Re: [Unattended] Linux kickstart?
On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 10:49:21AM -0700, Scott Machtmes wrote: Can unattended also install linux using kickstart? I'd like to have one solution that can install either linux or windows based on a pxe menu choice. I've been working on this also. Only I've been integrating unattended with systemimager which is a installer that can install any linux distro, not just Redhat(kickstart). I've also been thinking about just modifying knoppix to install using unattended and systemimager. That way I can use knoppix's hardware detection. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Unattended] RE: unattended + qemu + kqemu = success ;)
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:49:44PM +0100, Mario Gzuk wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 09.03.2005, 19:32 +0100 schrieb Wim Vandersmissen: On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 06:28:38PM +0100, Mario Gzuk wrote: For those that want to test unattended in a virtual machine and dont get it to work with VMware, I advise to try Qemu and the recently released KQemu module. (http://www.qemu.org) Very fast and best of all it works with the unattended linuxboot/dosemu (and it has snapshot support!) Tested with host on linux 2.6.10 and windows XP SP2 as guest OS --Wim Vandersmissen Hi, maybe you can give a little howto to make the dhcp working in qemu? This is the last problem which we have to solve. Do you use vde for that? Or bridge??ing? I just use -user-net switch .. works like a charm --Wim But with the -user-net you cant access the network (also not the domain controler). Or do I anything wrong whith that? mario You should be able to make regular TCP and UDP connections using --user-net. However, ping(ICMP) won't work. - Ryan signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Unattended] RE: unattended + qemu + kqemu = success ;)
I'm not using qemu with unattended right now, but I have used it with networking. I'm using Debian. On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:19:09AM -0500, Rampanelli Michael J wrote: I am also having problems with qemu. My problem is unattended starts, then I get to the part where it is copying windows files and it crashes. Are you running qemu on the same machine that has the unattended files? What distro of Linux are you using? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Nowakowski Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:26 AM To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Unattended] RE: unattended + qemu + kqemu = success ;) On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:49:44PM +0100, Mario Gzuk wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 09.03.2005, 19:32 +0100 schrieb Wim Vandersmissen: On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 06:28:38PM +0100, Mario Gzuk wrote: For those that want to test unattended in a virtual machine and dont get it to work with VMware, I advise to try Qemu and the recently released KQemu module. (http://www.qemu.org) Very fast and best of all it works with the unattended linuxboot/dosemu (and it has snapshot support!) Tested with host on linux 2.6.10 and windows XP SP2 as guest OS --Wim Vandersmissen Hi, maybe you can give a little howto to make the dhcp working in qemu? This is the last problem which we have to solve. Do you use vde for that? Or bridge??ing? I just use -user-net switch .. works like a charm --Wim But with the -user-net you cant access the network (also not the domain controler). Or do I anything wrong whith that? mario You should be able to make regular TCP and UDP connections using --user-net. However, ping(ICMP) won't work. - Ryan signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Unattended] Starter Question
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 08:16:53AM -0800, raman singh wrote: Question: 1. I have to install Linux (Redhat) on some systems and MS OS (all win 98 - Win2k3) on some. I know before hand which system should have what OS. Unattended only handles Win2k, WinXP, and Win2003 right now. With Win98, you'll have to come up with something else. However, the latest release candidate for Unattended v4 uses a Linux boot disk which you can probably customize to install either Windows or Redhat. 2. DO I have any control on pushing an OS on a particular systems? Say, it was running RH9, now I want Win2k, can I do that? It's easy to totally wipe a system and install Win2k, however there's some human interaction needed at the console at the beginning. It sounds like you're looking for a push-based mechanism for installing operating systems. Unattended is a pull-based system. 3. Can I control somehow, that when the system reboot, it does not do a reinstall? Yes, unless the guy at the keyboard types inst at the boot prompt, after 30 secs the system will boot from the hard drive normally. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Unattended] Can't find domain
On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 10:34:23AM -0500, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: The Linux boot disk will use DNS for name resolution (of course). We *can* get the Linux boot disk to use WINS for name resolution if we have too for some reason. - Ryan signature.asc Description: Digital signature
[Unattended] TXTSETUP.OEM
Hey Folks, I'm using unattended to install servers from 3 vendors: IBM, Compaq/HP, and Dell. What is the easiest way to make sure I have all the drivers I need for each vendor? I'd like to be able to install Win2k on any server from each of the three vendors. What's the best way to generate the combined TXTSETUP.OEM file? My current solution goes something like this: 1) Try to install the server - The install breaks due to missing SCSI drivers so... 2) Copy all drivers off of the vendor CD into the $OEM directory 3) Play around with the txtsetup.oem file 4) Try to install the server - The install breaks due to missing SCSI drivers so... 5) goto step 3 until it works Does anyone have some sage-like advice regarding my questions above? Thanks in advance, Ryan signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Unattended] Can Active Perl be uninstalled before the Unattended installation is ended?
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:39:41PM -, Steven D. Pretlove wrote: I do not understand why anybody would want this. Having Perl is no different than having Visual Basic, and nobody asks about uninstalling THAT. But you are the third person to ask, so... I'm installing tightly controlled, hardened, internet-facing servers. I have to justify every bit that goes on the disk, especially third-party software. VB is already a part of the OS. It would be very nice for me to be able to uninstall ActivePerl as the last step. - Ryan signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Unattended] Slipstream SQL 2000 SP3?
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:52:20PM +0200, Norstr?m, Daniel wrote: Have anyone spilstreamed SQL 2000 SP3? I can't find any information about this anywhere, isn't it possible? A second question! Have anyone used unattended to install SQL 2000? Is it even possible? A little google will do ya: http://www.2000trainers.com/article.aspx?articleID=46page=1 - Ryan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Unattended] paid support options
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:06:55PM -0500, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Ryan, could you be more specific about what you are looking for in terms of support? Specifically, what kind of a contract do you think your company is looking for? We're looking for typical 8x5 support via email and phone. - Ryan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Unattended] paid support options
Hey Folks, The company I work for would feel a lot more warm-n-fuzzy if they had an Unattended scapegoat(besides me). Does anyone know if there's someone, preferably a semi-respectable company, that offers paid support for Unattended? Thanks, Ryan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Unattended] Servers with hardware RAID?
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:17:48PM -0500, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: The problem, if there is one, will come after Windows Setup finishes copying files and reboots. That is where you might need a textmode driver, which requires mucking about with txtsetup.oem and such. But first things first... What happens when you just try it? I get a BSOD indicating an inaccessible boot device. I think this problem is similar to another one[1] I saw on the list. I'm trying to install Win2k on a Dell Poweredge 2650. Below are my unattend.txt and my txtsetup.oem. I got the txtsetup.oem from the dell server assistant cd that came in the box. I was hoping someone could look it over and see what I'm missing. [1] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=5926169 Thanks, Ryan unattend.txt (relevant part) --- [Unattended] UnattendMode = DefaultHide FileSystem = ConvertNTFS ExtendOemPartition = 1 OemSkipEula = Yes OemPreinstall = Yes ; Needed for XP - see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294801. UnattendSwitch = Yes DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NtUpgrade = no OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade = no ConfirmHardware = yes OemPnPDriversPath = dell\pnp\v\atirg2c;dell\pnp\n\is;dell\pnp\n\atn;dell\pnp\n\bc;dell\pnp\n\3com;dell\pnp\v\atixl;dell\pnp\storage;dell\pnp\mgmt [GuiUnattended] ; See http://unattended.sourceforge.net/timezones.html ; Using Central Standard Time (GMT-06:00) TimeZone = 20 OEMSkipRegional = 1 OemSkipWelcome = 1 ; Demo password AdminPassword = s1ut AutoLogon = Yes [Data] AutoPartition = 1 MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes ; See comments for [MassStorageDrivers] [OEMBootFiles] choice.exe symmpi.inf mraid2k.pdb pedge.inf pnp680.sys mraid2k.sys symmpi.tag adpu160m.inf w2ksetup.bat adpu160m.cat nodev.inf perc2.inf afadisk.sys mraid35x.sys perc2.cat perc2cin.dll regini.exe afascsi.sys perc2mgt.inf afacomm.sys perc2evt.exe afaport.sys relnotes.txt symmpi.sys perc2hib.sys pedge.sys pnp680.cat afasa.sys mraid2k.cat symmpi2k.cat adpu160m.sys txtsetup.oem w2kupgrd.ini perc2.sys oemsetup.inf si680.inf raidisk1 megaraid.cat ; See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=288344 [MassStorageDrivers] Mylex DAC960/Digital SWXCR-Ex Raid Controller = RETAIL Promise Technology Inc. Ultra66 IDE Controller = RETAIL Advansys 3550 Ultra Wide SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Compaq Smart Array Controller = RETAIL Qlogic QLA1080, 64 bit PCI LVD SCSI HBA = RETAIL Symbios Logic C8100 PCI SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL IBM Portable PCMCIA CD-ROM Drive = RETAIL Symbios Logic C8xx PCI SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL IBM ServeRAID Adapter = RETAIL M-Systems Flash Disk Adapter = RETAIL IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller = RETAIL Advansys SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL AMD PCI SCSI Controller/Ethernet Adapter = RETAIL BusLogic SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL BusLogic FlashPoint = RETAIL Adaptec AIC-789X/AHA-3960 Ultra160/m PCI SCSI Card = RETAIL Compaq Drive Array = RETAIL JNI Fibre Channel Adapter = RETAIL Compaq Fibre Channel Host Controller = RETAIL AMI MegaRaid RAID Controller = RETAIL QLogic PCI SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL QLogic ISP 1240 SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller = RETAIL QLogic QLA2100, 64 bit PCI-Fibre Channel Adapter = RETAIL Adaptec Ultra160 Family PCI SCSI Controller (7892, 7899, 29160, 39160, etc.) = OEM Initio Ultra SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Advansys ABP480 CardBus SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Adaptec AHA-151X/AHA-152X/AIC-6X60 SCSI Adapter = RETAIL Emulex LP6000 Fibre Channel Host Adapters = RETAIL Advansys ABP460 PCMCIA SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL NCR 53C710 SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Compaq 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2/E = RETAIL Adaptec AHA-294XU2/AIC-7890 SCSI Controller = RETAIL Adaptec 2920/2905 / Future Domain 16XX/PCI/SCSI2Go = RETAIL Symbios Logic C896 PCI SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Diamond Multimedia Systems SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL Adaptec AHA-154X/AHA-164X SCSI Host Adapter = RETAIL txtsetup.oem --- [Disks] d2 = Windows 2000 Driver Set v1.00,w2kdsk1,. [Defaults] scsi = adpu160m [Computer] [scsi] adpu160m = Adaptec Ultra160 Family PCI SCSI Controller (7892, 7899, 29160, 39160, etc.),adpu160m [Files.scsi.adpu160m] driver = d2, adpu160m.sys, adpu160m inf = d2, adpu160m.inf catalog = d2, adpu160m.cat [Config.scsi.adpu160m] value = ,tag, Reg_DWORD, 20 - END pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Unattended] Servers with hardware RAID?
Hey folks, How well does unattended handle servers with hardware RAID arrays? Is there a special boot image I need to use? Thanks, Ryan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
