snowsquirrel

Is there a 3rd party tool that could do this? <bump> ~S

is there a way to non-interactively convert a fat32 partition to ntfs? I tried convert d: /fs:ntfs /x But then I have to type in volume label. So then I tried label d: name echo name | convert d: /fs:ntfs /x (label is needed, because I can't always know the disk label beforehand). But this doesn't work, as I get an error regarding invalid label name. THanks, ~S

Bonehead mistake. I was putting winnt.sif in base dir, not in i386 dir. also had to check drive letters in winnt.bat. Just thought I would let everyone know so no one else makes this mistake. ~S

With respect to OemPreinstall=no, all my files were being precopied, before the the gui part of install even comes up. The batch file is just not being run. If you are saying that with OemPreinstall=no, that nothing in $oem\$1\install should be copied, then I wonder if my winnt.sif is being ignored? That would explain a lot of things. I am new to windows, so I'll take your word for it that OemPreinstall should be set to yes. I made that change, burned the CD again, and had the same problem. All files are copied, but the GuiRunOnce section is not run. I have tried comman0="\path\to\batch.cmd" and just "\path\to\batch.cmd", but it makes no dif. Yet after install if I cut and paste my \path\to\batch.cmd" into a command window it runs fine, so it isn't a fat finger problem. I prepartition the hd and formatted C: and D: to FAT32 (I am not aware of a free tool that can do NTFS formatting. So the D: drive IS available during install. Perhaps I should set repartition to 0? That might also make the convertNTFS tag work too? The orgname, machine name, timezone, etc settings from my winnt.sif work. But it is like parts of it are ignored. It would be nice if there was a log to see what was going on, why parts of winnt.sif are rejected/ignored. Perharps one bad line is causing rest of winnt.sif to be ignored. Here is procedure I used to create CD: 1. RIP MS-XP-Pro cd to win_xp_pro_sp2. 2. slipstream sp2 3. use this sites tutorial to add win_sp_pro_sp2\$oem\$1\install\* files, and a batch file. 4. use setupmgr to create a unattend.txt. 5. modified the unattend.txt according to my preferences, based on knowledge from this site. 6. copy the unattend.bat to win_sp_pro\winnt.sif 8. use MS's tool to create a bootable install CD (can't remmeber name of tool). I feel like I am close, but so far no cigar (on any of my 3 probs). ~S

My winnt.sif file for the most part works. But the following 3 sections do not work: 1. The C: and D: partition are never converted from FAT32. (I created both using fdisk, before install). [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No FileSystem=ConvertNTFS TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=yes 2. The D & S folder is placed on C: partition. [GuiUNattended] ProfilesDir="d:\Documents and Settings" OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=10 OemSkipWelcome=1 3. command0 is never exectued, yet I know it works because I have manually tried it, post install. [GuiRunOnce] command0="c:\install\batch_file.cmd" I researched all of these tags, and I can't seem to see what I am doing different that the KB articles. Does an unattended install leave a log anywhere so I can see what the heck has gone wrong? Is it obvious to anyone else what I have done wrong. ~S