Re: [Unattended] Way to auto-select an unattend.txt file

[Dan B. <od...@sv...>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 04:28:03PM -0700, Travis Zadikem wrote:
> Will check it out.  Can I assume that you are using mysql then?  If not, can
> you share your whole
> config.pl and unattend.csv (can changes and such if need be) as it would be
> really helpful.  If you are using
> mysql that would be even better as I have just setup a skeleton to test with
> from the conf-mysql.pl

My unattended system doesn't use any database, Mysql or otherwise.  I don't
use unattend.csv either.

Everything is in site/hosts/<machine>.txt for me.  I find it far more
flexible.

> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Dan Brosemer <od...@sv...> wrote:
> 
> >  On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:29:04AM -0700, Travis Zadikem wrote:
> > > I am trying to find out if anyone ever got this working from an older
> > thread
> > > (7/2008) and if so if they would be sharing a quick how-to on this.  Here
> > is
> > > part of the thread back then.  I don't really care about the bootdisk
> > stuff
> > > I just to be able to select a machine (mac or machine name) and then it
> > will
> > > use the appropriate unattend.txt file.   I have looked a the wiki but it
> > > shows snippet examples and not a full-blown example.  Can anyone help?
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/una...@li.../msg08016.html
> >
> > Put in config.pl (untested, I pulled this snip out of my config.pl that
> > first gets the hostname from DHCP and *then* picks an unattend.txt from
> > it):
> >
> > my $host2 = $u->{'UserData'}->{'ComputerName'};
> > if ( -r dos_to_host ('z:\\site\\hosts\\'.$host2.'.txt') )
> > {
> >        print "Found site/hosts/$host2.txt\n";
> >        $u->read (dos_to_host ('z:\\site\\hosts\\'.$host2.'.txt'));
> > }
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > --
> > "Burnished gallows set with red
> >  Caress the fevered, empty mind
> >  Of man who hangs bloodied and blind
> >  To reach for wisdom, not for bread."  -- Deoridhe Grimsdaughter
> >

-- 
"Burnished gallows set with red
 Caress the fevered, empty mind
 Of man who hangs bloodied and blind
 To reach for wisdom, not for bread."  -- Deoridhe Grimsdaughter