RE: Win7 progress?

[Meier, J. R. <JM...@sm...>]

I've also been considering this, and I come to some of the same
conclusions you do:

 

1:  install.pl needs to be modified.  I was thinking of modifying it
with conditionals at each question so that we can write .txt or xml
based on the install media/os.

3:  I've also considered the separate partition for booting into Windows
7.  I'm going to try and do it manually first to see what options we
have.

4:  I think UAC can be disabled though the answer file.  This is
speculation, but I think I saw an option for it when reading the
docs/browsing through WAIK.

 

I'm in a bit of a crunch to get this working soon, so I'm planning on
pounding on it hard in May.  I haven't spent a ton of time in
install.pl/WinMedia.pm  I'd like to see your code/changes to
install.pl/WinMedia.pm, if you're down with that.

 

Jye

 

From: Doug [mailto:do...@gm...] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:21 PM
To: una...@li...
Subject: Re: Win7 progress?

 

So, I've been playing with Win7 for a couple of days, and reading lots
of web pages and unattended code.  I just wanted to capture a couple of
the things I found out.  This is not meant to be an exhaustive list,
just some thoughts/observations.

1) New unattended file format.  Used to be unattended.txt, now is an
XML-based file.  So that means that install.pl will have to change to
write the new format, perhaps read defaults differently, etc.

2) Different file structure on install disk.  Several of the files that
install.pl looks for do not exist any longer.  i386 directory gone.
Etc.

3) Can't run Win7 setup from current boot disk process.  (I think this
is true.  Hacking the nt5install script to try is beyond my abilities.)
Should the new process require PXE (hope not)?  Use WAIK to create a
WinPE disk that contains and can run install.pl?  Is it possible to
create a small partition on the new PC hard drive, copy the Win7 install
files from the network, create the unattended, boot to that partition to
install, then get rid if it post-install? 

4) UAC (by default can't run todo.pl from Z: without warning popups) and
other concerns on applications.

I'm sure there are others, but those are some of the major changes I've
found so far.  I hacked around 1 (hand created Autounattended.xml
bundled with my install media), 2 (hacked up install.pl and
WinMedia.pm), and 4 (joined the domain during the install so that
\\ntinstal\install was a trusted share) so I could try various things
out.

Thoughts?

Doug









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