Nem

Thanks for the reply. Right, the finishes setup without fault means it goes through the blue background dos based format, file copy and then reboots, then goes through the gfx based setup all the way through 39 mins to 0 etc etc, then reboots as normal. This is when it should start up for the first time, but all I get is the first 2 flashes of the blue bars on the boot screen, and the system then reboots and loops on that pattern. It's a basic ISO I'm trying to create, I've not removed any components, added any apps, only added 1 hotfix, and not changed any options. The entries in the txtsetup file are totlly standard, coppied directly from the guide, using the compressed method after using makecab. Any other ideas? Thanks Nick

Right, having a slight problem with this. Added the line to the winnt.sif file, Added all the entries to the txtsetup.sif Compressed the two .sys driver files and added to the I386 folder. Added the $OEM$ folder structure and driver files. Tried the IDE and RAID way and just the RAID folder - both the same. Right, XP setup starts and i get the correct drives listed ti install to. It all goes through fine, reboots and finishes setup without fault. It then restrts again at the end and comes back to the xp boot screen. Then the system just restarts. Will not go further than that. Any ideas? Thanks. Nick