ML370G2 Deployment with rdp1.40/5.6SP1

[ORY]

I have just install and tested the altiris product (Eval30Days license).

I have some troubles with the DL/ML W2K installation Script with pxe boot for deployment of win2K-french servers.

The first part configuring the raid unit is ok, after the script reboot the ML370G2 and then
the script is bloqued.
(The script on the console appear in blue and a message "demande de courtage" is displayed.)
I have tried to hash the script in 3 scripts
(Without the reboots command)and the scripts are working separatly.
Another problem: i tried to install WIN2K-French version and the script stop with error in line 29 on unnatend.txt
Is there any solution to install WIN2K French + NTCP with RDP?
Thanks for your answers.

[Jeff Mathews]

This was taken from a post Robert Hern made about non-english OS installs. I think it is the same thing you are running into. In this case he was talking about german installs, but the same is true of french.

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What you're running into is an issue with installing different-language OSes and the fact that the driver strings are not always localized. Here's some text from an HP Advisory on the subject:

"The Rapid Deployment Pack contains sample events that allow deployment of a Windows 2000 server using Microsoft???s scripted install. The drivers that are already included on the Windows 2000 media include localized strings in the TXTSETUP.SIF file. The strings in the Rapid Deployment Pack???s unattended setup file W2K.TXT are not localized. When using a non-English Windows 2000 OS with the Rapid Deployment Pack, the installation will fail when the scripted install attempts to locate the drivers by using the non-localized names in W2K.TXT"

What you need to do is find the LSI Logic C8xx PCI SCSI Host Adapter string in your id3374.txt file. Then, look in the TXTSETUP.SIF file for the appropriate German language version of that string. Replace the string in the the id3374.txt file with the translated string and try again.

You may want to keep German-translated versions of your unattend.txt file separate from your English-language versions.

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I hope Roberts fix helps.

Jeff