Hi,
> I think that this is going to be the latest Release candidate. I have
> upload the first test candidate for the next release:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/unattended/files/
> Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> 4.9.
Ok, this will be the last
Hi,
> Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> 4.9.
I've just completed my first test with Windows 2000.
The CD was a german Windows 2000 without service pack and in addition to the
errors from my other mail I got the following errors during the update/softw
Hi,
> > - Update the updates scripts for Windows 2000 and 2003.
> I am not able to update those as I do not use those systems. Plus, you
> have not a clue how much time take to update the security patch. I need
> a volunter (you?) for that.
If you guide me through the process or can tell me what
Hi,
> I think that this is going to be the latest Release candidate. I have upload
> the first test candidate for the next release:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/unattended/files/
> Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> 4.9.
Ok, so far I've only teste
Hi,
I've tested the 4.9RC2 today and found some things I'd really like to see fixed
in the final release or at least consider them worthy enough to mention them.
During the linux part I get the following messages a few times:
- WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files
Hi,
after I've got the driver selection script working I was wondering if there's a
chance to get a new Unattended RC out? Always working with the repository is a
bit tiresome and I'd really like to have "fixed" version to build my custom
scripts around.
I still have a few things that I'd like
Hi,
trying to set up a new server i ran into a small problem along the way. For
some reason Microsoft seems to have removed another windows update from their
page.
The Update in question is the Media Player 9 installer, specifically the german
version.
win2ksp4-updates.bat:::
URL|DEU|http://
Hi,
> >> if you are willing to test it, I will commit it but please report back
> >> so I know that we are in a good shape
> > Ok, I've tested this a little further and would like to report all my
> > findings in one batch. This report again is not limited to bugs within the
> > driverscan code
Hi,
> >> if you are willing to test it, I will commit it but please report back
> >> so I know that we are in a good shape
> > Ok, I've tested this a little further and would like to report all my
> > findings in one batch. This report again is not limited to bugs within the
> > driverscan code
Looks like the patch got lost... so here it is again in plaintext:
--- install.pl.orig 2009-10-23 11:36:26.0 +0200
+++ install.pl 2009-10-23 15:58:42.0 +0200
@@ -1443,8 +1443,7 @@
$u->comments ('_temp', 'scan_windrivers_path') =
['Directory holding Windows drivers col
Hi,
> if you are willing to test it, I will commit it but please report back
> so I know that we are in a good shape
Ok, I've tested this a little further and would like to report all my findings
in one batch. This report again is not limited to bugs within the driverscan
code bits but all the
Hi,
> > I'll continue testing as good as I can but currently it looks like
> > this script cant solve my problems with clients with 256MB RAM and
> > driver collections that exceed this size. Damn.
> Did you generated a cache file for your drivers collection(s) ?
> If not, see documentation from a
> Hello,
>
> And thanks for the commit of this stuff into the Unattended project.
>
> ... Unfortunately, it seems that the search-win-drivers.pl you've added
> is not the last version of the code (probably 2009-04-20 dated).
>
> Last version (a better one) is stamped 2009-08-11 and is here:
>
Hi,
> I'll continue testing as good as I can but currently it looks like this
> script cant solve my problems with clients with 256MB RAM and driver
> collections that exceed this size. Damn.
Using the "use cp -r instead of ln -s" workaround I managed to actually install
one machine with the dr
Hi,
on a few machines I've encountered a problem that prevented unattended from
continuing the installation. It just failed, wasnt able to mount the network
share and screamed "cifs vfs error" in my face. After some messing around I
discovered that lowering the MTU on the interface at a certain
> In line ~1789 the following line produces one "Operation not permitted" error
> for every symlink it creates:
> system "ln -s $i $d" ;
Maybe I should have mentioned that the script completely fails to actually
create these symlinks and thus there are no drivers.
-
jens
-
Hi,
> if you are willing to test it, I will commit it but please report back
> so I know that we are in a good shape
I've just started testing it and came across some problems I'd like to report
back. Some of them are not strictly related to the automatic drivers detection
but I'll still includ
Hi,
> issueing a new release would be VERY nice, it's been quite a while so seems a
> good step to show the project is still active. Though I would suggest
> incorporating the search-win-drivers stuff, since its a great addition and
> would definately be of help to new users. Just mark it as BE
Hi,
> > Please find attached an updated version of the Windows drivers scan system
> > for the Unattended project and some related informations about it.
> Thanks Pierre,
> I think that I am going to release the last Release Candidate and then
> incorporate this stuff, as I never find the time to
Hi,
> I have upload another test candidate for the next release:
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/testing/48_rc4/
Testing it right now. So far I've only encountered that "unattended fails to
disable AutoAdminLogon" bug.
> This update includes the windows XP SP3. Dotnet stuff has been move o
Hi,
> > Hmm, for some reason after successfully installing Windows XP SP2 and then
> > installing SP3 through unattended the clients keep the "AutoAdminLogin"
> > flag set and will auto-login with the administrator account.
> > This didn't happen before. And all I changed was that I updated all
Hi,
> For those that have not realized by this download 309Mb. The service pack is
> on the repository. I hope that I did not make any last-minute-mistake. Please
> report back if you find any issue.
Hmm, for some reason after successfully installing Windows XP SP2 and then
installing SP3 throu
Hi,
> For those that have not realized by this download 309Mb. The service pack is
> on the repository. I hope that I did not make any last-minute-mistake. Please
> report back if you find any issue.
Well, you did make some very big last-minute-mistake. :p
winxpsp2-updates.bat
[...]
::
URL|DEU
Hi,
> ok, but it looks that we should skip the parted upgrade for now.
Sounds like a good idea indeed. ;)
> As soon as the SP3 is out, I will release a 4.8_rc4
SP3! \o/ Any idea when its gonna be out after MS delayed it again? I'd really
like to shorten the time an unattended install of XP takes
Hi,
> I have upload another test candidate for the next release:
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/testing/48_rc3/
> Test on your systems. Please report back if you were having problems with
> "NTLDRNotFound" and with this release it is solved.
I've just tested 4.8-rc3 on two of my systems whi
> > I'll be glad to test it out when you have something.
> ok. I added a patch on the repository to use 1.6.22 works for me. please test
> it out, and report back.
> I will upload a RC3 in the next few days, to compare results with RC2
Ok, how do I update my 4.8-rc2 installation to match whatever
> Is anyone getting any further with this issue, I have tried all the
> variations that I can think of, changing the geo_heads and geo_sectors
> options but it keeps failing with the NTDLR not found error (depending what
> options I use this can be in English or German).
Well, there has been some p
Hi,
> please try one of these settings first:
> Do not fix disk geometry, use what parted believe it should be:
> fix_disk_geo_heads = ""
> fix_disk_geo_sectors = ""
> - ie: nothing to write into the partition, keeping whats there.
> - note: set to (or define) empty strings
> What most
Hi,
I'm currently messing around with this fucked up system a little testing
various things at once.
Following situations:
Harddisk, floppy and cdrom connected:
"* We have fix_disk_geo_heads (78), writing into /dev/dsk1"
"* We have fix_disk_geo_sectors (60), writing into /dev/dsk1"
Harddisk and
Hi,
> I do not want to rush any release. It looks to me that some people have
> problems with:
> = NTLDRNotFound =
> Legacy is liying to us: Legacy BIOS says 78 heads and 60 sectors. For
> whatever reason I fell like parted 1.6.22 was not affected by that on some
> systems.
> I could make a r
Hi,
> > Some other output that seemed meaningful:
> > "Loading sd_mod..."
> > "Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods"
> > "sd 0:0:0:0 [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 KB)"
> I see these too, probably harmless: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/10/272
If its harmless,
> > I am also getting the NTLDR not found message, once OS file have copied
> > over to the machine, it reboots and nothing can be found.
> > The Windows CD is copied over to the local harddisk, the system restarts,
> > Windows setup starts (blue screen with yellow progress bar), the system
> >
> I am also getting the NTLDR not found message, once OS file have copied over
> to the machine, it reboots and nothing can be found.
Damn ... I'm getting the "NTLDR not found" error on one type of computers too.
-.-
Unattended 4.8-rc2 on a Debian Etch server with Samba 3.0.24-6etch9.
The Window
Hi,
> > While messing with 4.8-RC2 I found some files that have executable flag set
> > even though they shouldn't have that flag.
> > I'm pretty sure I've missed quite a few (as I haven't checked all files)
> > but here are a few of the messed up files.
> when thay are on the cvs we need to run
Hi,
> I have upload the second test candidate for the next release:
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/testing/48_rc2/
> Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> 4.8.
While messing with 4.8-RC2 I found some files that have executable flag set
even though the
> > > > When Windows XP installs (blue screen with progress bar) it randomly
> > > > fails on random files telling me "Die Datei shell32.dll konnte nicht
> > > > kopiert werden." ("The file shell32.dll could not be copied.")
> > > > The filename is different each time and sometimes it also works
> > > When Windows XP installs (blue screen with progress bar) it randomly
> > > fails on random files telling me "Die Datei shell32.dll konnte nicht
> > > kopiert werden." ("The file shell32.dll could not be copied.")
> > > The filename is different each time and sometimes it also works just fin
> > When Windows XP installs (blue screen with progress bar) it randomly fails
> > on random files telling me "Die Datei shell32.dll konnte nicht kopiert
> > werden." ("The file shell32.dll could not be copied.")
> > The filename is different each time and sometimes it also works just fine.
> > A
Hi,
> > Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> > 4.8.
> The system is still installing. Will report any other "bugs" as soon as I
> encounter them.
As promised, more bugs:
When Windows XP installs (blue screen with progress bar) it randomly fails on
rand
Hi,
> > The first problem was that cifs.mount didn't want to find my server using
> > \\server but that was easily solved through a 'option domain-name
> > "foo.whatever.de";' entry in my dhcpd.conf.
> ok, but that option should be there in the first place. It did not show up
> before when usin
Hi,
> I have upload the first test candidate for the next release:
> http://unattended.sourceforge.net/testing/48_rc1/
> Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> 4.8.
I just set up a test server with Unattended 4.8-rc1 and ran into two problems
so far.
The f
Hi,
> Reading the mail-lists it seems like there is a need for a new release.
Ohhh! May I voice my wishes?
1. A real "wget". Not that useless busybox version which doesn't support POST.
-.-
2. The tool "dialog". I have a script that enables me to add machines to my
dhcp server and other stuff r
> the version of Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) increased, new URL:
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/a/a/4aa524c6-239d-47ff-860b-5b397199cbf8/Windows-KB890830-V1.37.exe
> Maybe, another download method would fit the often changing KB better?
The question I've been asking mysel
> Another thing is how about to add internet explorer 7.0, the newest Media
> Player and office 2007?
Oh, I wouldn't mind that at all. So go ahead please. :p The only problem I see
is that WGA stuff blocking either the download or the installation.
-
jens
--
> So a new rc is on its way:
> Test on your systems. If not mayor bugs are found it. This file will became
> 4.7.
Aside from the special character issue during the windows copy process its
working for me so far with Windows XP. Will test Windows 2000 tomorrow.
-
jens
---
> > > hm, I see I have exitemu.com in my dosbin directory, could it be that
> > > simple?
> > Hmm, I don't have that file anywhere. Not even in my 4.6 folders.
> Is it built in a CVS tree from 2007-11-27 I have on this machine, and also in
> a CVS tree from 2007-12-18,
> This file is introduced
> > if i hit the restart button at the end of the copying, setup continues as
> > normal
> hm, I see I have exitemu.com in my dosbin directory, could it be that simple?
Hmm, I don't have that file anywhere. Not even in my 4.6 folders.
--
Another thing I noticed is that all the special characters are "broken" on the
blue screen where the windows cd is copied to the local drive. Instead of the
characters used to draw the borders around the progress bar and even for the
progress bar itself weird gibberish is displayed.
-
jens
---
> > > > WinXP CD and burnt a fresh linuxboot ISO, it just sat there and copied
> > > > files over and over again,
> > > Did you use the install.pl provided with 4.7 rc 2 when this happened?
> > Yes all files were from the 4.7 rc 2
> This is weird..
I'm experiencing the exact same problem at the m
Hi,
after I managed to fix the HDD detection problems with the help of Mario I ran
into a few more problems on the way.
1. I have the following line in my isolinux.cfg on the boot-cd:
LABEL local
MENU LABEL ^Next boot device in line
MENU DEFAULT
LOCALBOOT -1
After selecting this en
Hi,
running an unattended installation with Win2ksp4 always caused an error in
base.bat because the service for the automatic windows updates is not
available. Using the modified line below should fix that issue (at least its
working here).
--- Original base.bat ---
:: Set Automatic Up
There is a small error in the "winxpsp2-updates.bat" script. Not only is
"updates" missing in the path but also the update is the wrong one. It's
supposed to be "windowsxp-kb892313-x86-enu.exe" not
"windowmedia9-kb892313-x86-enu.exe"
:: FIX: Updates for Windows Media Player 9 Series and for Win
> Microsoft will be unleashing another 5-10 updates tomorrow. I would
> like to get those integrated this week for a release this weekend.
> So, if you have been sitting on patches, now would be a good time to
> clean them up and submit.
I'd like to submit some changes to the Microsoft Office inst
> Take a page out of the FreeBSD ports structure handbook:
>
> In fact, the more I think about it, the more features are added to the
> current unattended application setup, the more you will be approaching a
> a binary downloading ports structure siminlar in concept to the FreeBSD
> ports tree
Hi,
while running the prepare script i encountered the following problem:
--11:59:32-- ftp://ftp.download.com/pub/win95/utilities/spybotsd13.exe
=> `packages/spybotsd13.exe.tmp'
Resolving ftp.download.com... 206.16.4.28, 206.16.4.29, 206.16.4.30, ...
Connecting to ftp.download.com[206
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