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I need to perform an unattended install of Windows XP on computers that have USB 2.0 ports and do NOT have DVD/CD ROM drives. I have 4GB USB Flash Drives and the contents of the entire unattended XP will fit on the device. Does anyone have detailed instructions and utilities for making the USB Flash Hard Drive bootable (with master boot record) and the required smarts to invoke the unattended install from the device to the internal IDE hard drive? An approach based solely on using Windows and not linux is preferred. Thanks P.S. This topic is about using the Flash Drive as the installation point and NOT about installing Windows XP onto a Flash Drive. P.S. I know that RIS is another option, but would like to explore bootable USB Flash Drives.

I also had the problem and the addition of the "Ignore" lines to the WINNT.SIF fixed it.

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I also tested the new v5.04.4 release and it is working correctly with LSI mass storage controllers (symmpi.sys). Thank you.

@bts: I just tested the 5.04 release. Sorry, but it does not work with 0,1, etc. I re-applied my changes to the 5.04 and everything works. The 0,1,etc. naming is most likely cause. What is the [Map.SCSI] section in the txtsetup.sif file?

BTS, can you also email me your valid txtsetup.sif and winnt.sif. I would like to cross check with mine.

Thank you for the clarification

The current 5.03.3 DriverPacks modifies my existing WINNT.SIF with the following inserted lines for DriverSigningPolicy and NonDriverSigningPolicy [Unattended] DriverSigningPolicy= "Ignore" NonDriverSigningPolicy= "Ignore" Older version would create the following lines: [Unattended] DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore The only difference is that the current 5.03.3 approach uses quotation marks around the Ignore (Also puts a space). Which approach is correct? (Microsoft claims that it should not contain quotation marks).

After testing numerous approaches, the following method is the only one that worked: [SourceDisksFiles] symmpi.sys= 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0622= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0624= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0626= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0628= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0032= "symmpi" [SCSI.Load] ; Commented out the following ; symmpi0= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi1= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi2= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi3= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi4= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi5= symmpi.sys,4 ; Added the following symmpi= symmpi.sys,4 [SCSI] ; Commented out the following ; symmpi = "LSI Logic PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter" ; symmpi0= "LSI Adapter, FC 4000 series, Dual or Quad port (with 929)" ; symmpi1= "LSI Adapter, FC 4000 series, Single port (with 919)" ; symmpi2= "LSI Adapter, FC 7002 series, Dual or Quad port (with 929X)" ; symmpi3= "LSI Adapter, FC 7002 series, Single port (with 919X)" ; symmpi4= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, (with 1020/1030)" ; symmpi5= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI RAID series, (with 1035)" ; Added the following symmpi= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, (with 1020/1030)"

If I make the following manual changes to txtsetup.sif, the problem is not solved. [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0622= "symmpi0" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0624= "symmpi1" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0626= "symmpi2" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0628= "symmpi3" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030= "symmpi4" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0032= "symmpi5" However, I did some further exploration. I found that original txtsetup.sif that ships with Windows XP contains the following: [SCSI] symmpi = "LSI Logic PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter" When I run method 1, that line remains in the new txtsetup.sif file. Could this be a potential cause?

I am using DP BASE V5.04 | DP Graphics A V5.04 | DP Graphics B V5.04 | DP LAN V5.04 | DP MassStorage V5.04 | DP Sound A V5.04 | DP Sound B V5.04 | DP WLAN V5.04 The latest DP Base Method 1 generates a txtsetup.sif file that fails to detect/load the driver for the LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, (with 1020/1030). The unattended install generates an error message that no hard drive was found. It worked with V5.01. However, the correct driver exists in DP MassStorage V5.03. I found that the problem was caused by the generated contents of txtsetup.sif The massstorage controller in the system has the following HardwareIds PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030&SUBSYS_10001014&REV_07 PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030&SUBSYS_10001014 PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030&CC_010000 PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030&CC_0100 The txtsetup.sif that fails contains the following: [SourceDisksFiles] symmpi.sys= 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0622= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0624= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0626= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0628= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0032= "symmpi" [SCSI.Load] symmpi0= symmpi.sys,4 symmpi1= symmpi.sys,4 symmpi2= symmpi.sys,4 symmpi3= symmpi.sys,4 symmpi4= symmpi.sys,4 symmpi5= symmpi.sys,4 [SCSI] symmpi = "LSI Logic PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter" symmpi0= "LSI Adapter, FC 4000 series, Dual or Quad port (with 929)" symmpi1= "LSI Adapter, FC 4000 series, Single port (with 919)" symmpi2= "LSI Adapter, FC 7002 series, Dual or Quad port (with 929X)" symmpi3= "LSI Adapter, FC 7002 series, Single port (with 919X)" symmpi4= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, (with 1020/1030)" symmpi5= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI RAID series, (with 1035)" The following manual changes to txtsetup.sif do NOT solve the problem: [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0622= "symmpi0" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0624= "symmpi1" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0626= "symmpi2" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0628= "symmpi3" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030= "symmpi4" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0032= "symmpi5" One possible workaround: If I run method 1 and then manually make the following changes to txtsetup.sif, the unattended install runs smoothly without any detection errors: [SourceDisksFiles] symmpi.sys= 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0622= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0624= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0626= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0628= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030= "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0032= "symmpi" [SCSI.Load] ; Commented out the following ; symmpi0= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi1= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi2= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi3= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi4= symmpi.sys,4 ; symmpi5= symmpi.sys,4 ; Added the following symmpi= symmpi.sys,4 [SCSI] ; Commented out the following ; symmpi = "LSI Logic PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter" ; symmpi0= "LSI Adapter, FC 4000 series, Dual or Quad port (with 929)" ; symmpi1= "LSI Adapter, FC 4000 series, Single port (with 919)" ; symmpi2= "LSI Adapter, FC 7002 series, Dual or Quad port (with 929X)" ; symmpi3= "LSI Adapter, FC 7002 series, Single port (with 919X)" ; symmpi4= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, (with 1020/1030)" ; symmpi5= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI RAID series, (with 1035)" ; Added the following symmpi= "LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, (with 1020/1030)" The older version of the DriverPack worked and did not have have this problem DP BASE V5.01.1 | DP MassStorage V5.01 and the generated contents from txtsetup.sif are as follows: [SCSI] symmpi = "LSI Logic PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter" [SourceDisksFiles] symmpi.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0622 = "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0624 = "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0626 = "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0628 = "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030 = "symmpi" PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0032 = "symmpi" [SCSI.Load] symmpi = symmpi.sys,4 [SCSI] symmpi = "LSI Logic PCI Fibre Channel Host Adapter"