travis_san

Thanks ilko_t, this works now. To clarify, the nlited source installed via RAM load works fine. However, nlited source + IE7 slipstreamed creates errors in text mode. I was considering cdob's post on how nlite breaks the naming convention in txtsetup.sif and yet this is functional if the source is an ISO created by nlite. I noticed these ISOs are Joliet, whereas XP_RAM.ISO was not. I simply added set mkisofs_option=-R -J to mkISO_RAMload_sort.cmd to enable Joliet. This works; no missing file errors in text mode. Thank you for your help guys. I will test this on real hardware soon.

Thanks ilko_t and cdob for helping me out. Oops, this is not a problem. I had been resetting the vm between text and gui setup. There is a 'WIN51IP.SP3' file in the root if that is what you mean. Yes, I did RAM load this way by linking the usb drive as a virtual drive. Between the text and gui setup I could not change the boot order of physical drives without resetting the vm, so I tried adding this to menu.lst: title find and load NTLDR of Windows NT/2K/XP find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ntldr chainloader /ntldr This does not work ("File not found" in VirtualBox, instantaneous reset in Qemu). However, this entry does work if booted from a mounted ISO (I'm puzzled as to why) instead of a linked usb drive. This was the method I used to create a successful install. Is this how you tested it in a vm or did you use a different method? I tried this as you said and the install works perfectly. What can I do to slipstream IE7 without generating missing file errors in text setup? Can you help me understand why these errors exist with the RAM loaded version and not when mounted as a CD? I've attached txtsetup.sif from my IE7 slipstreamed source. Here is my menu.lst (it's just the same as in cdob's first post): title Loading XP RAM install - /Inst/XP_RAM.ISO ls /Inst/XP_RAM.ISO || find --set-root /Inst/XP_RAM.ISO map --mem /Inst/XP_INST.IMA (fd0) #(fd1) optional, required at some BIOS #map --mem /Inst/XP_INST.IMA (fd1) map --mem /Inst/XP_RAM.ISO (0xFF) map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) map --hook chainloader (0xFF)/I386/SETUPLDR.BIN TXTSETUP.7z

I'm getting errors in the text setup that say these files can't be found: advpack.dll.mui icardie.dll.mui iedkcs32.dll.mui ieframe.dll.mui iepeers.dll.mui iernonce.dll.mui iesetup.dll.mui ieui.dll.mui ieunatt.exe.mui inetcpl.cpl.mui inseng.dll.mui msfeedsbs.dll mshta.exe mshtml.dll.mui mshtmled.dll mshtmler.dll.mui urlmon.dll.mui winfxdocobj.exe.mui wininet.dll.mui If I skip each of these files, the setup continues ok until the GUI setup where I receive the error "The file 'asms' is needed" and I cannot proceed further. The source I used to create XP_RAM.iso was an nlited XPSP3 with IE7 slipstreamed and an $OEM$ folder just containing a cmdlines, a batch script and reg files. I have no issues with this source when mounting it as a CD. Testing done in Virtual Box and the ISO was loaded via a usb flash drive. I feel like I'm missing something obvious...