[THIN] Re: UNattended install of Win2k and MF
- From: jason.weems@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:26:24 -0500
We have been doing the same thing for a while and it works really well.
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From: cstalhood [SMTP:cstalhood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:11 PM
To: thin
Cc: cstalhood
Subject: [THIN] Re: UNattended install of Win2k and MF
I've used a utility called xset.exe (http://xset.tripod.com) to prompt
the user for information and dump it into a uniqueness database file.
Then I launch winnt with the /udf switch to specify the .udf created by
the information gathering script.
I make this a batch file that is called from the boot floppy immediately
after the first boot so the user can just walk away once the information
has been entered. Here is a sample .udf:
[UniqueIds]
Server1=UserData,Identification,params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
[Server1:UserData]
ComputerName=CITRIX1
[Server1:Identification]
JoinDomain=DOMAIN
DomainAdmin=Administrator
DomainAdminPassword=password
[Server1:params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
IPAddress=192.168.0.1
SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
DefaultGateway=192.168.0.254
DNSServerSearchOrder=192.168.0.10
DNSSuffixSearchOrder=domain.com
WINSServerList=192.168.0.10
The information in the .udf file is merged with the unattended answer
file.
Carl Stalhood
Choice Solutions
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Parker, Dennis
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 4:14 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: UNattended install of Win2k and MF
Depending on how fancy you wanted to get and your environment (GUI or
simple batch file) you could create a script that creates the
UnAttend.TXT file. What I was thinking would be to create the
unattend.txt file in sections, then using the copy command put all the
sections together. (copy file1 file2 file3 fileX unattend.txt) The
batch or VBScript or whatever could prompt for the variable entries
(server name, IP, Domain etc).
Just a thought, I don't have it created, but it's a thought.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hiester
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:03 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: UNattended install of Win2k and MF
Jim,
I looked in MIAB first. Unfortunately it does not have
this specific piece. I used it and other sources to
create the unattended installs, what I am looking for
is a batch that will prompt an installer for some info
(server name, ip, domain, credentials, new farm to
create) and populate this in the unatteneded.txt. We
need a process that we can hand out and anyoen with a
list can follow. Unfortunately editing an
unattended.txt to input correct entries is over some
staffs head in many remote sites. I have lost that
argument, just trying to create something that meets
teh requirements....
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: UNattended install of Win2k and MF
From: Jim Kenzig <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:00:32 -0500
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I suspect this document will have everything you are
looking for.
http://www.dabcc.com/miab/
JK
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