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Hello there. I'd be really grateful if someone could help me with this. I have looked through the PDF version of the guides on this site, and I'm sure it's mentioned in there somewhere, but as I'm partially sighted navigating the net is sometimes a pain. Therefore, I apologise if this has been covered elsewhere. I want to create a generic XP SP2 Unattended CD that I can use on any machine for a basic OS install and application installation (Office 2003, Firewall, etc). However, as some of the machines require specific driver disks to be inserted during the TextMode portion of setup (SATA/RAID install) or as I may want to install to different partitions, I'd like to be able to manually work through the TextMode part of the setup, and have the GUI part and app install done unattended. Could someone please advise me as to the lines in the winnt.sif file that would control and allow this? Thanks a lot once again. Hussein.

Hello Folks. Firstly please forgive me if this has been posted previously on the board as I am partially sighted and may have missed it. I have so far managed to slipstream the updates into my XP SP2 CD and also created a tentative RunOnceEx file to install some applications silently. Hoever I am having some difficulty slipstreaming the SATA drivers even after folloing the tutorial on this site. I shall post the files I have modified so you can see what I’ve been doing. Firstly the TXTSETUP.OEM file: # # format for txtsetup.oem. # # General format: # # [section] # key = value1,value2,... # # # The hash ('#') introduces a comment. # Strings with embedded spaces, commas, or hashes should be double-quoted # # This section lists all disks in the disk set. # # <description> is a descriptive name for a disk, used when # prompting for the disk # <tagfile> is a file whose presence allows setup to recognize # that the disk is inserted. # <directory> is where the files are located on the disk. # [Disks] d1 = "VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette", \RAID\winxp\VIAMRAID.SYS, \RAID\winxp d2 = "VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette", \RAID\win2000\VIAMRAID.SYS, \RAID\win2000 d3 = "VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette", \RAID\Winnt40\VIAMRAID.SYS, \RAID\Winnt40 d4 = "VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette", \RAID\2003ia32\VIAMRAID.SYS, \RAID\2003ia32 #d9 = "VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette", \RAID\x64\VIAMRAID.SYS, \RAID\x64 d5 = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller Driver", \PIDE\winxp\viapdsk.sys, \PIDE\winxp d6 = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller Driver", \PIDE\win2000\viapdsk.sys, \PIDE\win2000 d7 = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller Driver", \PIDE\winnt40\viapdsk.sys, \PIDE\winnt40 d8 = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller Driver", \PIDE\2003ia32\viapdsk.sys, \PIDE\2003ia32 # This section lists the default selection for each 'required' # hardware component. If a line is not present for a component, # the default defaults to the first item in the [<component_name>] # section (see below). # # <component_name> is one of computer, display, keyboard, mouse, scsi # <id> is a unique <within the component> string to be associated # with an option. [Defaults] scsi = VIARAID_MULTIPLE_XP # This section lists the options available for a particular component. # # <id> is the unique string for the option # <description> is a text string, presented to the user in a menu # <key_name> gives the name of the key to be created for the component in # HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlSet001\Services [scsi] VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2003IA32 = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2003 IA32)" VIARAID_MULTIPLE_XP = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP)" VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2K = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2000)" VIARAID_MULTIPLE_NT = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows NT4)" #VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2003K864 = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows 2003 AMDx86-64)" VIAPDSK_VT4149_2003IA32 = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows 2003IA32)" VIAPDSK_VT4149_XP = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows XP)" VIAPDSK_VT4149_2K = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows 2000)" VIAPDSK_VT4149_NT = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows NT4)" # This section lists the files that should be copied if the user # selects a particular component option. # # <file_type> is one of driver, port, class, dll, hal, inf, or detect. # See below. # <source_disk> identifies where the file is to be copied from, and must # match en entry in the [Disks] section. # <filename> is the name of the file. This will be appended to the # directory specified for the disk in the [Disks] section to form the # full path of the file on the disk. #=======================================# [Files.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_XP] driver = d1, viamraid.sys, VIAMRAID_NT5 inf = d1, viamraid.inf ## Cat file directive. It should be marked with non-digital signed driver catalog = d1, viamraid.cat [Files.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2K] driver = d2, viamraid.sys, VIAMRAID_NT4 inf = d2, viamraid.inf ## Cat file directive. It should be marked with non-digital signed driver catalog = d2, viamraid.cat [Files.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_NT] driver = d3,viamraid.sys,VIAMRAID_NT4 inf = d3,viamraid.inf [Files.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2003IA32] driver = d4, viamraid.sys, VIAMRAID_NT5 inf = d4, viamraid.inf ## Cat file directive. It should be marked with non-digital signed driver catalog = d4, viamraid.cat #[Files.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2003K864] #driver = d9, viamraid.sys, VIAMRAID_NT5 #inf = d9, viamraid.inf #[HardwareIds.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2003K864] #id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249","viamraid" #id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149","viamraid" #id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164","viamraid" [HardwareIds.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2003IA32] id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249","viamraid" id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149","viamraid" id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164","viamraid" [HardwareIds.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_XP] id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249","viamraid" id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149","viamraid" id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164","viamraid" [HardwareIds.scsi.VIARAID_MULTIPLE_2K] id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249","viamraid" id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149","viamraid" id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164","viamraid" # This section lists the files that should be copied if the user # selects a particular component option. # # <file_type> is one of driver, port, class, dll, hal, inf, or detect. # See below. # <source_disk> identifies where the file is to be copied from, and must # match en entry in the [Disks] section. # <filename> is the name of the file. This will be appended to the # directory specified for the disk in the [Disks] section to form the # full path of the file on the disk. #=======================================# [Files.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_XP] driver = d5, viapdsk.sys, VIAMRAID_NT5 inf = d5, viapide.inf ## Cat file directive. It should be marked with non-digital signed driver catalog = d5, viapdsk.cat [Files.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_2K] driver = d6, viapdsk.sys, VIAMRAID_NT4 inf = d6, viapide.inf ## Cat file directive. It should be marked with non-digital signed driver catalog = d6, viapdsk.cat [Files.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_NT] driver = d7, viapdsk.sys, VIAMRAID_NT4 inf = d7, viapide.inf [Files.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_2003IA32] driver = d8, viapdsk.sys, VIAMRAID_NT5 inf = d8, viapide.inf ## Cat file directive. It should be marked with non-digital signed driver catalog = d8, viapdsk.cat [HardwareIds.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_2003IA32] id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_4149","viapdsk" [HardwareIds.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_XP] id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_4149","viapdsk" [HardwareIds.scsi.VIAPDSK_VT4149_2K] id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_4149","viapdsk" #=============================================================================== # This section specifies values to be set in the registry for # particular component options. Required values in the services\xxx # key are created automatically -- use this section to specify additional # keys to be created in services\xxx and values in services\xxx and # services\xxx\yyy. # # <key_name> is relative to the services node for this device. # If it is empty, then it refers to the services node. # If specified, the key is created first. # <value_name> specifies the value to be set within the key # <value_type> is a string like REG_DWORD. See below. # <value> specifies the actual value; its format depends on <value_type> [Config.VIAMRAID_NT5] value = Parameters\PnpInterface, 5, REG_DWORD, 1 [Config.VIAMRAID_NT4] value = "", Tag, REG_DWORD, 1 And now the modified part of the TXTSETUP.SIF file [SourceDisksFiles] d1 = "VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette", \RAID\winxp\VIAMRAID.SYS, \RAID\winxp [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164 = "viamraid" [SCSI.load] VIARAID_MULTIPLE_XP = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP)" [SCSI] VIARAID_MULTIPLE_XP = "VIA RAID Controller(Windows XP)" I’ve kept the driver disk directory structure and added it to \drivers\006\RAID ith the TXTSETUP.OEM file in \drivers\006\ as is on the disk. If you could help me as to here I’m going wrong I’d be most grateful. The error that occurs when trying to run XP setup basically states that something in TXTSETUP.SIF is wrong. Looking forward to your reply. Hussein.

Thanks will take a look. Cheers.

Hi. I'm new to slipstreaming and unattended setups, and have just started to create my first XP install CD. So far, I've reduced XP by removing MSN Explorer and some of the languages and drivers for devices I'll never have. Also added some silent installs for AdAware, MSN, WMP10, NAV2005 and Nero. I just bought an MSI Radeon 9250 128MB Graphics Card for my new computer (built from scratch) but the instructions say that the driver should be installed before the card is inserted. The prob is, I don't have on-board video, so cannot install the drivers as I'd have no graphics to do it. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Cheers. Hussein. Hussein Patwa PatwaNet 07709947412 (uk) www.patwanet.co.uk