Hello, which Version of Unattended are you using? The linux boot disk does not recognize your nics? -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Hugo Monteiro [mailto:hugo.monte...@fct.unl.pt] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. März 2010 12:13 An: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [Unattended] Ethernet not working in several laptops
On 03/31/2010 07:24 AM, Yusuf Al'Derzha wrote: > Dear list, > > I recently found Unattended, and I'm thrilled with the time saving > possibilities it offers. Now I'm just missing a ticket to Barbados... > almost: I've not had much luck using it in laptops, many of them > having uncommon hardware, for example, this Compaq with an ethernet > controller based on the nVidia MCP67 chipset. What do you do in such > cases? I'm thinking of several possibilities: > > 1. Get an USB Ethernet adapter. I've never touched one, but I imagine > it should be simple to find one that works, even if I have to do > in-shop testing (wonder if they will let me just put the wrap back if > it doesn't works though... hmph.) The small investment seems more > than worth it, since it would solve the problem from almost any > machine, so I'm doing this first. Any experiences? > > 2. Stuff my Unattended setup in a standalone DVD. Even with #1, I'd > like to also have this, for the obvious portability benefits. I've > read on the list someone already did it, but there were not many > details, nor any actual files. Switching a network share for an > optical drive seems easy enough, and the only thing that puzzles me is > how to master the DVD; can I just add stuff to the linuxboot ISO > image? I guess I'll take a look at ISOLINUX's docs, though any > pointers, or better yet, working solutions, would be more than welcome. :) > > 3. Get wireless working. The Broadcom wifi in this Compaq does works > in Knoppix. Tempting, but it wouldn't help in many cases, and it's > probably complex. > > 4. Get drivers for the troublesome controller (there are some for the > MCP67, for example). Again too much work, with even less results. > > 5. PXE. Not sure how it works, but probably wouldn't cut it, if all > it does is download the linux image and boot it. > > I'll skip more extravagant possibilities, like USB linking (no serial > ports in these laptops, sadly ^_^). Any other interesting ways you've > found? > > Cheers. Try DriverPacks. I've solved all my driver issues by slipstreaming driverpacks into my unattended install media. Regards, Hugo Monteiro. -- fct.unl.pt:~# cat .signature Hugo Monteiro Email : hugo.monte...@fct.unl.pt Telefone : +351 212948300 Ext.15307 Web : http://hmonteiro.net Divisão de Informática Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa Quinta da Torre 2829-516 Caparica Portugal Telefone: +351 212948596 Fax: +351 212948548 www.fct.unl.pt ap...@fct.unl.pt fct.unl.pt:~# _ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
