mrquincy

Here are the switches that I've found for Faronics DeepFreeze: The command line has the following options: Syntax Description [/install] Install Deep Freeze using installation file [/install /Seed] Install only the specified workstation seed file [/uninstall] Uninstall Deep Freeze [/uninstall /Seed] Uninstall Deep Freeze and leave the workstation seed installed [/PW=password] Sets a password during installation [/AllowTimeChange] Allow system clock to be changed [/Freeze=C,D,...] Freeze only drives listed (Thaws all others) [/Thaw=C,D,...] Thaw only drives listed (Freezes all others) [/uSB] Exempt external USB hard disks from protection (Windows 2000/XP only) [/FireWire] Exempt external FireWire hard disks from protection (Windows 2000/XP only) Example Command Line: DF6Wks.exe /Install /Freeze=C /PW=password It seems like there is not a way to specify a number of thawed reboots on install before freezing partitions? Once DeepFreeze is installed you can shift double click on the toolbar icon and select a number of thawed reboots, but I'm unable to find documentation describing how to accomplish this from install. I hope someone here has experience with this issue in Deepfreeze. I would like to achieve these unthawed boots to allow my users a time window to plug in peripherals/install printers etc before their hard drives are frozen. I am also emailing Faronics about this. I'll report back with their answer if no one has responded; I feel this information could be valuable to others in my situation.

I am making progress, but having issues building my own BartPE disc. I have isolated the problem to be with PEBuilder. I am trying to simply build a test BartPE (no media output), edit the bartpe.bmp wallpaper, run PEBuilder again using F5 to create the ISO. I am doing this to prove to myself that I can alter BartPE's file structure and still burn a bootable disc (without going through the trouble to add my windows UA folder) I have discovered that if I build an image and select create ISO or burn DVD from scratch...I have a bootable disc. HOWEVER: If I build a BartPE folder...change nothing in the filestructure...and then try the F5 build option I get a non-bootable coaster. (gives error "CDBOOT: NTLDR not found") I have verified that SETUPLDR.BIN is in i386 and it is in caps (though I changed nothing in the build folder so I would have no reason to believe this had been altered, I saw lots of threads claiming that this was almost always the cause for my error msg) Considering I didn't make any changes at all to the BartPE folder before hitting F5 I'm forced to assume that the issue is with PEBuilder v3.1.10a. So I tried building an ISO using IMGBURN: Bootable disc No emulated type boot file: BartPE output bootsect.bin Load Segment: 07C0 Sectors To Load: 4 File System: ISO9660 ISO9660 Restrictions: Folder/File Name Length: Level X - 219 Characters Character Set: Standard Allow More Than 8 Directory Levels Allow More Than 255 Characters In Path Allow Files Without Extensions Don't Add ';1' Version Number To Files (complements of CDOB ) I chose the BOOTSECT.BIN file in the root of my BartPE folder and still the resulting ISO gives me CDBOOT: Can not find NTLDR error message. CDOB, if you're still out there, could you attach your IMGBURN build project file for me to try? Perhaps I am missing something there... PS- I'm testing my ISO's using VirtualPC so I know the problem is not with my CD-R's. Thanks again in advance!!!

EDIT: Ohhhhh waitwaitwait. I think I found the answer here--> http://www.911cd.net/forums/lofiversion/in...php/t16192.html Great stuff guys, thank you! After adding the INF to the plugins folder per Bullfrogs instruction I was able to select the custom diskpart plugin as expected. I wasn't sure where to put the extracted files, so I then built a bartpe installation folder to see if the log would shed any light on where the files I extracted from the hot fix should go. After having read the log, it looked to me like the extracted files needed to be placed in the source i386 folder before building the Bartpe folder. I added the files to the source and built the folder again, no errors this time. I burnt my disc and then loaded the disc. BartPE started to load and then gives "ftdisk.sys is corrupted", which is one of the files I added. Could someone clarify what I need to do for the following two steps? 2. dcom patch needs to be run for 2003 sp1 (like that in bartpe for winxp sp2.) 3. register vss_ps.dll manually (by autorun script or something.) From Theodin's original post it sounds as though his INF takes care of those two steps...but if it does I must be doing something else wrong. Perhaps I did not extract the files from the hotfix appropriately? I just sent them to a folder on my desktop and then copied/pasted to my source i386 folder. Thanks in advance!

Great! Thank you! That puts me one step closer. I'll continue working on this... Does anyone know if the things that I "think I know" are on track?

You can integrate different sets of drivers directly using nLite, or you could google "DriverPacks" and start scoping out the DriverPack BASE. You can set up your UA windows installation folder using nlite, run the driverpack BASE to add many drivers at once, and then run nlite again to create the final ISO. Between this forum, the DriverPack forum, and our friend Google you should be able to accomplish your tasks without a problem

This post is in reference to: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=68252 I'm thrilled at the notion of automating the creation of two partitions; then seamlessly initiating my unattended windows xp+driverpack install on one partition while leaving the other partition for storage: I want to set 'C' to 10 GB NTFS and allow the remaining disc space to be 'D' (also NTFS). This HOWTO seems promising...but following the guide leaves much to the imagination...Here's how I interpret the desired structure for the root of my AIO disc per the HOWTO guide: contains i386 (created by BartPE) and a folder called "xp" containing all UA windows files. Here's what I think I understand: -BartPE has an i386 folder that must reside at the root of your disc image in order to boot to the BartPE environment -The previously configured Windows XP Unattended files should be placed in a arbitrarily named seperate folder('xp' in my intepretation of the desired root structure) in the root of the disc image to be referenced by Winnt32.exe -BartPE partitions the HDD using a script as specified by a txt. -Winnt32.exe is started in the BartPE environment; which copies the UA XP install folders to the specified partition ('C'), reboots the computer, and the UA install proceeds as usual. Here's what I don't understand: -Is there a particular BartPE plugin that allows for disc partitioning, or is this a functionality inherent to the environment? I may have more questions, but if I'm misunderstanding the concepts presented by ProClub I won't waste anyone's time with them. Thanks in advance!

This being my first post; you guys are great! Not to single any one expert out to be better than another but I've already received tremendous help from guides and posts by RogueSpear, Ryan VM, Ricktendo, Nuhi and countless others. I understand the work you all have gone through and I admire your diligence! *wipes off nose* I'm working on getting BGinfo integrated into my nLited xp installation. I read the sysinternals website for BGinfo @ technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx however the article mentions right off the bat that viewing a 'pay to play' forum will familiarize the user with application integration. I know the integration process can't be complex; here's what my guesses are and please correct my ignorance: BGInfo refences a *.bgi file when the app is run. Another post on MSFN mentions BGinfo should be placed in the startup folder in order to ensure that it is updated consistently at boot. I think that I need to create a BGInfo folder in C:\ containing the exe and the bgi. Obviously I'll need a shortcut in the Startup folder as well. Being new to slipstreamed XP installs, how might one accomplish this task? I've searched the forums high and low but I'm confident that someone will have a one link answer for me...I'm just having trouble finding that link on my own. Thanks!