[WAIK - SIM - Disk Configuration - Mounting partition in a folder]

Sounds like a good idea, I'll try it! Thanks!

[WAIK - SIM - Disk Configuration - Mounting partition in a folder]

Hi FireGeier,

Thanks for the reply and for the VU batch scripts, which are great (using them, I've just finished integrating hotfixes and it's done in minutes). It seems I didn't explain my problem well, sorry for that. My problem is: how do I make a partition mount in a folder during the Windows PE phase?

I've gone through the Unattended setup guide and there seems to be no XML option for than, so I guess it all comes to running the following diskpart script somehow:

SELECT DISK 0
CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=10240
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="System" QUICK
ASSIGN LETTER=C
ACTIVE

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=15360
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="Programs" QUICK
ASSIGN MOUNT="C:\Program Files"

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=8192
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="Temporary" QUICK
ASSIGN MOUNT="C:\Windows\Temp"

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="Documents" QUICK
ASSIGN MOUNT="C:\Users"

Can I use RunSynchronousCommand for that? Will it work?

(I know I could set a different path (at least for \Users), but I want to preserve the default directory structure and only use mount points so that everything is transparent to user-space applications.)

[WAIK - SIM - Disk Configuration - Mounting partition in a folder]

Hi,

I'm using Windows System Image Manager (SIM) from Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) to prepare an unattended installation of Windows Vista, using FireGeier's excellent guide. I'd like to create separate partitions for programs and user profiles, but mount them in their "default" folders, ie. "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users" and "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files" respectively. What is the best way to achieve such a setup? Please advise.