Unattended

Linux kernel 2.6.38.6. Windows XP SP3 Security updates up to January 2011. Linux boot programs upgraded to the latest stable versions. Auto-detection of drivers.

Linux kernel 2.6.29.1 is used, which enables more network drivers. cifs is now used instead of smbfs. ntinstall5 is available as an alternate installation process instead of a DOS emulator. Windows XP SP3 is included. The IE7 and Office Compatibility Pack were added. Several programs were updated to the latest stable version. Windows XP SP3 Security updates up to March 2009 were applied. The Linux boot build process was tested on other Linux distributions. Support was added for Postgres as well as MySQL for configurations. "make download" is now cached.

This release features two completely reworked boot
disks. The traditional boot disk is now based on
FreeDOS, thanks to recent improvements in that
project. There is also a new experimental boot disk
that uses a custom diskless Linux system based on
the 2.6.3 kernel, making it possible to install Windows
using nothing but free software (except for Windows
itself).

This version features a complete rewrite of the
master script in Perl, allowing vastly more
flexible local customization. The new Perl
installation script, which runs from DOS, includes
a full parser/generator for unattend.txt files.
With the new script comes a completely rewritten
set of instructions for OS installation.

This release features even better error checking, better support for Windows XP, better separation between generic scripts and site-specific configuration, and more examples.