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I think I've already tryed this tool but if I can remember right, it can only be run from windows... so you wont be able to boot from a floppy and run it thrue a batch file...

Maybe %SOURCEDRIVE% is expended to <DriveLetter>:\ so calling %SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\... will result in <DriveLetter>:\\Programmes... I do have those kinds of error sometimes with my .js script... and also avast! has this stupid error if installed on another drive then C:...

Firewall I wasn't able to install it really silently. I'm using an AutoIT script that wait for that window to appear and click cancel...

I had an error too yesterday. I can't remember what was it but it looks like the screenshot posted here. Since you posted an updated version, I just redownloaded and didn't had time to test it... I'm calling it in XPlode from cmdlines.txt like this: msiexec /i %SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\winamp\winamp.msi INI="%SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\winamp\install.ini"

You could also compress your drivers and expand them a @ t-39. I saved ~70Mb like this!

You wont be able to do this completly unattended. For the XP part, no problem. But I really don't know for the linux part. Maybe its possible. But you wont be able to do BOTH with just one iteraction... boot from cd, partition, reboot, install xp, reboot, install linux. The problem will be with the reboots. you can't keep information between reboot so the computer wont know where it is in the process of installing things... Or you could put a menu so you will tell the computer where it is in the process... Check CDShell

@mukeshnuna This is not an xplode popup!!! Either change the ip settings in you winnt.sif, or disconnect the network card from the virtual machine so it wont have network access. As you can see, you are at 16 minutes left for installation. XPlode can run in different places, but not @ t-16.

If, in you winnt.sif file, put: [Data] AutoPartition=0 then you will have the choice to install Windows wherever you want. It won't touch other partition then the one you've selected. If you set AutoPartition to "1", then Windows will be installed on the first partiton that have enough space. If your system is clean, then it will be C:. but if you are reinstalling and you didn't format, it could be E: or D:... If your not sure I suggest you set AutoPartition to "0" so you will have the choice. You could always include a partitioning program on your CD. So you could boot the program, partition like you want, reboot, then install Windows.

Thats the first thing I tough when looking for another word They don't say its a security fix release

Here's the link to the tutorial I used. Its pretty straitfoward and working great.

I used PartitionExpert 2003 (APE2k3) with a different method. I have 2 files for APE2k3 for a total of 4.3 MB. Go to where you installed APE2k3. Copy the file MediaBuilder.exe somewhere else. Rename that copy to "MediaBuilder.zip" and extract it. You only need "kernel.dat" and "ramdisk.dat". Copy those 2 somewhere on your CD. Now put a option in your CDShell like this: print "\t[2] Acronis Partition Expert 2003\n" if $lastkey == key[2]; then isolinux /boot/utils/bin/ape2k3/kernel.dat quiet append vga=vesa load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=11000 initrd=/boot/utils/bin/ape2k3/ramdisk.dat /S And thats it. I've tryed the same technic with DiskDirector 9 but I get some kernel panic when booting the same way!... CDShell is in beta stage. Reanimatolog doesn't want to update his package each time another beta comes out. He's waiting for a stable version...

Hey killerbee, I remember you wanted a way to have different multiple "installation profiles" which would depend on different winnt.sif... I was looking for the same thing. Via winnt.sif, you have 3 choices: the DetachedProgram (t-39), GuiRunOnce (first logon), and SetupParams (t-9). The easiest way to install things is with cmdlines.txt (t-12). So if you want to "influence" the t-12 stage, you have can do it only via t-39 as its the only one executed sooner... But you can only execute one program with t-39, and I used it to extract a BIG driver archieve... So I wrote the program posted here. Now the interesting part. With the mt39, extract all the drivers you want (I now have one .7z archieve for each driver, way easier to maintain) ... <item> <!-- nVidia video card's driver --> <program>%CD%\Programmes\7zip\7z.exe</program> <arguments>x -y -o%systemdrive%\setup\drivers\nvidia %CD%\Programmes\drivers\nvidia.7z</arguments> <hide>1</hide> <wait>300</wait> </item> ... You could also add this one so you could remove the "OEMDriverPath" of winnt.sif!!! (look here for more info) <item> <!-- Add OEM drivers' location to registry --> <program>%CD%\Programmes\drivers\devpath.exe</program> <arguments>%systemdrive%\setup\drivers</arguments> <hide>1</hide> <wait>300</wait> </item> Then I copy one of my many .xml for XPlode: <item> <!-- XPlode --> <program>%windir%\system32\cmd.exe</program> <arguments>/C copy "%CD%\Programmes\XPlode\DD4550.xml" "%systemdrive%\setup\XPlode.xml"</arguments> <hide>1</hide> <wait>300</wait> </item> This will copy my .xml for my Dell Dimension 4550 on the harddrive. Then from cmdline.txt, I just call XPlode with %systemdrive%\setup\XPlode.xml I have different winnt.sif for different computers, and each one of these call a different xml file for xplode. That way I can have as many winnt.sif as I like! Hope it will help others (mt39 was really inspired by XPlode... And I can say its quite similar now The biggest difference is that it doesn't show anything... no ugly batch files )

Just name all of the "display=" the same like: <item display='DirectX 9.0b'> <execute display='Extraction' program='%SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\7zip\7z.exe' arguments='x -y -o%WINDIR%\Temp\Install\directx %SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\directx9c.7z' hide='true' /> <execute display='Installation' program='%WINDIR%\Temp\Install\directx\dxsetup.exe' arguments='/silent' /> </item> would become: <item display='DirectX 9.0b'> <execute display='Multimedia acceleration' program='%SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\7zip\7z.exe' arguments='x -y -o%WINDIR%\Temp\Install\directx %SOURCEDRIVE%\Programmes\directx9c.7z' hide='true' /> <execute display='Multimedia acceleration' program='%WINDIR%\Temp\Install\directx\dxsetup.exe' arguments='/silent' /> </item>

v0.7 is up Now supports a full set of comman line switches! See first post for details

Thanks alanoll for this nice release!!!! There doesn't seems to be an option for "Nullsoft tray control"... what is it though?

Excellent work!!! Thank you

I call a .js script from cmdlines.txt like this: wscript ..\Programmes\scripts\cmdlines.js where cmdlines.txt is in <CD>\$OEM$\cmdlines.txt cmdlines.js is in <CD>\Programmes\scripts\cmdlines.js

Way to go Alanoll!!! Ini will be great for this!!!

"unattended" isn't a program that could be "open source". It's just a way to install thing: unattended mean "with no user interaction". The site you came with is only an "information site". You won't find any source code there, even if its hosted by SourceForge, because it isn't a program and so it doesn't have any source code!!! There is no such things as "product" here and there. Only information to help you make an Unattended Windows XP CD. Hope it clarified some things... EDIT: hum, that wasn't the page I tough I've found a site on sourceforge some time ago and they posted some silent switch for program. The site listed here seems to be a helper utility to install WinXP unattended. I'm not sure it is really helpfull...

I would be really pleased to see an msi for v5.0.4!!!!!!! I really don't like how's winamp is installed silently and would like to modify things, without the .js thing (or AutoIT which is the same...)

v0.6.1 is up It corrects a bug present in the %CD% parsing function... I'm currently implementing using better command line arguments like: /xml:pat\to\xml.xml:/xml /log:pat\with spaces\to\logfile.log:/log /var:var1=value1:/var /var:var2=value2:/var /testingmode:1 /logging:1 for better control. I use the "/xml:" and ":/xml" to prevent problems with spaces in paths. Also, having 5 characters beside the arguments will prevent the program from stopping reading when there is a space or when a double quote is present in the argument... /xml:"Path\with some\spaces\in\it\file.xml":/xml /var:var1=This is a quote " and another one ". They will be present in the variable "var1":/var

Thats a hard one Never heard of something like this... I do someting similar but its not 100% unattended: boot the cd, partition de HD, reboot on the same Cd, install. I use CDShell to control the boot procedure...

look for a "jscript tutorial" There are plenty avaible. JScript is a "copy" of JavaScript made by Microsoft to include in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. They are almost identical. If you find a tutorial for JavaScript then follow it. JScript support is included in Windows via Windows Scripting Host (WSH). WSH support JScript and VBScript, I do prefer JScript, but that's personnal, they can do the same thing. With a JScript/VBScript you can control almost anything in Windows; you can send keys to application too. So You can make a .js script that send some keys to your setup to install it silently. I'm pretty sure you won't find any tutorial on JScript AND installing silently... Learn JScript, then look at examples people have posted here for different application and then make your own... good luck

Yes it is possible. You'll need to hexedit some files and have a 3rd party CD loader (I suggest CDShell) You'll find more info on the 911 CD forum (the site doesn't look really stable, if you can't get it, wait a bit and retry)

v0.6 is up. Corrected a bug about files not loaded/created in the right directory. Logging is now better. Slowly moving to better command line arguments.