Re: [Unattended] questions + extra scripts

2004-08-11 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Julien TOUCHE wrote: * after formatting, it asks for users to add to local Admin group: i didn't find a corresponding meta to auto answer on the advanced web page of the site. is there any ? I have this in unattend.txt ; Don't install any local admins (domain users) loc

[Unattended] Try to install WinXP but it fails (install.pl exited non-zero)

2004-08-11 Thread Martin Brodbeck
Hello, I'm new to unattended and I try to install Windows XP and an additional software package for testing unattended 4.4. First, everything seems to run well. After booting from the Linux boot cd I can connect to the network-share and it finds the WinXP os. After answering a few questions and

[Unattended] RE : Linux Boot CD

2004-08-11 Thread Martin Schröer
Yes, the Linux Boot CD is finally able to find any O/Ses if you convert all the content of the I386 folders to lowercase. ...but then the setup stops at the point where you are asked to either edit the unattended setup files ( e.g. doit.bat ) or to continue the setup. If you choose to continue, th

[Unattended] questions + extra scripts

2004-08-11 Thread Julien TOUCHE
few questions/comments first (setup is a linux server with 4.4; use software.csv/hardware.csv; test with xpsp1): * even with software.csv, unattended ask me for os, but get the rest through csv * after formatting, it asks for users to add to local Admin group: i didn't find a corresponding meta to

[Unattended] RE: Serial ATA Experiences, Dell Optiplex GX280?

2004-08-11 Thread James I Nickerson
I have limited experience with sourceforge mailing lists, and I didn't have time to figure out how to reply to this properly, so I just sent a new message -- sorry about that. We got some GX280's with SATA drives a while back and it immediately made the autoinstall as we had it completely unusa

[Unattended] questions + patch

2004-08-11 Thread Julien TOUCHE
few questions/comments first (setup is a linux server with 4.4; use software.csv/hardware.csv; test with xpsp1): * even with software.csv, unattended ask me for os, but get the rest through csv * after formatting, it asks for users to add to local Admin group: i didn't find a corresponding meta to

Re: [Unattended] Re: Unattended

2004-08-11 Thread Hagen Muench
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | |>> What I've investigated yet: ANI uses DHCP to pass basic |>> options, unattended doesn't. But I guess that's not all. | | | Actually, you can use DHCP option 233 to pass configuration data to |

Re: [Unattended] Re: Unattended

2004-08-11 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
"Rönnblom Janåke /Teknous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any example of how to use this? It depends on your DHCP server. Maybe somebody here can provide an example. If not, maybe you can figure it out send us an example yourself. I have never used this feature; somebody requested it and it see

Re: [Unattended] Re: Unattended

2004-08-11 Thread Rönnblom Janåke /Teknous
"Patrick J. LoPresti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skriver: > >What do you mean by DHCP Userclasses? Our boot disk sends >"Unattended" as the DHCP user class option (DHCP code 77, defined by >http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3004.html), which allows the DHCP server >to distinguish our boot disk's leases from ot

[Unattended] Problem with 4.4 linux

2004-08-11 Thread Patrick Bergenhenegouwen
Hello, I have the following problem with the linux cdrom. Boots oke. Get dhpc adres. But when connection to z there is a error. It is not reading my option 233 settings. Tested with 4.3 cdrom and works oke. Grtz, Patrick --- SF.Net email i

Re: [Unattended] Re: Unattended

2004-08-11 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > What I've investigated yet: ANI uses DHCP to pass basic options, > > unattended doesn't. But I guess that's not all. Actually, you can use DHCP option 233 to pass configuration data to Unattended. This is mentioned very briefly in the FAQ (http://unattended.source

Re: [Unattended] serious troubles with 4.4

2004-08-11 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Martin Schröer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > using the linux boot cd as alternative then works better for the > network drivers but when it comes to O/S selection it simply prompts > me i could not find any O/Ses .. > > ( and i have 3 versions of windows2000 and one of Windows XP in the > install

Re: [Unattended] serious troubles with 4.4

2004-08-11 Thread Martin Schröer
re : smartdrv yes, it _only_ runs properly ( no missing files, or "can't copy cdaudio.sys" ) if you comment out the smartdrv call in autoexec.bat ... Martin Schröer wrote: allright, i did convert everything to lower-case, and now the setup seems to find my i386 - folders, scans them and lets me ch

[Unattended] Re: Unattended

2004-08-11 Thread hagen
Hi Walter, > Hi, > > I didn't find an answer to the following two questions on your website. > Maybe these would be candidates for a FAQ: > > 1) What are the differences between the ANI and the unattended project? > 2) What have been the reasons to create another project (both seem to > kn

Re: [Unattended] serious troubles with 4.4

2004-08-11 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Martin Schröer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > first of all, for the dos boot iso, the selection of an umb provider > in bootdisk/config.sys has to be changed from emm386.exe to > umbpci.sys, else the network drivers wont load properly. I will probably make umbpci the default again in the next rele

[Unattended] serious troubles with 4.4

2004-08-11 Thread Martin Schröer
i've got some serious troubles with unattended 4.4, all concerning the first steps. ( connecting to server, copying windows setup ) first of all, for the dos boot iso, the selection of an umb provider in bootdisk/config.sys has to be changed from emm386.exe to umbpci.sys, else the network drivers

Re: [Unattended] article in German c't magazine

2004-08-11 Thread Niels S. Richthof
Hi! > > I will ask Heise if we can get a pdf-Version for the website. I received the answer: it is no problem, but expensive. So everyone who wants to read that article - go an buy it. cu Niels --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com