Hi All,

I remember reading about this somewhere here, but could not find the post(s) once the problem reared it's ugly head on me.

I have created what seemed to be a good W2kSP4 Slipstreamed Unattended install(Praise to all who provided instruction). Afterwards, I went to add a windows component (other Network File and Print Services>Print Services fo Unix) and was prompted to "Please insert the Windows 2000 SP4 CD". I think that somehow I must not have copied the install files to the target hard drive. I have been back through the forums, but can't find where to stipulate this in the sif. Any thoughts will be appricated.

TIA!

More info:

I didn't mention that this was an unattended CD install and that the request to "Please insert Windows 2000 SP4 CD" was prompted for on the computer I had installed it on. Again, this was when attempting to install further windows components on that same machine. The WINNT.sif follows:

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;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

WaitForReboot="No"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=35

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="Username"

OrgName=""

ComputerName=COMPUTER

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

XResolution=800

YResolution=600

Vrefresh=75

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000409

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

Home_Page=http://www.xxxxx.com

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=1

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Please tell me what I'm missing.

Thanks again.

Still no answers? Jeeez, c'mon guys!

u seem to be missing this section from the winnt.sif:

[Components]

. u will have to check the win2k deployment tools to see how u can add it to automatically install when the os is installed.

Thanks for the reply - really, but I do have a [components] catagory active in my .sif:

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

Does this have any bearing on my problem?

Awaiting answer... Thanks

You won't need those two in Components for Windows 2000 (msmsgs=off and msnexplr=off). Because it doesn't come with Windows Messenger or MSN Explorer, only XP does.

in your $oem$ directory add or edit :

CMDLINES.TXT

[Commands]"regedit /s .\srcpath.reg"

and

SRCPATH.REG

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]"Installation Sources"=hex(7):43,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

"SourcePath"="C:"

"ServicePackSourcePath"="C:"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]

"SourcePath"="C:\\I386"

the source files should be copied from your CD to C:\I386

When you add optional components, the setup looks in c:\I386 for finding source.