On Feb 3, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Mike Wedge wrote: > My organization uses Dell machines heavily and since we are a public research > institution with international researchers going in and out every day, we are > constantly doing re-installs. We use the dell installation media because it's > quick and simple and does not require your to input the cd key and you can > reintall on a dell machine as many times as you like. When I boot and install > off the cd, it works fine. When I copy the files on the cd into unattend and > do the install using the cd key in unattend.txt on the cd it tells me that > the cd key is invalid. Is there something up with Dell's cds that only allows > you to use that key specifically with that cd?
I'm running virtually the same set-up I have each machines mac address mapped to the oem serial number on each dell in my the unattended.csv file. I Had to determine which drivers I needed to include from the dell cd when I set-it up. My guess is this is the area you are having problems with. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com_______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
