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Step-By-Step Quick Install Guide -------------------------------- Documentation: ---------------- 1. Unattended OS Setup http://unattended.sourceforge.com/os.html 2. Unattended Application Setup http://unattended.sourceforge.net/apps.html 3. Customize Unattended for your site http://unattended.sourceforge.com/advanced.html Assumptions: -------------- 1. DHCP server on your network 2. Server capable of sharing files 1. Overview - What does unattended do? ----------------------------------- a. Boot 'clean' and get on the network I. Boot using an Unattended Boot disk II. Load a network card driver III. Obtain an IP via DHCP IV. Map a drive (z:) to \\servername\sharename b. Install Windows I. Prepare the disk (optional) II. Run z:\dosbin\install.pl via Perl for DOS c. Install Applications (note: this section needs work) I. Install Perl for Windows - Run z:\scripts\perl.bat (?!?!) II. Install Applications - Run z:\bin\todo.pl --go 2. Setup Unattended ------------------- a. Download Unattended main http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-4.0a.tar.gz?download b. Create an SMB file share for unattended. You may need to create the directory first. net share install=c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install c. If authenticating with the server using the guest account then make sure it is enabled. net user guest /ACTIVE:YES /DOMAIN d. Change the permissions on the files to allow the appropriate user to access it. cacls c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a /T /E /G:guest e. Unzip the Unattended-4.0a.tar.gz file to c:\unattended (WinZip should handle the task) Make sure you have C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\readme.txt 3. Setup Unattended: Boot Disk ------------------------------ a. DOS Boot Disk I. Download Unattended DOS boot disk http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-4.0a-dosboot.tar.gz?download II. Unzip unattended-4.0a-dosboot.tar.gz to c:\unattended\ Be careful of subdirectories, you should end up with... C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\bootdisk\ III. Download djgpp and djgpp components for DOS and extract them to c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\djgpp ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2/djdev203.zip ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2misc/csdpmi5b.zip ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/perl561b.zip ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2apps/pico396b.zip b. Linux Boot Disk (Experimental) I. Download Unattended Linux boot disk http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-4.0a-linuxboot.tar.gz?download II. Unzip unattended-4.0a-linuxboot.tar.gz to c:\unattended\ Be careful of subdirectories, you should end up with... C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\linuxboot\ C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\linuxaux\ 4. Setup OS Distribution Point ------------------------------ a. Copy OS's to the network share. I. Copy Operating Systems to an appropriately named directory ex1. xcopy d:\ c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\os\win2ksp4 ex2. xcopy d:\ c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\os\winxp ex3. xcopy d:\ c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\os\winxpsp1 note: install.pl knows what os is in the folder based on folder content not on the folder name 5. Download ActivePerl (Perl for windows) ---------------------- a) Download http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/ActivePerl-5.8.3.809-MSWin32-x86.msi b) put it in C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\packages\ 6. Setup Windows updates (hotfixes) -------------------------------- a. Download all hotfixes by hand and place them in the appropriate folder b. modify unattended to run the update script for your OS?! Server side setup is working you will want/need to tweak Unattended from here. In order to boot to DOS and try Unattended you will want to burn Bootdisk.iso to CD. if you followed the examples above it is located in c:\unattended\bootdisk\bootdisk.iso
Step-By-Step Quick Install Guide -------------------------------- Documentation: ---------------- 1. Unattended OS Setup http://unattended.sourceforge.com/os.html 2. Unattended Application Setup http://unattended.sourceforge.net/apps.html 3. Customize Unattended for your site http://unattended.sourceforge.com/advanced.html Assumptions: -------------- 1. DHCP server on your network 2. Server capable of sharing files 1. Overview - What does unattended do? ----------------------------------- a. Boot ‘clean’ and get on the network I. Boot using an Unattended Boot disk II. Load a network card driver III. Obtain an IP via DHCP IV. Map a drive (z:) to \\servername\sharename b. Install Windows I. Prepare the disk (optional) II. Run z:\dosbin\install.pl via Perl for DOS c. Install Applications (note: this section needs work) I. Install Perl for Windows - Run z:\scripts\perl.bat (?!?!) II. Install Applications - Run z:\bin\todo.pl --go 2. Setup Unattended ------------------- a. Download Unattended main http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-4.0a.tar.gz?download b. Create an SMB file share for unattended. You may need to create the directory first. net share install=c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install c. If authenticating with the server using the guest account then make sure it is enabled. net user guest /ACTIVE:YES /DOMAIN d. Change the permissions on the files to allow the appropriate user to access it. cacls c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a /T /E /G:guest e. Unzip the Unattended-4.0a.tar.gz file to c:\unattended (WinZip should handle the task) Make sure you have C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\readme.txt 3. Setup Unattended: Boot Disk ------------------------------ a. DOS Boot Disk I. Download Unattended DOS boot disk http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-4.0a-dosboot.tar.gz?download II. Unzip unattended-4.0a-dosboot.tar.gz to c:\unattended\ Be careful of subdirectories, you should end up with... C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\bootdisk\ III. Download djgpp and djgpp components for DOS and extract them to c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\djgpp ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2/djdev203.zip ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2misc/csdpmi5b.zip ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/perl561b.zip ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2apps/pico396b.zip b. Linux Boot Disk (Experimental) I. Download Unattended Linux boot disk http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/unattended/unattended-4.0a-linuxboot.tar.gz?download II. Unzip unattended-4.0a-linuxboot.tar.gz to c:\unattended\ Be careful of subdirectories, you should end up with... C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\linuxboot\ C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\linuxaux\ 4. Setup OS Distribution Point ------------------------------ a. Copy OS's to the network share. I. Copy Operating Systems to an appropriately named directory ex1. xcopy d:\ c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\os\win2ksp4 ex2. xcopy d:\ c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\os\winxp ex3. xcopy d:\ c:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\os\winxpsp1 note: install.pl knows what os is in the folder based on folder content not on the folder name 5. Download ActivePerl (Perl for windows) ---------------------- a) Download http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/ActivePerl-5.8.3.809-MSWin32-x86.msi b) put it in C:\unattended\unattended-4.0a\install\packages\ 6. Setup Windows updates (hotfixes) -------------------------------- a. Download all hotfixes by hand and place them in the appropriate folder b. modify unattended to run the update script for your OS?! Server side setup is working you will want/need to tweak Unattended from here. In order to boot to DOS and try Unattended you will want to burn Bootdisk.iso to CD. if you followed the examples above it is located in c:\unattended\bootdisk\bootdisk.iso
