark.de/unattendedcvs/unattended-cvs-2.6.17.tar.bz2
is a newer Kernel and it's linuxaux directory, which you should
replace. For your convenience I've uploaded the missing pxefiles
pxefiles.tar.bz2 so you should have all you need.

If you are unsure, drop me a mail.

Best regards,

Falko

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Falko Trojahn                     fon +49-341-3581294
Dipl.-Ingenieur Netzwerke/Support fax +49-341-3581295
SMI Softmark Informationstechnologien GmbH
www.smi-softmark.de
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