Or you could, you know, kill them with regular bullets. I know that doesn't sound as cool as biological magic bullets, but they've proven pretty effective in the past.
Oddly enough, I didn't even see this mistake the first time I read that sentence. That grammar is so bad my brains internal sed and awk processes must have made corrections in-line.
Well, it does initially have to create a FAT filesystem because unattended actually boots a linux kernel, then uses DOS emulation to start the windows install. Linux can't understand how to write NTFS, so FAT is used to copy the installation files to the hard drive. However, you can then partition the drive up however you want, including creating one big C: drive. During the windows install, it will actually convert the FAT32 filesystem over to NTFS once you've booted into the full windows install environment. It's pretty nifty.
Unattended is definitely the best system I've used so far.
And actually, you can do that now with the service packs from Microsoft. At least that's what I'm doing with our windows 2000 and 2003 server installations. I have the service packs, as well as all post-SP patches and updates, integrated into the specific versions I386 folder. After that I just commented everything in the updates.bat file and all of my installs end up fully patched out of the box. Coupled with the Perl and VB scripts you can write and fire off during the installation, it saves me loads of time during post-install configuration. At some point I'd like to extend the system to generate customized post-install scripts on the fly, so that I can create fully custom installs on a per client basis.
I've got some bookmarked links to the MS knowledgebase that explains how to integrate the service packs and individual patches, but they're not on me at the moment. Should be pretty easy to find by searching for "integrate service packs" on the MS site.
The key feature for me with Unattended is the ability to integrate drivers into the I386 folder so they are available during install. This is what enables such a wide variety of chipsets to be supported from a single installation point.
A coworker of mine suggested a way of using ghost by performing a windows install on a single machine, then powering down the system right before it boots for the first time and goes through its hardware detection. Then taking the hard drive, mounting it on another machine, copying the I386 folder and all necessary drivers to the hard drive, and making a ghost image of that drive. Supposedly when you ghost another machine, windows should boot for the first time, detect all the hardware and load the appropriate drivers. I've never tried this, however, so I have no clue if it works well or not. Sounds like it could work though.
The images won't load for me, so I don't know what the case looks like, but my question is: Do you still have to blow into the thing to get the NES to work?:p
as someone who works at a call center and got smacked with angry customer calls when this virus hit... my hat is off to yourself and others like you.:)
Man, they could have saved all that money on a segway and used it to get really high on the ground.:)
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Verizon is up to their eyeballs in broken circuits. We keep calling them to fix downed T1's caused by the power outage (I work for a CLEC) and when we ask if the circuits will get looked at today they start laughing.
My experience with Sprint web services is pretty crappy. I would dare say that 90% of the time I get "Network not responding" errors when browsing on my pcs phone or simply trying to compose a short mail message. Have you had similar issues?
Hmmm... so I will be able to view websites as through the eyes of a c64, but I see nothing in the feature list about opera being able to render the page even though it hasn't downloaded all the images. Will _that_ be fixed in version 7? I hope so.
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So what you're saying is, we can't touch this search engine yet?
Or you could, you know, kill them with regular bullets. I know that doesn't sound as cool as biological magic bullets, but they've proven pretty effective in the past.
Thank you for reminding me of that terrible Voyager episode. Do you know how much Vodka it took to forget I ever watched that train wreck? :(
Oddly enough, I didn't even see this mistake the first time I read that sentence. That grammar is so bad my brains internal sed and awk processes must have made corrections in-line.
Either that or I'm a closet dyslexic. :/
Broadband over gas? Pshaw! Next you'll be telling me they're working on broadband over the air or something. :-P
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Well, it does initially have to create a FAT filesystem because unattended actually boots a linux kernel, then uses DOS emulation to start the windows install. Linux can't understand how to write NTFS, so FAT is used to copy the installation files to the hard drive. However, you can then partition the drive up however you want, including creating one big C: drive. During the windows install, it will actually convert the FAT32 filesystem over to NTFS once you've booted into the full windows install environment. It's pretty nifty.
Unattended is definitely the best system I've used so far.
And actually, you can do that now with the service packs from Microsoft. At least that's what I'm doing with our windows 2000 and 2003 server installations. I have the service packs, as well as all post-SP patches and updates, integrated into the specific versions I386 folder. After that I just commented everything in the updates.bat file and all of my installs end up fully patched out of the box. Coupled with the Perl and VB scripts you can write and fire off during the installation, it saves me loads of time during post-install configuration. At some point I'd like to extend the system to generate customized post-install scripts on the fly, so that I can create fully custom installs on a per client basis.
I've got some bookmarked links to the MS knowledgebase that explains how to integrate the service packs and individual patches, but they're not on me at the moment. Should be pretty easy to find by searching for "integrate service packs" on the MS site.
The key feature for me with Unattended is the ability to integrate drivers into the I386 folder so they are available during install. This is what enables such a wide variety of chipsets to be supported from a single installation point.
A coworker of mine suggested a way of using ghost by performing a windows install on a single machine, then powering down the system right before it boots for the first time and goes through its hardware detection. Then taking the hard drive, mounting it on another machine, copying the I386 folder and all necessary drivers to the hard drive, and making a ghost image of that drive. Supposedly when you ghost another machine, windows should boot for the first time, detect all the hardware and load the appropriate drivers. I've never tried this, however, so I have no clue if it works well or not. Sounds like it could work though.
Maybe it's slang. Like, 'off the chain', or 'off the hook', or even the ever popular 'off the hizzie'?
The images won't load for me, so I don't know what the case looks like, but my question is: Do you still have to blow into the thing to get the NES to work? :p
as someone who works at a call center and got smacked with angry customer calls when this virus hit... my hat is off to yourself and others like you. :)
Man, they could have saved all that money on a segway and used it to get really high on the ground. :)
Verizon is up to their eyeballs in broken circuits. We keep calling them to fix downed T1's caused by the power outage (I work for a CLEC) and when we ask if the circuits will get looked at today they start laughing.
:)
I think they've all lost their shit over there.
So... RFID tags are our friend now? I'm so confused.
/goes off to get a beer
But answer me this... did the book ever stop you cold at any point?
:)
OK, I'm being an ass. Sorry.
My experience with Sprint web services is pretty crappy. I would dare say that 90% of the time I get "Network not responding" errors when browsing on my pcs phone or simply trying to compose a short mail message. Have you had similar issues?
Hmmm... so I will be able to view websites as through the eyes of a c64, but I see nothing in the feature list about opera being able to render the page even though it hasn't downloaded all the images. Will _that_ be fixed in version 7? I hope so.
For some reason I can vividly picture President Bush on television talking about "E-mail Terror Networks"...
Good point. I mean, I can agree with the fact that spammers are evil -- maybe I've just heard that word thrown around way too often. :)
(and, hopefully win) the _evildoers_ if not for their users mailboxes sake, then for their own budget
Evildoers? *shakes head*
Did anybody else have to read that title 3 or 4 times before it made any sense?
I hope that whatever is happening between your laptop and your balls remains in the privacy of your own home. ;)
No, I get enough brainwashing at my job. Thanks. ;)
Good point. For some reason "market share" and "user base" are not easily interchangeable in my mind. :)
I would personally be quite happy if everyone and his brother were using Debian.
Increase its market share? Debian developers don't get paid for all the hard work they do. Why should market share matter?
Besides, the installer is not that difficult.