Chris, Have you tried issuing those commands on a laptop that normally works? Maybe you can safely run them on all of your machines...
-- Coleman On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 13:15 -0400, Chris Liles wrote: > I tried the "fix" suggested by Tobias Richter on the NTLDRNotFound page, > by booting the laptop into linux and doing: > > echo -e -n "\xf0" |dd of=/dev/sda1 bs=1 seek=26 conv=notrunc > echo -e -n "\xf0" |dd of=/mnt/drive/\$win_nt\$.~bt/bootsect.dat bs=1 > seek=26 conv=notrunc > > rebooted and the windows install continued. > > Now I just need to figure out how to *only* run these commands on the > X60.... > > > -- > > > Chris Liles > System Analyst > Air2Web, Inc. > 1230 Peachtree St. N.E. > 12th Floor > Atlanta, GA 30309 > > > > Sebastian Mellmann wrote: > > Take a look here: > > > > http://unattended.technikz.de/index.php/Main_Page#2006-09-01_unattended-gui_ > > boot-cd_0.1 > > > > Maybe this will help you. > > Installed a Thinkpad T60 last week with this. > > > > > > Sebastian M. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Chris Liles > >> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 6:55 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Unattended] bootloader in trouble > >> > >> Well I got my hands on another lenovo thinkpad X60, and again > >> it refuses to boot after unattended copies all the windows > >> setup files to it. > >> > >> Upon reboot I am stuck looking at a black screen, no error messages. > >> I can mount the drive in linux and see that all the files are there :( > >> > >> I am running a custom livecd for kicking off the process, with parted > >> 1.6.22 and a 2.6.17 kernel. > >> > >> I've put the sata controller into the "compatibility" mode in > >> bios, but no luck. > >> > >> I've hit the wiki for the NTLDR Not Found solutions, but > >> don't know if this is a similar/the same problem. > >> > >> Any thoughts, as I have this laptop for a couple of days and > >> would really like to get unattended going with this model, as > >> we will be purchasing more of them. > >> > >> > >> Any thoughs as to what I should try next? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> Chris Liles > >> System Analyst > >> Air2Web, Inc. > >> 1230 Peachtree St. N.E. > >> 12th Floor > >> Atlanta, GA 30309 > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > unattended-info mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
