[Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-19 Thread Nelson Witten
Hello -I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out.  The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it takes to install the OS and applications.  For my situation it takes just about 3 1/2 hours to install Windows XP, Office, hotfixes, and a few other applicat

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-19 Thread Sven Geipel
Nelson Witten wrote, Am 19.01.2006 20:50: > Hello - > > I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out. > The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it > takes to install the OS and applications. For my situation it takes > just about 3 1/2 hours to install

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-20 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
> I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out. > The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it > takes to install the OS and applications. For my situation it takes > just about 3 1/2 hours to install Windows XP, Office, hotfixes, and a > few other appli

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-20 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: For me it takes about an hour to install XP + Office + many apps (no hotfixes though - they get downloaded later, automatically, anyway), on a 100 Mbit network. For me: The fixes are taking most of the time, because of the regular reboots. Bye

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-20 Thread Brett Michael Royles
Steffen Kaiser wrote: On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: For me it takes about an hour to install XP + Office + many apps (no hotfixes though - they get downloaded later, automatically, anyway), on a 100 Mbit network. For me: The fixes are taking most of the time, because of th

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Same here as well.. its the reboots on the updates that slows it down... > I wonder if using a WSUS server might help things here... > Brett There is no salvation of the updates part if you do it the classic way. The possible solutions are slipstreaming and patch integration or moving to somethin

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-20 Thread Adam Peart
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same here as well.. its the reboots on the updates that slows it down... I wonder if using a WSUS server might help things here... Brett There is no salvation of the updates part if you do it the classic way. The possible solutions are slipstreaming and patch integr

RE: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-20 Thread Brad Erdman
> Comparatively I can use our RIS system or use > RIPREP images and rebuild a system in about an hour. Imaging will always be faster than a native install. If you are looking for the fastest way to deploy an OS, it doesn't get any faster then imaging. I think you also have to weigh your time ver

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-24 Thread Artturi Kyrömies
Nelson Witten wrote: > Hello - > > I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out. > The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it > takes to install the OS and applications. For my situation it takes > just about 3 1/2 hours to install Windows XP, Office,

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-24 Thread Jan Tietjen
Hi Nelson, Nelson Witten wrote: Hello - I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out. The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it takes to install the OS and applications. For my situation it takes just about 3 1/2 hours to install Windows XP, Of

RE: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-24 Thread Brad Erdman
> ps. anyone found a way to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 with > unattended, or is there already a script in the cvs/wiki somewhere I > just haven't noticed? I think there is an AutoIT script for it. 2005 seems to install fairly nicely with just some parameters passed to it. Brad Erdman Univer

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-24 Thread Adam Peart
Jan Tietjen wrote: Hi Nelson, Nelson Witten wrote: Hello - I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out. The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it takes to install the OS and applications. For my situation it takes just about 3 1/2 hours to in

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-24 Thread Jan Tietjen
Adam Peart wrote: Jan Tietjen wrote: Hi Nelson, Nelson Witten wrote: Hello - I recently got the unattended system going in a lab to test it out. The only downside I see with the project is the length of time it takes to install the OS and applications. For my situation it takes just ab

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-24 Thread Adam Peart
Jan Tietjen wrote: I can not see how Autopatcher fits in... one thing are the missing languages supported by this tool. The only point was that Autopatcher installs all the updates, then reboots after they are all installed --- This SF.

Re: [Unattended] installation speed

2006-01-25 Thread Artturi Kyrömies
> Not quite right. > > I do not only _removed_ ".reboot-on 194" but _replaced_ it with > ".ignore-error 194" so the install will not fail! > > My goal was to use everything the "unattended way" except the reboot > mania with the updates. > > I can not see how Autopatcher fits in... one thing are t

Re: [Unattended] installation speed > ".ignore-error 194"

2006-02-07 Thread Artturi Kyrömies
> Not quite right. > > I do not only _removed_ ".reboot-on 194" but _replaced_ it with > ".ignore-error 194" so the install will not fail! > > My goal was to use everything the "unattended way" except the reboot > mania with the updates. > > I can not see how Autopatcher fits in... one thing are t

Re: [Unattended] installation speed > ".ignore-error 194"

2006-02-07 Thread Christian Abels
It should be "ignore-err 194" not "ignore-error 194" Good Luck Christian Abels Application Developer, Information Technology - Shipco Transport For IT support related issues, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Artturi Kyrömies wrote: Not quite right. I do not only _removed_ ".reboot-on 194"

Re: [Unattended] installation speed > ".ignore-error 194"

2006-02-07 Thread Adam Peart
Artturi Kyrömies wrote: Not quite right. I do not only _removed_ ".reboot-on 194" but _replaced_ it with ".ignore-error 194" so the install will not fail! My goal was to use everything the "unattended way" except the reboot mania with the updates. I can not see how Autopatcher fits in... one t

Re: [Unattended] installation speed > ".ignore-error 194"

2006-02-07 Thread Jan Tietjen
Hi Artturi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 07.02.06 15:38:14: > > > > Not quite right. > > > > I do not only _removed_ ".reboot-on 194" but _replaced_ it with > > ".ignore-error 194" so the install will not fail! > > > > My goal was to use everything the "unattended way" except the reboot > > mani

VS .Net 2003 (Was Re: [Unattended] installation speed)

2006-01-24 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 03:23:52PM +0200, Artturi Kyrömies enlightened us: > ps. anyone found a way to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 with > unattended, or is there already a script in the cvs/wiki somewhere I > just haven't noticed? I'm doing it, but it's a bit hackish. It seems the main install

Re: [Unattended] installation speed > ".ignore-error 194" <- solved

2006-02-07 Thread Artturi Kyrömies
Sigh, reading the Unattended documentation I discovered the correct syntax is ".ignore-err 194", forget about this. -- Artturi Kyrömies --- Begin Message --- > Not quite right. > > I do not only _removed_ ".reboot-on 194" but _replaced_ it with > ".ignore-error 194" so the install will not fail!

Re: VS .Net 2003 (Was Re: [Unattended] installation speed)

2006-01-24 Thread Peter Ivanyi
On Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 at 08:39:47 -0500, Matt Hyclak wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 03:23:52PM +0200, Artturi Kyrömies enlightened us: > > ps. anyone found a way to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 with > > unattended, or is there already a script in the cvs/wiki somewhere I > > just haven't notice

Re: VS .Net 2003 (Was Re: [Unattended] installation speed)

2006-01-24 Thread Adam Findley
> ps. anyone found a way to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 with > unattended, or is there already a script in the cvs/wiki somewhere I > just haven't noticed? We used to use this here to install visual studio 2003 I believe. http://ubertechnique.com/unattended/MS_Visual_Studio_2003 We now use t