Ok, I must admit, I've learned an awful lot reviewing these forums, however, I've got one sticky point that I haven't been able to get by.

This is what I am able to do:

1. Install WinXP via unattended CD boot along with the Recovery Console. This involves adding my LSI Logic MSD files to the \i386 directory and editing DOSNET.INF & TXTSETUP.SIF with these lines:

2. DOSNET.INF - with LSI Logic 1020/1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter settings

[Files] <-- These files are in the .\i386 directory on the CD

d1,symmpi.sys

d1,symmpi.inf

d1,mpixp32.cat

[CmdConsFiles] <-- These files will get copied for the recovery console

symmpi.sys

symmpi.inf

mpixp32.cat

3. TXTSETUP.SIF - with LSI Logic 1020/1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter settings

[sourceDisksFiles]

symmpi.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4

[HardwareIdsDatabase]

"PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0621" = "symmpi"

..

"PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0030" = "symmpi"

[sCSI.Load]

symmpi = symmpi.sys,4

[sCSI]

symmpi = "LSI Logic Ultra320 1020/1030 Driver (XP 32-bit)"

Using this method, I do not need to include the OEMBootFiles & MSD lines in my winnt.sif boot file.

In my [GUIRunOnce] I have the "winn32 /cmdcons /dudisable /unattend" command to install the Recovery Console - works great!!

Now - The "Problem"

When I use the previously stated method using WinPE to do a network boot & unattended install - per the "poor man's ris" posting - the unattended install tells me that symmpi.sys (it's in all the right directories) is missing during the initial text setup portion of WinXP.

If I comment out the TXTSETUP.SIF entries for my MSD and add back the $OEM$\TEXTMODE directory along with the [MSD] (etc.) entries in my unattended.txt file, then things work great, but the Recovery Console doesn't install with the MSD files.

Instead, I must install the Recovery Console, then hand edit C:\cmdcons\TXTSETUP.SIF and uncomment the LSI MSD entries.

So, how can I make the WinXP via WinPE network unattended installation work AND install the Recovery Console with the proper MSD's?

Hope I haven't been too confusing.. TIA

So, does anyone have any thoughts on this one ???

Surely there's at least one person on these forums that knows how to get the RC to work AND do a network WinXP unattended installation while bypassing the F6 prompt & integrating those drivers for both WinXP & the RC when booting from a WinPE CD ??

I have a work-around, but that defeats the purpose of an unattended installation..

TIA.