Kenneth Vandbæk
2017-Nov-24 13:24 UTC
[syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation
Hi. I have looked at PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert on how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended installation. Could someone help me with that? Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Kenneth Vandb?k This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and its content shall be regarded as confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. [cid:image003.png at 01D25AC2.9D676540]Please consider the environment before printing this message -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 1338 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20171124/045f795c/attachment.png>
Gene Cumm
2017-Nov-24 14:07 UTC
[syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation
On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> Hi. > > I have looked at PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. > > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert on how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended installation.So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you have a config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look like? Is this a BIOS/legacy system? Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do this? Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image with a tool like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without knowing the details.> Could someone help me with that? > > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email?Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at the time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer.> Best regards / Med venlig hilsen > Kenneth Vandb?k-- -Gene
Geert Stappers
2017-Nov-24 14:50 UTC
[syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation
On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 09:07:22AM -0500, Gene Cumm wrote:> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have looked at > > PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> > > to understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. > > > > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an > > expert on how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended > > installation. > > So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you have > a config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look > like? Is this a BIOS/legacy system? > > Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do > this? Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image > with a tool like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without > knowing the details. > > > Could someone help me with that? > > > > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? > > Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at the > time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer. >Karma bonus points for publishing / documenting install procedure. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
Kenneth Vandbæk
2017-Nov-25 15:23 UTC
[syslinux] FW: Help for setting up windows unattended installation
Hi, I'm not sure what you call it, but I do not use EFI, so I guess it is BIOS/legacy system. My idea was to have the option to install windows 7 on my computer and it should install drivers that's not recognized in the install progress. My default file is this: DEFAULT menu.c32 PROMPT 0 MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds LABEL bootlocal MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale MENU DEFAULT LOCALBOOT 0 TIMEOUT 80 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 LABEL SetupMenu MENU LABEL ^Setup Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu and my setup.menu file is this: MENU TITLE Setup Menu LABEL MainMenu MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default LABEL E6320 MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 KERNEL "<---- Don't know what to choose here" APPEND "<---- Don't know what to choose here" Br Kenneth> -----Original Message----- > From: Gene Cumm [mailto:gene.cumm at gmail.com] > Sent: 24. november 2017 15:07 > To: Kenneth Vandb?k <kenneth.vandbek at alfalaval.com> > Cc: syslinux at zytor.com > Subject: Re: [syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k via Syslinux < > syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have looked at PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.o > rg/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to understand all this, but I'm very > sorry I don't. > > > > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert on > how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended installation. > > So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you have a > config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look like? Is > this a BIOS/legacy system? > > Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do this? > Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image with a tool > like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without knowing the details. > > > Could someone help me with that? > > > > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? > > Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at the > time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer. > > > Best regards / Med venlig hilsen > > Kenneth Vandb?k > > > -- > -Gene >
Kenneth Vandbæk
2017-Nov-25 19:56 UTC
[syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation
Hi, I'm not sure what you call it, but I do not use EFI, so I guess it is BIOS/legacy system. My idea was to have the option to install windows 7 on my computer and it should install drivers that's not recognized in the install progress. My default file is this: DEFAULT menu.c32 PROMPT 0 MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds LABEL bootlocal MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale MENU DEFAULT LOCALBOOT 0 TIMEOUT 80 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 LABEL SetupMenu MENU LABEL ^Setup Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu and my setup.menu file is this: MENU TITLE Setup Menu LABEL MainMenu MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default LABEL E6320 MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 KERNEL "<---- Don't know what to choose here" APPEND "<---- Don't know what to choose here" Nr Kenneth> Den 25. nov. 2017 kl. 16.23 skrev Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > I'm not sure what you call it, but I do not use EFI, so I guess it is BIOS/legacy system. > > My idea was to have the option to install windows 7 on my computer and it should install drivers that's not recognized in the install progress. > > My default file is this: > > DEFAULT menu.c32 > PROMPT 0 > > MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu > MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf > MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds > > LABEL bootlocal > MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale > MENU DEFAULT > LOCALBOOT 0 > TIMEOUT 80 > TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 > > LABEL SetupMenu > MENU LABEL ^Setup Menu > KERNEL menu.c32 > APPEND pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu > > and my setup.menu file is this: > > MENU TITLE Setup Menu > > LABEL MainMenu > MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu > KERNEL menu.c32 > APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default > > LABEL E6320 > MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 > KERNEL "<---- Don't know what to choose here" > APPEND "<---- Don't know what to choose here" > > Br Kenneth > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gene Cumm [mailto:gene.cumm at gmail.com] >> Sent: 24. november 2017 15:07 >> To: Kenneth Vandb?k <kenneth.vandbek at alfalaval.com> >> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com >> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation >> >> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: >> > Hi. >> > >> > I have looked at PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. >> > >> > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert on how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended installation. >> >> So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you have a config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look like? Is this a BIOS/legacy system? >> >> Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do this? Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image with a tool like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without knowing the details. >> >> > Could someone help me with that? >> > >> > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? >> >> Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at the time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer. >> >> > Best regards / Med venlig hilsen >> > Kenneth Vandb?k >> >> >> -- >> -Gene >
Gene Cumm
2017-Nov-25 21:03 UTC
[syslinux] FW: Help for setting up windows unattended installation
On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I'm not sure what you call it, but I do not use EFI, so I guess it is > BIOS/legacy system.Correct.> My idea was to have the option to install windows 7 on my computer and it > should install drivers that's not recognized in the install progress.Let's re-order this and tune it.> My default file is this:# default begin DEFAULT bootlocal PROMPT 0 UI menu.c32 TIMEOUT 80 TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds LABEL bootlocal MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale MENU DEFAULT LOCALBOOT 0 # I can't be certain the hotkey works MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu ^Setup Menu # Or run this with a MENU BEGIN/MENU END # default end # setup.menu begin MENU TITLE Setup Menu LABEL MainMenu MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu MENU GOTO .top LABEL E6320 MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 KERNEL "<---- Don't know what to choose here" APPEND "<---- Don't know what to choose here" # setup.menu end OK, now that we have some basic style solved... Your last label is where things get rather interesting. You could use wimboot ( http://ipxe.org/wimboot ) to load a WIM that has sufficient drivers to load the installer from another location like say a SMB/Samba/CIFS share. You could boot CloneZilla though this won't give you the option of loading more drivers very well. -- -Gene>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gene Cumm [mailto:gene.cumm at gmail.com] >> Sent: 24. november 2017 15:07 >> To: Kenneth Vandb?k <kenneth.vandbek at alfalaval.com> >> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com >> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended >> installation >> >> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k via Syslinux >> <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: >> > Hi. >> > >> > I have looked at >> > PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to >> > understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. >> > >> > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert on >> > how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended installation. >> >> So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you have a >> config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look like? Is >> this a BIOS/legacy system? >> >> Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do this? >> Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image with a tool >> like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without knowing the details. >> >> > Could someone help me with that? >> > >> > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? >> >> Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at the >> time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer.
Gene Cumm
2017-Nov-26 15:18 UTC
[syslinux] FW: Help for setting up windows unattended installation
On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> wrote:> I looked at the link and it seems to this is what I need to do. > I have copied wimboot file to my \tftpboot directory, but it seems it can't > find the file in the progress. > > I have a QNAP nas for this. > > This is my setup.menu file: > > MENU TITLE Setup Menu > > LABEL MainMenu > MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu > KERNEL menu.c32 > APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default > > LABEL E6320 > MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 > KERNEL Wimboot pause > APPEND initrd=Suse/initrd92 ramdisk_size=65536 vga=0 textmode=1 > install=http://IPADDR serverdir=/9.2/install > autoyast=http://IPADDR/9.2/scripts/ay92.xml "<---- Don't know what to > choose here" > > When I run it can't find my wimboot file. My logfile looks like this: > > This is the logfile: > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.0, 34 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/ldlinux.c32, 88 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-3100-1044-8031-c3c04f52334a, > No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-21-70-94-87-c4, No Such > File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A80178, No Such File/No > Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8017, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A801, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A80, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, 2 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf, 2 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/menu.c32, 20 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/libutil.c32, 19 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, 2 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf, 2 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/menu.c32, 20 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/libutil.c32, 19 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf, 2 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu, 2 Blocks Served > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No AccessCase matters. Permissions matter. Wimboot is not wimboot.> I'm not sure I do this right, but it looks like I need to create a boot.ipxe > file. So maybe this is wrong what I do. > Should I do create this file and how do you load that file?iPXE is a PXE-firmware replacement and bootloader. In this instance, it's not necessarily required yet. You need to worry about filenames and permissions first. -- -Gene> 2017-11-25 22:03 GMT+01:00 Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>: >> >> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm not sure what you call it, but I do not use EFI, so I guess it is >> > BIOS/legacy system. >> >> Correct. >> >> > My idea was to have the option to install windows 7 on my computer and >> > it >> > should install drivers that's not recognized in the install progress. >> >> Let's re-order this and tune it. >> >> > My default file is this: >> >> # default begin >> DEFAULT bootlocal >> PROMPT 0 >> UI menu.c32 >> TIMEOUT 80 >> TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 >> >> MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu >> MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf >> MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds >> >> LABEL bootlocal >> MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale >> MENU DEFAULT >> LOCALBOOT 0 >> >> # I can't be certain the hotkey works >> MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu ^Setup Menu >> >> # Or run this with a MENU BEGIN/MENU END >> # default end >> >> # setup.menu begin >> MENU TITLE Setup Menu >> >> LABEL MainMenu >> MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu >> MENU GOTO .top >> >> LABEL E6320 >> MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 >> KERNEL "<---- Don't know what to choose here" >> APPEND "<---- Don't know what to choose here" >> # setup.menu end >> >> >> OK, now that we have some basic style solved... >> >> >> Your last label is where things get rather interesting. You could use >> wimboot ( http://ipxe.org/wimboot ) to load a WIM that has sufficient >> drivers to load the installer from another location like say a >> SMB/Samba/CIFS share. You could boot CloneZilla though this won't >> give you the option of loading more drivers very well. >> >> >> -- >> -Gene >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Gene Cumm [mailto:gene.cumm at gmail.com] >> >> Sent: 24. november 2017 15:07 >> >> To: Kenneth Vandb?k <kenneth.vandbek at alfalaval.com> >> >> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com >> >> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended >> >> installation >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k via Syslinux >> >> <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi. >> >> > >> >> > I have looked at >> >> > PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to >> >> > understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. >> >> > >> >> > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an expert >> >> > on >> >> > how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended >> >> > installation. >> >> >> >> So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you have a >> >> config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look like? >> >> Is >> >> this a BIOS/legacy system? >> >> >> >> Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do this? >> >> Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image with a >> >> tool >> >> like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without knowing the >> >> details. >> >> >> >> > Could someone help me with that? >> >> > >> >> > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? >> >> >> >> Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at the >> >> time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer.
Gene Cumm
2017-Dec-05 22:37 UTC
[syslinux] FW: Help for setting up windows unattended installation
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> wrote:> I found out that "wimboot" has to be lowercase.Merely match what the tftpd will work with.> Now wimboot, but I get this problem as the attachmen shows. > > My configfile is like this: > > # setup.menu begin > MENU TITLE Setup Menu > LABEL MainMenu > MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu > MENU GOTO .top > > LABEL E6320 > MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 > KERNEL wimboot > append initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/bcd > append initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/boot.sdi > append initrd=Windows7SP2/sources/boot.wimAPPEND initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/bcd,Windows7SP2/boot/boot.sdi,Windows7SP2/sources/boot.wim Multiple APPENDs override each other, hence why ONLY the last file was loaded.> 2017-11-26 16:18 GMT+01:00 Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>: >> >> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I looked at the link and it seems to this is what I need to do. >> > I have copied wimboot file to my \tftpboot directory, but it seems it >> > can't >> > find the file in the progress. >> > >> > I have a QNAP nas for this. >> > >> > This is my setup.menu file: >> > >> > MENU TITLE Setup Menu >> > >> > LABEL MainMenu >> > MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu >> > KERNEL menu.c32 >> > APPEND pxelinux.cfg/default >> > >> > LABEL E6320 >> > MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 >> > KERNEL Wimboot pause >> > APPEND initrd=Suse/initrd92 ramdisk_size=65536 vga=0 textmode=1 >> > install=http://IPADDR serverdir=/9.2/install >> > autoyast=http://IPADDR/9.2/scripts/ay92.xml "<---- Don't know what to >> > choose here" >> > >> > When I run it can't find my wimboot file. My logfile looks like this: >> > >> > This is the logfile: >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.0, 34 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/ldlinux.c32, 88 Blocks Served >> > >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-3100-1044-8031-c3c04f52334a, >> > No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-21-70-94-87-c4, No >> > Such >> > File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A80178, No Such File/No >> > Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8017, No Such File/No >> > Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A801, No Such File/No >> > Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A80, No Such File/No >> > Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A8, No Such File/No >> > Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0A, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C0, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/C, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, 2 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf, 2 Blocks >> > Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/menu.c32, 20 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/libutil.c32, 19 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, 2 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf, 2 Blocks >> > Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/menu.c32, 20 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/libutil.c32, 19 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf, 2 Blocks >> > Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu, 2 Blocks Served >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access >> > /share/MD0_DATA/Public/tftpboot/Wimboot, No Such File/No Access >> >> Case matters. Permissions matter. Wimboot is not wimboot. >> >> >> > I'm not sure I do this right, but it looks like I need to create a >> > boot.ipxe >> > file. So maybe this is wrong what I do. >> > Should I do create this file and how do you load that file? >> >> iPXE is a PXE-firmware replacement and bootloader. In this instance, >> it's not necessarily required yet. You need to worry about filenames >> and permissions first. >> >> -- >> -Gene >> >> > 2017-11-25 22:03 GMT+01:00 Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>: >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > I'm not sure what you call it, but I do not use EFI, so I guess it is >> >> > BIOS/legacy system. >> >> >> >> Correct. >> >> >> >> > My idea was to have the option to install windows 7 on my computer >> >> > and >> >> > it >> >> > should install drivers that's not recognized in the install progress. >> >> >> >> Let's re-order this and tune it. >> >> >> >> > My default file is this: >> >> >> >> # default begin >> >> DEFAULT bootlocal >> >> PROMPT 0 >> >> UI menu.c32 >> >> TIMEOUT 80 >> >> TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 >> >> >> >> MENU TITLE PXE Special Boot Menu >> >> MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/graphics.conf >> >> MENU AUTOBOOT Starting Local System in # seconds >> >> >> >> LABEL bootlocal >> >> MENU LABEL ^Boot Point of Sale >> >> MENU DEFAULT >> >> LOCALBOOT 0 >> >> >> >> # I can't be certain the hotkey works >> >> MENU INCLUDE pxelinux.cfg/setup.menu ^Setup Menu >> >> >> >> # Or run this with a MENU BEGIN/MENU END >> >> # default end >> >> >> >> # setup.menu begin >> >> MENU TITLE Setup Menu >> >> >> >> LABEL MainMenu >> >> MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu >> >> MENU GOTO .top >> >> >> >> LABEL E6320 >> >> MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 >> >> KERNEL "<---- Don't know what to choose here" >> >> APPEND "<---- Don't know what to choose here" >> >> # setup.menu end >> >> >> >> >> >> OK, now that we have some basic style solved... >> >> >> >> >> >> Your last label is where things get rather interesting. You could use >> >> wimboot ( http://ipxe.org/wimboot ) to load a WIM that has sufficient >> >> drivers to load the installer from another location like say a >> >> SMB/Samba/CIFS share. You could boot CloneZilla though this won't >> >> give you the option of loading more drivers very well. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -Gene >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> From: Gene Cumm [mailto:gene.cumm at gmail.com] >> >> >> Sent: 24. november 2017 15:07 >> >> >> To: Kenneth Vandb?k <kenneth.vandbek at alfalaval.com> >> >> >> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com >> >> >> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended >> >> >> installation >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Kenneth Vandb?k via Syslinux >> >> >> <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: >> >> >> > Hi. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I have looked at >> >> >> > PXElinux<http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX> to >> >> >> > understand all this, but I'm very sorry I don't. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > I have managed to setup to boot from PXELinux, but I'm not an >> >> >> > expert >> >> >> > on >> >> >> > how to setup a menu file for making a windows unattended >> >> >> > installation. >> >> >> >> >> >> So you're at the point where PXELINUX successfully loads and you >> >> >> have a >> >> >> config loading of some sort? What's your config currently look >> >> >> like? >> >> >> Is >> >> >> this a BIOS/legacy system? >> >> >> >> >> >> Regarding an unattended install of Windows, how do you plan to do >> >> >> this? >> >> >> Do you want to chain-load to a WDS system? Restore an image with a >> >> >> tool >> >> >> like Clonezilla?? There's lots of options here without knowing the >> >> >> details. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Could someone help me with that? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Is there some kind of a forum for this or is it just by email? >> >> >> >> >> >> Web forum? No. IRC? Yes, but unless you find someone active at >> >> >> the >> >> >> time, you might have to wait for any sort of answer. > >-- -Gene
Gene Cumm
2017-Dec-06 23:53 UTC
[syslinux] FW: Help for setting up windows unattended installation
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Kenneth Vandb?k <valnurat at gmail.com> wrote:> I have changed my setup.menu file as mentioned, but I get this error now: > > command line: "BOOT_IMAGE= wimboot > initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/bcd,Windows7SP2/boot/boot.sdi,Windows7SP2/sources/boot.wim" > Unrecognised argument > "initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/bcd,Windows7SP2/boot/boot.sdi,Windows7SP2/sources/boot.wim" > Press a key to reboot... > > My setup.menu file looks like this now. > > # Setup.Menu Begin > MENU TITLE Setup Menu > LABEL MainMenu > MENU LABEL ^Return to Main Menu > MENU GOTO .top > > LABEL E6320 > MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 > KERNEL wimboot > append > initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/bcd,Windows,7SP2/boot/boot.sdi,Windows7SP2/sources/boot.wim > # Setup.Menu End > > What should I do now?Apparently wimboot is intolerant of this particular commandline style. SYSLINUX appears intolerant of this style which is probably more in tune with what wimboot likes: LABEL E6320 MENU LABEL ^Latitude E6320 KERNEL wimboot APPEND initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/bcd initrd=Windows7SP2/boot/boot.sdi initrd=Windows7SP2/sources/boot.wim SYSLINUX only loads the first file. It seems you'll need to load iPXE (unless someone else knows a workaround...) -- -Gene
Shao Miller
2017-Dec-07 03:11 UTC
[syslinux] Help for setting up windows unattended installation
What about using linux.c32?? It has some special initrd features, which someone has very kindly documented: ? http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Linux.c32 Shao Miller Synthetel Corporation W: https://www.synthetel.com
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