nLite Boot/Install problem

[DarthNihilius]

I've gone through the process and created an image to install XP from. I've burned this as a bootable cd. When I reboot the computer and select to boot from CD, it seems to start the XP install.

It displays, to boot from CD press ANY key. I press enter.

It then displays setup is detecting your hardware configuration. This shows for a few seconds and the screen goes black and the computer just sits there.

What have I done wrong, or what do I need to do differently ?

FYI, I'm trying this on a Dell Latitude D600 and it is already running Fedora 10 on it. Do I need to do anything in particular to identify which partition to install to ?

[johnhc]

DarthNihilius, please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini and make sure you are not running nLite more than once against the same source. Always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP.

After Setup copies your text mode drivers, it should show your drives and ask you to select the drive/partition you want to use to install. If you did not get this far, then perhaps it did not see your drives. Do you have SATA, SCSI or RAID drives? If so you need to include text mode drivers via nLite. I suggest you first try testing your ISO under a virtual system such as VirtualPC, Virtual Box or VMware Server - all free. Enjoy, John.

[DarthNihilius]

one question first, do I need to prepare the image with Nlite on the system I'm updating and plan on re-installing, or can I do it on another computer.

I'm currently doing this on another computer which is a Dell Latitude D610. Slightly different, but not much.

[DarthNihilius]

LastSession.ini file attached.

LAST_SESSION.INI

[Ponch]

one question first, do I need to prepare the image with Nlite on the system I'm updating and plan on re-installing, or can I do it on another computer.

Any computer will do (running XP or Vista).

There is apparently a major flaw in your cd but your presets do not give any clue. Maybe the wrong HAL was selected in "computer type" (unattended section) or you need to reset something in your partitions.

[DarthNihilius]

thanks for the info. I determined from your help and from some trial and error that it was the partition table.

I've repartitioned the drive and it now boots into setup.

We'll see how my first attempt with nLite works out.