Win2k3 unattended installation: non-speaking error

nospam@example.com (Jonas Genannt) — Tue, 16 May 2006 11:14:48 +0200

If you work on unattended installtion for Windows and you get the following error during the GUI Installation Setup, don't despair.

An error has been encountered that prevents Setup from continuing.
Internal Setup data structers are corrupted (phase 0).
Press OK to view the Setup log file

When you get this error, there are some missing entries on your winnt.sif file in the I386 Folder.

You have to add:
MsDosInitiated = "0"
AutoPartition=0
UnattendedInstall = "Yes"

That flags are essential for the [Data] Selection in the winnt.sif file!

MsDosInitiated=0 Means that you are not installing from floppy drives!
AutoPartition=0 You musst create the partitions on yourself!
UnattendedInstall = "Yes" Starts the Unattended Installation in the GUI Mode.

Rsync Server under Windows

nospam@example.com (Jonas Genannt) — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:14:52 +0200

Rsync Server under Windows is possible with cygwin and cwrsync!

You can get cwRsync with cygwin dlls here: http://itefix.no/cwrsync/

Install it, create a rsync.conf file, but two things are important for running rsync on windows:

strict modes = false
use chroot =false

My rsync.conf looks like this:

secrets file = /cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/passwds
log file = /cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/rsyncd.log
pid file = /cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/rsyncd.pid
strict modes = false
use chroot = false

[Backup]
comment = Files for Backup
path = c:\files
auth users = backup
hosts deny = *
hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
read only = yes
list = false

The password file has got that format:

username:password

For installing rsync as a Server you need the programs:
- instsrv.exe
- srvany.exe

Now execute this command:
instsrv.exe "Rsync c:\path\to\srvany.exe

Do not start the service now!

Open regedit and insert the following lins to that path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEMS\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rsync\Parameters

AppDirectory REG_SZ "c:\Programme\cwrsync\bin"
Application REG_SZ "c:\Programme\cwrsync\bin\rsync.exe"
AppParameters REG_SZ "--daemon --config=/cygdrive/c/Programme/cwRsync/rsync.conf"

Now you can start rsync as a normal service.

Jonas Genannt - windows

Win2k3 unattended installation: non-speaking error

Rsync Server under Windows