How do I controll partition size on unattended using winnt.sif on flop

[perlabsrat]

I have done a lot of searching on this topic and have not been able to find a working answer to this problem.

I work in a lab where we constantly need to do clean installs of windows using only an OS CD and a floppy containing a copy of winnt.sif

The problem I am currently trying to solve is that while I do want the drive to be reformatted I need the partition size to be controllable in the answer file and without the user having to supply any values. This needs to be a fire and forget process with no prompting.

In the end, the goal is that the drive must contain unallocated free space after the install but no matter what I have tried the setup still tries to partition the drive as one large partition filling the drive.

I have been experimenting with the ExtendOEMPartition and [DiskConfig] which I can not tell if DiskConfig is even supported inside a winnnt.sif file like this as I have read conflicting posts on this topic.

So without making the floppy bootable and using a tool like diskpart/gdisk can anyone look at my winnt.sif and tell me how to modify it so that I end up with say a 20gb partition after the install and the remainder of the drive is unallocated free space?

Thanks.

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
  ;AutoPartition=1
	UnattendedInstall="Yes"
	MSDosInitiated="0"

[Unattended]
  ;
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
  ;UnattendMode=ProvideDefault; prompt user along the way
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore	
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=No
	TargetPath=\WINNT2
  ;
Repartition = "Yes"
;FileSystem=*
;FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
;ExtendOemPartition=1; fill the drive
;ExtendOEMPartition = 10000; make the drive nnn MB in size
ExtendOemPartition = 20000; this does not appear to work correctly 


	NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
	NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
	WaitForReboot= No
	UnattendSwitch= Yes

	[GuiRunOnce]

b:\kickoff.cmd
a:\kickoff.cmd


[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode = PerServer
AutoUsers = 10



[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=password
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=20
	OemSkipWelcome=1
	AutoLogon=Yes
	AutoLogonCount=99

[UserData]
	FullName=Myname
	OrgName=Mycompany
	ComputerName=*
	ProductKey= *******key goes here ********

[URL]
	Home_Page=http://www.google.com
	Search_Page=http://www.google.com

[Display]
	BitsPerPel=32
	Xresolution=1024
	YResolution=768
	Vrefresh=85

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=workgroup

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=No

[Components]
	freecell=off
	hearts=off
	minesweeper=off
	solitaire=off
	pinball=off
	spider=off
	zonegames=off

[NetOptionalComponents]
;Beacon = 0
;DHCPServer = 0
;DNS = 0
;IAS = 0
;ILS = 0
;LPDSVC = 0
;MacPrint = 0
;MacSrv = 0
;Netcm = 0
NetMonTools = 1
;SimpTcp = 0
SNMP = 1
WBEMSNMP =1	


[TapiLocation]
	Dialing=Tone
	AreaCode=512


[Branding]
	BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
	Proxy_Enable=0
	Use_Same_Proxy=0

[NetAdapters]
	Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
	INFID=*

[NetClients]
	MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
	MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
	MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
	DNS=No
	UseDomainNameDevolution=No
	EnableLMHosts=Yes
	AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
	SpecificTo=Adapter1
	DHCP=Yes
  ;IPAddress=192.168.1.12
  ;SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
  ;DefaultGateway=192.168.1.1
  ;DNSServerSearchOrder=24.93.35.62,24.93.40.63,24.93.40.62
	WINS=No
	NetBIOSOptions=0


[SNMP]
Contact_Name= Username
Location = Our_Labs 
Service = Physical, Applications, End-to-End, Datalink, Internet
Community_Name = Public
Traps = 127.0.0.1
;Send_Authentication = Yes
Accept_CommunityName = Public:Read_Only, Private:Read_Write
Any_Host = yes
;Limit_Host = server1.thesystemadministrator.com, server2.thesystemadministrator.com

forum_Winnt.sif

Edited December 11, 2007 by perlabsrat

[Arie]

Not going to work, you'll need third party applications and scripting to get the result which you're after.

[IcemanND]

the settings you are trying to use by the looks of it are for running the installation from a RIS. Boot from a PE environment then partition the drive as desired and kick off the installation from there, all of which can be scripted silently.