Setup can't find EULA?!?! WinSetupFromUSB 0.2.3

[mytorchedsoul]

Ok, so I have a pretty long request for all the guru's out there. Here's my background. I am using WinSetupFromUSB 0.2.3 as you can see and am trying to get two seperate sticks running XP SP2 on one and XP SP3 on the other. My first problem was the BSOD x7B which I used the modified NTDETECT to correct. Now it gets to the portion where I hit enter to choose my hard drive but it says it can't find the EULA. Here's the steps I did to create my stick. . .

1. Create fresh nLite ISO

2. Mount ISO and extract files to folder on C:

3. Open WinSetupFromUSB and format stick using RMPrepUSB

a. options used are FAT32, Boot as HDD, and XP Bootable (NTLDR)

4. Select source files and copy to stick

5. Replace NTDETECT

Does it look like I am missing something?

My next question is that if I can get the USB install to work what files need to be modified in order to automate the TEXT portion of install. I want it to automatically delete all existing partitions and format the entire drive as NTFS and install windows. Is this possible on a stick install? I want to get to the point where I can stick this in a computer, boot to it, and walk away until install is complete. COMPLETELY automated.

Thanks for any information, I know I probably forgot something simple. . .

Adam Warner

[ilko_t]

I'd try with the latest beta:

As for the auto partition during Text mode- it's not a good idea. Setup may attempt to repartition the USB disk, that's why this option is removed by WinSetupFromUSB if found in winnt.sif.

The rest of Setup, once file copy has started, can be completely unattended, no matter if the next reboot, for the GUI mode is started from the USB or the internal disk.

[mytorchedsoul]

If I see a winnt.sif in each folder, which one is being loaded for the unattended portion of the gui setup?

[ilko_t]

Each among which folders ?

In case of ~BT/~LS folders (vers. 0.2.3 and prior)- the one in ~BT folder.

If using any of the 1.0 betas- the one in WINSETUP\source_name\I386 folder.

For the record- winnt.sif is for both text and gui modes, although in 0.2.3 and prior [unattended] section is removed for number of reasons and most stuff in it is covered by other means, there are still several settings in data section which could be useful:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/SESSID=7f4d85282c7dc30e1f04775c038b1df6/

In 1.0 betas only auto partition option is removed, rest is fine.

[mytorchedsoul]

Each among which folders ?

In case of ~BT/~LS folders (vers. 0.2.3 and prior)- the one in ~BT folder.

If using any of the 1.0 betas- the one in WINSETUP\source_name\I386 folder.

For the record- winnt.sif is for both text and gui modes, although in 0.2.3 and prior [unattended] section is removed for number of reasons and most stuff in it is covered by other means, there are still several settings in data section which could be useful:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/SESSID=7f4d85282c7dc30e1f04775c038b1df6/

In 1.0 betas only auto partition option is removed, rest is fine.

I had some trouble using the beta but my original problem was because my source directory had white spaces in it, I thought that was fixed in 0.2.3?

I put [unattended] back in my winnt.sif but only added OemSkipEULA=Yes and Hibernation=No. I'll test this out today and let you know if it is stable again. Maybe i'll give the beta another shot next week since it has more functionality. Thanks for the information by the way.