Re: [Unattended] Using a Windows machine as Unattended server

[Gerhard H. <ger...@pl...>]

Krause, Richard schrieb:
> I thought i'd give Unattended a try and followed the step-by-step guide
> along until I came to the "Populate packages directory" part. As I'm
> using a Windows Server 2003 machine as Unattended server I realised that
> there must be additional configuration work done that is not mentioned
> in the guide (install Perl, fix Shebang line in the scripts... - which
> ones?). I tried to do this on my own but nevertheless I don't manage to
> call Perl and execute the install script after having booted. 
> 
> Is there any documentation available when using a windows machine as
> unattended server?
> 

Hello Richard,

I assume you have a problem with the install/tools/prepare script that 
is shipped with unattended. This script is for bash and not a perl 
script. This means, to run it on Windows, you will need some bash-style 
environment for Windows, for example CygWin of MS-Services-for-Unix.

There is also an alternative prepare.pl perl script that will run on any 
Windows box with ActivePerl installed, see this posting from mailing 
list archive:
http://www.mail-archive.com/una...@li.../msg02995.html

Place prepare.pl in \\server\install and run it like this:
   prepare.pl ENU
or
   prepare.pl DEU
depending on your language.

HTH
Gerhard