Doing It Wrong

[spinjector]

I am using the HFANSWER.INI with ISONAME=HFSLIPCD specified, but my ISO keeps coming out named HFSLIPCD_07172009_13h15m.iso.

Is this by design, or am I doing it wrong?

I looked at the part of the CMD file that feeds the command line to CDIMAGE.EXE, but the complexity is such that it'd be easier to ask than for me to figure it out.

This is my HFANSWER file:

DRIVERCOMP=A
SBOOTPATH=1
MBOOTPATH=
DELCATS=0
BACKUPSOURCE=0
XPIZESW=
FORCEXPIZESLIP=
ISONAME=HFSLIPCD.ISO
ISOTITLE=HFSLIPCD
FORCECDIMAGE=
CDIMGSW=-h -j1 -m
MKISSW=-relaxed-filenames -d -D -N -J -no-emul-boot -no-iso-translate -boot-load-size 4
MAKENOISO=
OVERWRITEISO=
INSTALLRC=1
INCWMPCSKIN=
INCALLSKINS=
NOLOGCOPY=
IE7BACKUP=
IE7GUILOGON=
IE7SVCPACK=
RELEASE=AUTORUN

Edited July 18, 2009 by tommyp

[tommyp]

Is your file named hfanswer.ini? Or hfanswer.ini.txt? The file should be located in hftools, but you probably knew that anyway.

Edited July 18, 2009 by tommyp

[Yzöwl]

The code uses the HFSLIPCD part by default, this is user changeable in your case by placing your user defined string after ISONAME= in that ini file.

(You must enter your required string there if you wish to change it, adding the iso extension shouldn't matter since the code is simply using the name without that extension as a replacement for what is currently reading HFSLIPCD, i.e. ISONAME=YOURSTRING in the ini file will produce an ISO with a name similar to this: YOURSTRING_07172009_13h15m.iso.

Quickly looking at the code, it appears as if adding any character after OVERWRITEISO= in the ini file should name the finished file with whatever you have entered as ISONAME= also in that file, i.e.

ISONAME=ChosenName.iso

OVERWRITEISO=1

Also bear in mind that it is simply a file name, if you are not happy with the date and time additions, you can simply rename the file when the script has finished producing it.

[spinjector]

Also bear in mind that it is simply a file name, if you are not happy with the date and time additions, you can simply rename the file when the script has finished producing it.

True. I've already put a couple of little tweaks in; I'll just add a rename too. I used to be a BFF (batch file freak) and it's been a joy to wander through this thing.

~thanks

[spinjector]

Is your file named hfanswer.ini? Or hfanswer.ini.txt? The file should be located in hftools, but you probably knew that anyway.

It's the right name in the right place.

[Yzöwl]

Also bear in mind that it is simply a file name, if you are not happy with the date and time additions, you can simply rename the file when the script has finished producing it.

True. I've already put a couple of little tweaks in; I'll just add a rename too. I used to be a BFF (batch file freak) and it's been a joy to wander through this thing.

~thanks

Quickly looking at the code, it appears as if adding any character after OVERWRITEISO= in the ini file should name the finished file with whatever you have entered as ISONAME= also in that file, i.e.

ISONAME=ChosenName.iso

OVERWRITEISO=1

The renamed ISO is already catered for as above!

[spinjector]

Ok thanks, I'll set the OVERWRITEISO= option as well...

[jvidal]

BTW, your hfanswer.ini file has a ton of empty entries. i.e:

"mbootpath="

"Xpizesw="

If your not entering any value for those, you might as well remove them...

[spinjector]

yea i downloaded the cookie-cutter hfanswer.ini from the web site and just changed the entries i wanted to use, and left it stock otherwise...

[Martin H]

BTW, your hfanswer.ini file has a ton of empty entries. i.e:

"mbootpath="

"Xpizesw="

If your not entering any value for those, you might as well remove them...

No reason to do that IMHO... It dosen't hurt anything, and they're there if you need them later on...

[spinjector]

No reason to do that IMHO... It dosen't hurt anything, and they're there if you need them later on...

Yes that was my understanding as well.