Timorad

Thanks for the response I already have a batch file that does the trick. My primary concern is that windows doesn't recognise the ntfs drive. @echo off DEL winnt.sif set /p serial="Serial: " set /p username="Gebruikersnaam: " set /p companyname="Bedrijfsnaam: " set /p computername="Computernaam: " echo [Data] >> q:\winnt.sif echo AutoPartition=1 >> q:\winnt.sif echo MsDosInitiated="0" >> q:\winnt.sif echo UnattendedInstall="Yes" >> q:\winnt.sif echo AutomaticUpdates=1 >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [Unattended] >> q:\winnt.sif echo UnattendMode=FullUnattended >> q:\winnt.sif echo OemSkipEula=Yes >> q:\winnt.sif echo OemPreinstall=Yes >> q:\winnt.sif echo TargetPath=\WINDOWS >> q:\winnt.sif echo UnattendSwitch="Yes" >> q:\winnt.sif echo WaitForReboot="No" >> q:\winnt.sif echo DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore >> q:\winnt.sif echo NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [DiskConfig] >> q:\winnt.sif echo Disk1 = "Disk1.config" >> q:\winnt.sif echo Disk2 = "Disk2.config" >> q:\winnt.sif echo Disk3 = "Disk3.config" >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [Disk1.config] >> q:\winnt.sif echo Size1=* >> q:\winnt.sif echo PartitionType1=primary >> q:\winnt.sif echo FileSystem1=ntfs >> q:\winnt.sif echo Quickformat1=yes >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [Disk2.config] >> q:\winnt.sif echo Size2=* >> q:\winnt.sif echo PartitionType2=logical >> q:\winnt.sif echo FileSystem2=ntfs >> q:\winnt.sif echo Quickformat2=yes >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [Disk3.config] >> q:\winnt.sif echo Size3=* >> q:\winnt.sif echo PartitionType3=logical >> q:\winnt.sif echo FileSystem3=ntfs >> q:\winnt.sif echo Quickformat3=yes >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [GuiUnattended] >> q:\winnt.sif echo AdminPassword=* >> q:\winnt.sif echo EncryptedAdminPassword=NO >> q:\winnt.sif echo OEMSkipRegional=1 >> q:\winnt.sif echo TimeZone=110 >> q:\winnt.sif echo OemSkipWelcome=1 >> q:\winnt.sif echo DetachedProgram="%SystemRoot%\system32\DRVZ.EXE" >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [UserData] >> q:\winnt.sif echo ProductID=%serial% >> q:\winnt.sif echo FullName="%username%" >> q:\winnt.sif echo OrgName="%companyname%" >> q:\winnt.sif echo ComputerName="%computername%" >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [Display] >> q:\winnt.sif echo BitsPerPel=32 >> q:\winnt.sif echo Xresolution=1024 >> q:\winnt.sif echo YResolution=768 >> q:\winnt.sif echo Vrefresh=60 >> q:\winnt.sif echo. >> q:\winnt.sif echo [RegionalSettings] >> q:\winnt.sif echo LanguageGroup=1 >> q:\winnt.sif echo SystemLocale=00000413 >> q:\winnt.sif echo UserLocale=00000413 >> q:\winnt.sif echo InputLocale=0413:00020409 >> q:\winnt.sif

I am building a new unattended installation that (1) needs to format the disk, (2) read a custom winnt.sif, and install windows. With a program (I believe it is called ntfs4dos) I have read and write acces to the ntfs partitions. However, winnt.exe doesn't recognise the ntfs disk. Is it possible to manually copy the windows setup files to the ntfs partition, reboot, and continue the setup manually? What winnt.exe does is basicly the same I think. Edit: What I want is an installation that formats the drive, ask for user input (serial, username, etc) and generate a winnt.sif file with that data included. Then install windows using that winnt.sif. The advantage? No need to pause the installation, as serial and username are already included.

The partitioning is not the problem, the formatting is. gdisk.exe cannot format into NTFS, and I don't think any program is able to do that from dos. The only solution is therefore the windows setup.

What I want: I want an unattended setup. First it needs to make several partitions. A batch file is run, asking for serial & username, and then making winnt.sif answer file. Windows needs to start after that using the winnt.sif answer file, format the drives, and start setup. What I have: The CD boots a dos environment, starting a tool which partitions the hard disk in the way I want (NOTE: Partition, not format). It also creates a RAM-drive. After that a batch file is started, which ask for serial, un, and so on. It writes this info to an winnt.sif file, which is then created on the RAM-drive. So far so good. The Problem: This is where the problem kicks in. I try to start the windows setup by executing winnt.exe (Ofcourse with the command switches to use the new winnt.sif). However, windows starts to complain there is not enough space available, which is quite logical considering there are no formated partitions. When the setup started from the normal CD, it was possible to format the drives in NTSF through the setup,and unattended. Why not now? Is there a possibility to start the windows formating tool from a dos-environment? Note: For reference, here is a section from my winnt.sif: [DiskConfig] Disk1 = "Disk1.config" Disk2 = "Disk2.config" Disk3 = "Disk3.config" [Disk1.config] Size1=* PartitionType1=primary FileSystem1=ntfs Quickformat1=yes [Disk2.config] Size2=* PartitionType2=logical FileSystem2=ntfs Quickformat2=yes [Disk3.config] Size3=* PartitionType3=logical FileSystem3=ntfs Quickformat3=yes

I'm sorry to say this but I've got a problem running ncab.exe . In compability mode it doesn't report anything, under normal mode it report this: C:\DOCUME~1\Administrator\Local wordt niet herkend als een interne of externe opdracht, programma of batchbestand. and then just stops. Any solutions perhaps?

Try replacing, in your presetup.cmd this: reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing" /v Policy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Driver Signing" /v BehaviorOnFailedVerify /t REG_DWORD /d 1 reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing" /v Policy /t REG_BINARY /d 01 by this: reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing" /v Policy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Driver Signing" /v BehaviorOnFailedVerify /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing" /v Policy /t REG_BINARY /d 01 /f Worked for me, and I had the same symptoms.

I know about the ability to export settings to a reg file. When the unattended installation is finished, archived files are not directly opened by winrar. It just pops up the standard windows-window, asking with what program I want to open the file. Only AFTER I manually start the winrar executable, the settings are read out, and the files are actually associated with winrar. It isn't a big problem (I guess I can start winrar in the unattended process, and kill it afterwards), but I was hoping there would be a better solution.

options>export/import>export settings to file on the winrar main gui Yeah I figured this. However, Winrar needs to be started first before the file extensions are actually taken over by winrar.

Does anyone know how to register archives (zip, rar, cab etc) to winrar?

I've send Pyron an email, reffering to this thread.

Any progress? Does Python know about this error?

Is there something we can do?

*bump* This is really annoying, as apart from this error, my cd is finished

I was running it from WMWare, but here goes: Motherboard: Asus A7N8X Harddisk: Maxtor 80gig Memory: 1024MB RAM, 512 allocated for VMWare Processor: AMD XP 2600+ I don't think much more is relevant. I've used method 2, and didn't use nlite.

Same happens to me.