svcpack.inf not running

[evilvoice]

Well, my whole system crashed and decided what better time to test the unattended xp cd I made than now. Well, I added all the updated drivers for my new board (which btw, someone should shoot Gigabyte for packaging drivers that crash windows xp and 2003, but I digress) and added those in the OemPnpDriver Path thingy (I dunno the actual name, but it worked) and I have my winnt.sif all set up, and svcpack.inf always ran in vmware, before adding the driver thing...so since someone is bound to ask, here are my files...

winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_NVidia_INF;Drivers\001_gigabit_LAN;
                                    Drivers\002_raid;Drivers\003_SATA_Base;Drivers\004_SATA_Raid"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    WaitForReboot="No"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=
    FullName="Unknown User"
    OrgName="Unknown Organization"
    ComputerName=Computer

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\jtcorona.THEME"

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

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

(Actually, now that I look at it, it didnt set my homepage either)

svcpack.inf

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$" 
MajorVersion=5 
MinorVersion=1 
BuildNumber=2600 

[SetupData] 
CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack" 

[SetupHotfixesToRun] 
DOTNETFX.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
DX9NTOPK.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
"MDAC_TYP.EXE /C:""dasetup.exe /q /n"" /q:a"
REG_MDAC.CMD
MM20ENU.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
MPSETUP.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
MSJVM.EXE
JS56NEN.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
KB815021.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB820291.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB821253.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB822603.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB823182.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB824105.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB824141.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB825119.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB826939.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB826942.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB828035.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB829558.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB828028.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
KB833407.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
Q322011.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
Q327405.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
Q327979.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
Q330994.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
Q810243.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
Q814995.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
Q832894.EXE /Q:U /R:N 
Q828026.EXE /O /U /N /Z 
"Q832483.exe /C:""dahotfix.exe /q /n"" /q:a"
HMTCDWizard.exe /q
"setup.exe /q /c:""msiexec /I """"Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer.msi"""" /qn"""
qchain.exe

[ProductCatalogsToInstall] 
JS56NEN.CAT 
KB815021.CAT 
KB820291.CAT 
KB821253.CAT 
KB822603.CAT 
KB823182.CAT 
KB824105.CAT 
KB824141.CAT 
KB825119.CAT 
KB826939.CAT 
KB826942.CAT 
KB828035.CAT 
KB829558.CAT 
Q322011.CAT 
Q327979.CAT 
Q330994.CAT 
Q810243.CAT 
Q814995.CAT 
Q815021.CAT 
Q832894.CAT 
Q828026.CAT 
Q8CA61~1.CAT 
Q8DA55~1.CAT

(No im not an id*** the only other svcpack file is svcpack.dl_)

[evilvoice]

well since noone is gonna reply to my problem...Ill ask a little different question...svcpack.inf does not get used at all, dunno why. So, since I cant use svcpack.inf, can I run hotfixes.cmd from guirunonce? or is there a better place to run it from? Are there any hotfixes that I can not install this way? My complete list (up to about last week) is above. Hopefully someone answers this one so I can get a working xp on this computer (I guess I wouldnt be so hard pressed if I didnt try installing 2k3, then xp 2x, then 2k only to go to my xp unattended which then worked, but it didnt do everything, so I tried it in another drive, same thing...so Ive done about 6 installs on a real computer in the past day, id really like to get this up and running so I can work on something else)

[exiteable]

i think your svcpack.inf needs this adding

[setupHotfixesToRun]

update.exe -q -n

and your missing the

QCHAIN.EXE at the end of your

HU1002~1.EXE /Q:A /R:N

JS56NEN.EXE /Q:A /R:N

Q330994.EXE /Q:A /R:N

Q832894.EXE /Q:A /R:N

QCHAIN.EXE

like that

hope this helps not sure re your drivers though

[evilvoice]

qchain is at the bottom...not sure what update.exe is about...nothing is wrong with my drivers...it works perfectly, just ever since adding the OemPnpDriversPath svcpack.inf is now not running. I think I found out why Home_Page was not being set...I added BrandingIE header in winnt.sif, havent tested cuz I really dont wanna write another cd till it will work completely, but I think thats it.

[Alanoll]

hmmm.....

seeing as you didn't wait very long before you assumed you weren't gonna get any help....i dunno if I should.....

I only have a guess as to why it's not running. It can't find the files. I'm assuming your trying to install XP as that svcpack.inf fle won't work in 2003, and those are XP hotfixes

make sure the files are in i386\svcpack , and not i386\update depending on how you made the disk.

if you were to opt not to run through svcpack.inf, another place to install hotfixes would be cmdlines.txt

put the batch file in the same folder as cmdlines.txt and call it (there is information all over, and in microsoft's documention on how to use cmdlines.txt). Then you could put your hotfixes in a folder called say...hotfixes inside the $OEM$ folder, and then they won't get copied over but you can still install them via cmdlines.txt.

as for which hotfixes don't run at svcpack.inf or cmdlines.txt, not too many. Advance Network Pack, and a WMP update come to mind, 817787 i think.

[Alanoll]

qchain is at the bottom...not sure what update.exe is about...nothing is wrong with my drivers...it works perfectly, just ever since adding the OemPnpDriversPath svcpack.inf is now not running.

you could try removing that line temporarily, and see if it works again. Never know.

as for update.exe, most people get that when slipstreaming the update rollup with the MSFN guide or GOSH's guide, or various others.

[evilvoice]

hmmm maybe my dir structure is messed up...ie maybe i deleted some folders which are required for scpack to run... this is my current i386 layout

i386

--ASMS

--COMPDATA

--DRW

--SVCPACK

--SYSTEM32

also dosnet has been updated, so I know it should work, I mean it used to, until I did the driver thing and killed some folders, Im thinking it has to do with those MIG UPG folders

Also thank you Alanoll, I know I seem a bit uppity, and not patient, just everytime I seem to ask a question here, it gets overlooked or noone replies, I figured this would be another one of those times...Thank you for your help.

[Alanoll]

you shouldn't need the migration and upgrade folders unless you're ugrading.

i personally make two copies of the svcpack.inf file. the uncompressed and compressed one. But that's just me, and it may not work to solve your problem.

another thing, could by that in your modifying of files, you removed the svcpack.inf entries in txtsetup.sif and dosnet.inf

make sure this line is in your dosnet.inf

[OptionalSrcDirs]
SVCPACK

[evilvoice]

does it matter if the folder is upper/lowercase? I dont think it does, but I have checked dosnet and txtsetup and everything else I can think of, my next thing would be including a compressed one...ill test it here in a sec

[Alanoll]

i always go with uppercase when it comes to DOS or NT related stuff.

but both svcpack.inf and svcpack.dll should be listed in Txtsetup.sif and dosnet.inf

[Aaron]

Have you tried without specifying cat files?

call out a cmd file in your svcpack.inf, something like:

ECHO This is svcpack.inf executing

PAUSE

EXIT

So you'll know if its been executed or not.

---

For home_page to work, you'll need the following in winnt.sif:

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

This should have been automatically created with setupmgr.exe though...

[evilvoice]

i included in svcpack.inf

[setupHotfixesToRun]

mine.cmd

and mine.cmd had

ECHO This is svcpack.inf executing

PAUSE

EXIT

and nothing showed, so for some reason...it isnt running, at first I thought it was because after dos mode setup my cdrom drive changes from f: to i:, but I included all my raid/sata drivers, and still no luck, I have since dumped everything into cmdlines.txt and it seems to run fine there...journal viewer looks like it may be messed up, but hopefully its fixed now.

[evilvoice]

Ok a different question...I noticed in a recent post that layout.inf contains the filesizes of every file in the i386 folder...could it be that since I changed svcpack.inf that this is why it isnt running? I guess I could always test it out...