On 21.03.2011 13:57, Andrew Harber wrote: > Im not sure if this is the right place to ask so please don't attack > me if its not. > At present we use answer files to do unattended set up's. The problem > we've always had is a large portion of our computers have separate > licenses so we add these in on the unattended set up, when it flags up > we haven't entered it in the answer file. this can sometimes be a room > of 30 plus computers.I was told once on a course you could created a > database congaing mac address and then link a machine name and product > key to it. so when the machine syspreped it would scan the database > (probably in the route of the computer)match the mac and assign the > key and name... > > so my big question is how if possible? > or is there another method. > just to add we clone machines and use ghost.
First, only continue reading if you are using Windows XP. Second, forget about ghost when you want to use unattended. See http://unattended.sourceforge.net/index.php section "What about disk imaging?". After downloading the archive, take a look at the file "install/site/sample-config.pl" in combination with "install/site/unattended.csv". When you replace config.pl with sample-config.pl, you can use the values in the csv-file to mass-configure your computers. You can also modify the script to work with a MySQL or a PostgreSQL database by uncommenting the respective two lines (and commenting the two about the csv-config). Also look at http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unattended/wiki/Scripts and especially at the SetComputerNameXXX-scripts there, they might prove useful. Personally, I combine unattended with nlite to integrate all drivers, service packs and hotfixes and also remove unnecessary components. Sebastian Mohr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
