XP SP2 unattended

[Lucius Snow]

Hello all,

I'm trying to make my first XP CD from a slipstreaming composed by a XP (SP1 integrated) CD + the SP2 file and to make it unattended. The slipstreaming seems to have worked ok since i had no error message. Then, i created an unattended.txt file which is on the root of the CD. Also, there're winnt.sif and winnt32.sif which are both indentical to the unattended.txt and set in \i386.

My CD boots up, the install loads normally but shortly after it prompts to ask a floppy "named CD ROM Windows XP Professionnal"

Here is my file :

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]    AutoPartition=0

    MsDosInitiated="0"

    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[unattended]

    UnattendMode=FullUnattended

    OemSkipEula=Yes

    OemPreinstall=Yes

    OemFilesPath="..\$OEM$"

    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\ac97;Drivers\nvaudio;Drivers\nvvideo;\Drivers\soundmax"

    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

    UnattendSwitch=Yes

    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

    WaitForReboot=No

    CrashDumpSetting=0

    DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes

    KeyboardLayout="French"

[GuiUnattended]

    AdminPassword="admin"

    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

    OEMSkipRegional=1

    TimeZone=105

    OemSkipWelcome=1

[GuiRunOnce]

    "%systemdrive%\Apps\runonce.bat"

[userData]

    ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

    FullName="Client"

    OrgName="/"

    ComputerName=PC

[TapiLocation]

    CountryCode=33

    Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]

    LanguageGroup=1

[branding]

    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[WindowsFirewall]

    Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]

    Mode=0

    Home_Page=http://www.google.fr

[Proxy]

    Proxy_Enable=0

    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[identification]

    JoinWorkgroup=TRAVAIL

[Networking]

    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

    msmsgs=off

I can't go forward this. Any ideas ?

Thank you very much.

[aknott]

it 's because you missed some files in the root folder of your cd

those :

-win51

-WIN51ip

-WIN51ip.SP1 if you slipstreamed the SP1

-WIN51ip.SP2 if you slipstreamed the SP2

and if you slipstreamed a SP2 over a cd splipstremed by SP1 you need both

but regards of your message it asks you for the CD ROM Windows XP Professionnal without any SP mentionned so it must be the WIN51.ip

[Lucius Snow]

Merci beaucoup, it works now

However i've got a new problem (probably not the last one, i'm afraid ), the install can't copy the RAID drivers. The F6 install works fine, it does copy the files loaded from the floppy, then the install continues ... i create a new partition, format it in NTFS and so the problem occurs at the first files copy (which are the RAID drivers). I have to ignore and to skip then. However, after that, the usual normal files from the CD copy properly. It only concerns the RAID drivers. Strange because they could be loaded just before. By the way, it's a Promise Fasttrack 378 (onboard an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe).

I haven't put these drivers on the CD and create the stuff to load them automaticaly because i'll use this CD on several different machines. So i must keep the destination install directory free since i'll install Windows on any kind of controller and hard drive.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks for your patience

[Lucius Snow]

I've just repeated the same operation from a basic XP+SP1 CD (with no unattended) and it worked. The RAID drivers files could get copied. So the problem has something to do either with my unattended file or the slipstreaming / the SP2.

Any ideas ? Thank you.

[aknott]

sorry i don't know

have the same motherboard but don't use the raid controler

only the 'single sata'

[Lucius Snow]

Thanks anyway.

I'll finally integrate Ryan RAID drivers pack. It seems problems occured with SP2 though so i'm not sure it'll work properly. I'll give a try and let you know in Ryan's thread.

[bnp]

I am XP_OEM_SP1 -custom. He is work, I did slipstreame XP_SP2 no work

WIN51,WIN51IP,win51ip.SP1,win51ip.SP2 - OK

no BOOT WITH cd???

[mlu]

@all

If you had slipstreamed sp1a before sp2, you can delete win51ip(ic).sp1, spnotes.htm, sp1.cab, sp1.cat. That's all.

[Alanoll]

I am XP_OEM_SP1 -custom. He is work, I did slipstreame XP_SP2 no work

WIN51,WIN51IP,win51ip.SP1,win51ip.SP2  - OK

no BOOT WITH cd???

when you reburn it, you have to tell it to be a bootable CD. Look around the web for a slipstream guide.

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

The F6 RAID drivers won't work with a WINNT.SIF file. It's something with the setup mechanism. You have to integrate the drivers somehow if you need them.

[bnp]

I delete win51ip(ic).sp1, spnotes.htm, sp1.cab, sp1.cat, bat boot cd with slipstreame XP_SP2 rebooting in 1 sec.