Matt Bach wrote: --snip-- > First, have you used Unattended to install machines with Vista? From > what Ive seen, Vista is very similar to XP, but I dont deal with the > gritty parts, so I'm not sure how closely it's file structure is to XP.
I don't believe this will work. Vista no longer uses the classic DOS-based installer, so therefore unattended can't actually launch the installer. There has been some discussion regarding using a PE-based boot environment with unattended, but I don't believe it ever quite made it off the ground. > Second, like I said before, we would be using this to replace around 30 > different images. How easy is it to point each install to a different > install script file? Do we need separate boot media for every type of > install, or can we just tell it which install script to use during the > initial configuration of the install? Ive looked at your "dynamic > configuration with server-side perl scripts" guide, and it talks about > having different install scripts according to the OS selected, so would > it just be an expansion on that (IE just having 30 "types" of OS) This is exactly what unattended is best at, IMO. You can create a small set of scripts that dictate which software is to be installed with each image, and then either choose which script to use when you boot unattended on a particular machine, or you can maintain a list of MAC addresses that are tied to particular scripts. That way any time a particular NIC contacts the unattended server, it is automatically given the proper script. In your case, I think you would still want to manually select the script, since each NIC is probably going to leave with the computer as soon as it's built. Hope that helps. -- Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
