Re: [Unattended] 64-bit OSs

On 4/27/10 1:33 PM, "Allison Roth" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was talking about this on the devel list, but realised this was more
> appropriate.  My apologies.
>  
> Anyway, I was asking if there was any further progress on Win7, and was told
> that really it¹s just what¹s up on the site
> (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unattended/ticket/3 and
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unattended/wiki/Win7). I was having trouble
> wrapping my head around the steps given, since I hadn¹t touched Unattended in
> probably 6-7 years or so, so I figured I¹d set up an XP install first, just to
> get the basics down.  However, it seems like XP 64-bit doesn¹t work in
> Unattended as written either ­ is that correct?  If it is, would roughly the
> same steps work for it as for Win7, if I can figure them out?
>  
> Thank you!
>  
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Unfortunately, these are two different beasts...

Windows Vista and above use an entirely re-written installer running on
WinPE 2.x which is largely the problem that is being faced. From what I
understand, WinPE 1.x was far more stripped back than WinPE 2.x which
Vista/7 uses for the OS loader for the installer. The reason 64-bit likely
isn¹t working is you¹d need a 64-bit build of the tools used for unattended
(FreeDOS and friends). Unfortunately, far as I know, there is no build of
those tools for 64-bit mode.

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Gary L. Greene, Jr.
IT Operations
Minerva Networks, Inc.
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