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Yesterday I tried to install Windows XP 64bit on my xw4400 workstation.
It has a "Designed for Windows XP x64 Edition" logo, so it sould work out of the box...
But when I first installed the xw4400 I have chossen the x86 edition, so I have no custumiced install cd from HP for x64.
When I booted my msdn x64 dvd, setup hung with "no storage devices found". :-(

So I had to prepare a custom installation cd for this workstation. To automate this, I wrote a small script.
What it does:

• slipstreams Windows XP x64Edition Service Pack 2
  
• patches TXTSETUP.SIF (described below why)
• copies needed file for textmode setup ( IaStor.sys )
• copies my WINNT.SIF file for unattended setup in "ProvideDefault" mode
• instructes setup to install some needed dirvers for my workstation
• copies my customiced $OEM$ directory
• creates an iso file of the customiced cd

( sorry I can't provide my WINNT.SIF, because it prefills my KEY - don't like to enter it always when I setup a machnie. )
The interessting parts is:

[Unattended]
    ; provide default values
    UnattendMode = ProvideDefault
    ; full control on choice of file system
    FileSystem=*
    ; for IntelDrivers
    OemPreinstall = Yes
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_chipset;Drivers\
    001_RAID;Drivers\002_network;Drivers\004_sound"

Here is my directory sturcture, where I store the customiced $OEM$ part of the cd:


The drivers for the Intel SATA/RAID Adapter I found on the Intel site. I extracted the needed dirvers with this command line:

iata78_enu.exe -A -PH:\HP\Intel\unzip

Somehow: putting the needed files to the $OEM$\TEXTMODE diretory - as described here - did not work for me. Setup hang with some parse errors in the "TXTSETUP.OEM" file. I could solve this with:

• copying the needed files to %XPCD%\AMD64 for the TXTSETUP part
• for loading during textmode setup I added this lines at the end of the %XPCD%\AMD64\TXTSETUP.SIF file
• last but not least I had to insturct the installer in the %XPCD%\AMD64\WINNT.SIF file to install these dirvers during setup.

Here is the output of my script:


If you like to use the script, do it on your own risk. You will need some software in order to run in!

More tutorials and howto's for unattended Windows installations can be found on msfn.org.

found some interesting article about css hacks for different browsers.

here a small note for me:

/* hacks for IE6 */
/*
#singleview > #singlePicture { margin-top: 0px; } only IE6
* html #singleview #singlePicture { margin-top: 5px; } only IE6
*/

the whole article can be found here: external link
also nice to know: msdn article

This is just a short howto include php_rrd to the mod_php:

# cd /usr/portage/dev-lang/php/
# ebuild php-5.2.5-r1.ebuild unpack
# cd /var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/php-5.2.5-r1/work/php-5.2.5/ext/
# wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/contrib/php_rrdtool.tgz
# tar zxvf php_rrdtool.tgz
# cd rrdtool/
# phpize
# cp configure configure.org
# sed "s/PHP_RRDTOOL\/lib/PHP_RRDTOOL\/lib64/g" configure.org > configure
# rm configure.org
# ./configure --with-rrdtool=/usr --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config --with-libdir=/usr/lib64
# make && make install
# echo "extension=rrdtool.so" >> /PATH/TO/apache2/httpd.conf

in httpd.conf add:

PHPIniDir /PATH/TO/etc/php.ini

check your phpinfo();