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I have changed my methodology to leave all my additional install files on the DVD and just have my batch file copied to the system drive root. Then I used GUIRUNONCE to intiate DVD ROM file installs and all is well. I think the key thing is use nLite and burn. Hmmmm, all I gotta do is work out how to close this baby. :-)
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Yeah, nLite plus dvdburn.exe (windows toolkit resource) seemed to produce a much better iso image. I left the winnt.sif alone. I shall carry on hacking away at thsi for a while to see if I can work out why the sub dirs were not carried across.
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Ok - that was better. However, 1. All the file names have been shortened (MS-DOS 16 bit copy thing?). Maybe I should use an XP boot disk instead of a Win98 one. 2. Only the MyFolder1 & MyFolder2 directories were copied <CDROM>\I386\$OEM$\$1\MyFolder1 <CDROM>\I386\$OEM$\$1\MyFolder2 but the sub dirs in MyFolder2 were not copied. Anyone got any ideas on that?
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Yup, will do.
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Another thing am I supposed to use the switches at the command line (I am using winnt.exe not winnt32.exe) to tell the installation about my 'set up' files?
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Sorry AlbinoRaven, Are you suggesting that my dir structure should be <CD ROM>\$OEM$\$1\MyFolder\I386 or all off the root <CD ROM>\$OEM$ <CD ROM>\$1 <CD ROM>\MyFolder <CD ROM>\I386 I currently have (hedging my bets) <CD ROM>\$OEM$\$1\MyFolder <CD ROM>\I386 <CD ROM>\I386\$OEM$\$1\MyFolder
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Oh btw I am trying to install windows 2003 server standard.
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dd shadow If the 'trick' is in the difference between our listings then I cannot see it. I take it your copies files over from CD to harddrive? bledd, I do have upper case $OEM$ on the cd drive file name. Do you have any examples you could post, taking out PIDKEys, etc ? ddShadow, I read the link and I'm sure that I have the correct drive paths that is why I am looking more closely at the *.sif. Driving me bananas really.
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Apologies but I cannot workout the correct answer. I want to be able to copy myFolder to the root (c:\) from the install CD and start batch.bat My CD has the $oem$ at the following dir with myFolder under $1 <CDOM drive>\$oem$\$1\myFolder this is at the same level as my I386 folder <CDOM drive>\I386 Below is my winnt.sif which must have a problem but I'm going round and round trying to work out what it is ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=ConvertNTFS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="workgroup" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=10 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FullName="Install Test" OrgName="Blah ComputerName=blah [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode=PerServer AutoUsers=10 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=47 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000809 UserLocale=00000809 InputLocale=0809:00000809 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0 [internetServer] PathFTPRoot = C:\Inetpub\Ftproot PathWWWRoot = C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot SvcManualStart = ftp [Components] aspnet = on complusnetwork = on dtcnetwork = on bitsserverextensionsisapi = on bitsserverextensionsmanager = on iis_common = on iis_ftp = on fp_extensions = off iis_inetmer = on iis_nntp = on iis_smtp = on iis_asp = on iis_internetdataconnector = on sakit_web = on tswebclient = on iis_serversideincludes = on iis_webdav = on iis_www = on/ appsrv_console = on inetprint = off [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\myFolder\Batch.bat"