ACU unattended install & windows 7

[Anonymous_User]

Hi all: Just getting going on our first test machine with Windows 7 64-bit. Learning as I go. On of the first things I have come across is that there does not seem to be a way to make an unattended install file like with the Novell client for XP. It also appears, based on a few TIDs, that the Novell client for Win7 CANNOT be totally unattended due to a Microsoft requirement of accepting a signed driver.

If the above is true, I am curious how people do re-imaging and unattended setups of Win 7 machines?

Thanks, Chris.

[Anonymous_User]

Chris sounds like they 'said':

> Hi all: Just getting going on our first test machine with Windows 7
> 64-bit. Learning as I go. On of the first things I have come across
> is that there does not seem to be a way to make an unattended install
> file like with the Novell client for XP. It also appears, based on a
> few TIDs, that the Novell client for Win7 CANNOT be totally
> unattended due to a Microsoft requirement of accepting a signed
> driver.
>
> If the above is true, I am curious how people do re-imaging and
> unattended setups of Win 7 machines?
>
> Thanks, Chris.

So my response to Chris's comment is...

Oh, but it is possible to do these things. Check out this:

http://www.novell.com/documentation/windows_client/pdfdoc/windows_client
_admin/windows_client_admin.pdf

Check the section on advanced installation options. Nciman.exe still
works, to create a response file.

Kicker is editing the install.ini file once you've exploded the client
into a folder. Then from a dos prompt, run acu.exe /? to see the
options available.

--
Stevo

[Anonymous_User]

Thanks Steve. And I read another of your threads which helps me out on the elevated command prompt for accepting Novell as a Trusted Publisher.