[Successful NVRAID unattended slipstream]

i tryed this and some others ways to get it work. The best result was, that setup detected the raid (2x80 GB P-ATA), finished the installation, rebootet and... when windows loads for the first time, i only get an bluescreen and the system reboots.

the Driverpacks v. 5.01 also give me an error ("setupstructures have errors"). So i think i have to use an extra raid controller.

[XPLode Fails to Run - "Invalid XML Syntax"]

ok.. i think i am getting it to work step by step.

the log was ok so far, the only error that occured was that the setup.exe files were not found.

So i think the problem was in the xml file. I fixed that.

testing now

thx for helping so far!!!

while watching the installation in vmware i have another question.

i read about the office silent installation, i tryed all and it worked fine.

But the Problem ist, that the ISO with integrated O2003 is ~925MB big.

Is there a possebility to reduce the (german) O2003 administrative installation?

So WinXP incl. Office and all the other Tools would fit on 1 CD. I know about splitting it on two CD but that is not my target.

I only need word, excel, frontpage and powerpoint. No Cliparts etc.

i have not found a menupoint where i can select/deselect the O2003 parts.

I have read some posts here but have not found a sollution.

edit:

ok, windows is running. xplode ist working but i still get this error in the Execution treath: Error running command: 'execute' - error reported by plugin (file not found)

so i think there must be an error in my cd paths.

i attached the new log with the error

xplode.log

xplode.log

[XPLode Fails to Run - "Invalid XML Syntax"]

Hmm yes. Is that normal that xplode copies the folders to the HDD?

If yes, yes i would xplode to delete the folders after setup has finished.

I want xplode to install all additional Programms direct from the Installation CD and not after copying the files on the HDD. Is that possible?

i fixed the </items< tag. texting now

[XPLode Fails to Run - "Invalid XML Syntax"]

HI,

i am new here

I have read most oft the xplode posts but i am not able to get it working.

I have done following things yet, btw i am german, sry for mistakes :

1. Slipstreamed the SP1 into XP and reduced it with nlite. ~180MB now

2. Build my own winnt.sif for unattended Setup

3. Made my own $OEM$ Folder with subfolders.

4. Put the setup exe files, Drivers etc. in the DIRs

5. Put the xplode files into C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install

6. edited the xplode.xml file with my files which i want to install

The unattended setup works good, no errors.

I used the install.cmd to install my programms, that worked great too.

But now i want to switch from that .cmd "way" to the xplode "way"

here is my winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag[setupParams]    UserExecute="%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Install\Xplode.exe /log:%SYSTEMDRIVE%\xplode.log"
[Data]    AutoPartition=1    MsDosInitiated="0"    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[unattended]    UnattendMode=FullUnattended    OemSkipEula=Yes    OemPreinstall=Yes    Unattendswitch=yes    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
 OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_WinXP_0_chipsatzF;Drivers\000_WinXP_0_chipsatz_2k3;Drivers\000_WinXP_0_IDE;Drivers\000_WinXP_AGP;Drivers\002_WinXP2k_ati_inf;Drivers\003_sound;Drivers\004_netzwerk"DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore	
[GuiUnattended]    AdminPassword=ebfda92fd336b54aaad3b435b51404ee7388d9e3cdb986a53624d4c68e3f9bdc    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes    OEMSkipRegional=1    TimeZone=110    OemSkipWelcome=1
[userData]    ProductKey=    FullName="-"    OrgName="-"    ComputerName=wakue
[TapiLocation]    CountryCode=49
[RegionalSettings]    LanguageGroup=1    Language=00000407
[identification]    JoinWorkgroup=Arbeitsgruppe
[Networking]    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
[shell];  CustomDefaultThemeFile="%systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Slate.theme"  DefaultStartPanelOff=yes    DefaultThemesOff=yes    

here my xplode.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="unicode" ?><XPlode>    <config>        <hidewindow>Windows Update</hidewindow>        <hidewindow>CMD.EXe</hidewindow>        <show total='6' after='2' subcount='true' />        <!-- turn antialiasing OFF if you're running GUIinstall mode -->        <font face="Tahoma" antialias="false" small="8" large="12" />        <!-- note the position attribute - it is listed in 'x,y' positions. -->        <!-- 0..8 still may be used. -->        <window width='440' position='8' fixmain='0' />        <windowmode mode='guitransparent' />        <!-- can be standalone, guitransparent, or guiredraw -->        <!-- for the latter two, you don't need to specify background colours, or images. -->        <colours>            <header back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\head.png' />            <footer back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\foot.png' />            <progress border='#FFFFFF' back='#00000000' fore='#FFFFFFAA' fore2='#00000033' />            <main back='#FF00FF' fore='#FFFFFF' current='#FFFF00' description='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\main2.png' overlay='#FFFFFF22'/>        </colours>        <strings>            <!-- main XPlode string -->            <title>Post-Setup Installationen</title>            <complete>Fertig</complete>            <!-- adduser plugin strings -->            <adduser>Adding user #1#</adduser>            <addusertogroup>Adding user #1# to group #2#</addusertogroup>            <addgroup>Adding group #1#</addgroup>            <!-- file/dir ops plugin strings -->            <copy>Copying #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</copy>            <move>Moving #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</move>            <delete>Deleting #1# (#3#)</delete>            <!-- shortcut plugin -->            <shortcut>Adding shortcut: #1#</shortcut>        </strings>    </config>    <item display='blah'>        <example     display='Applying tweaks...'     program='%SYSTEMROOT%\regedit.exe'     arguments='/s "%XPLODE%\regtest.reg"'    username='Spike'    password='swordfish'    />    </item>    <item display='Adobe Reader 6'>        <execute display='Installiere Adobe Reader 6...'            program='#Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\AdobeReader6\Adober601.msi -p"-s /v\"/qn\""' />    </item>    <item display='Diskeeper 8 Server Edition'>        <execute display='Installiere Diskeeper 8 Server Edition...' program='#Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\Diskeeper\setup.exe /s /v/qn' />    </item>    <item display='Java VM'>        <execute display='Update Java VM...'           program='#Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\JavaVM\MSJavx86_3810update.exe /Q:A /R:N' />    </item>    <item display='MSN Messenger 6.2'>        <execute display='Installiere MSN Messenger 6.2...'         program='#Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\MSN62\MsnMsgs.msi /QB' />    </item>    <item display='Nero 6.3 Ultra Edition'>        <execute display='Installiere Nero 6.3 Ultra Edition...'    program='#Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\Nero63\Nero63.exe /silent /noreboot' />    </item>    <item display='Nero 6.3 Ultra Edition Registrierung'>        <execute display='Installiere Nero 6.3 Ultra Edition...'    program='/S #Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\Nero63\register.reg'/>    </item>    <item display='Winrar 3.11'>        <execute display='Installiere Winrar 3.11...'               program='#Sourcedrive#\install\Anwendungen\winrar\winrar311.exe /s' />    </item></XPlode>                                  

the folders on my xp cd or the following:

C:\XPCD\I386\...\

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\000_chipsatz..\ etc.

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Anwendungen\winrar...\ etc

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\System32

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$Docs

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$Progs

After the installation hast finished an windows is running, the drivers and install folders are located at c:\

I do not want them to be there. I only want to install the programms like i did it with the install.cmd .

i have attached my xplode.log

Hmm, i am not totally stupid to build something, but i dot know where my mistakes are. Somebody has an idea?

chris

xplode.log

xplode.log