tehicks Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I can make bootable ISO images of the cd's using UltraISO and I have tried making a unattended of the Dell XP home. I made the basic WinNT.sif and placed into the i386 folder. I then made a bootable ISO.The system (Dell 2350) wouldnt boot from cd. Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 if the CD is truly bootable, then you have to configure your Dell to actually boot to the CDROM. Most are set to check floppy and then boot hdd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehicks Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Done that.Ok ill go through what ive done. Tell me where ive gone wrong.My system is a Dell 2350 with 30Gb HD Split into c: 5gb d: 25gbAlso has DVD+rw as drive e:I like to leave c: alone if possible so I always install windows into d:Using UltraISO:-Make CD image of XP_SP1 cdExtract boot image of XP_SP1 cdUltraISO now says the iso is bootable.I then "save as" d:\unattended\XP_SP1.isoI then find and run "setupmgr.exe"I follow the instructions changing all to UK and install from CD options (twice)I then save as d:\unattended\WINNT.SIFthe program then tells me that I have 2 new files:-WINNT.BATWINNT.SIFI now open D:\unattended\XP_SP1.isoI goto the i386 folder and delete WINNT.SIFI add fileand open D:\unattended\WINNT.SIFThis places the file into the ISOI then "save"I close UltraISOI use Roxio easy CD/DVD creator 5 Basic to open the ISO file.I burn the CDI should now have a bootable unattended cd . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 mmmkay, first.....save yourself a few steps, and create the Winnt.sif file first, and then just make the image. The more times you edit it, the more often errors can arise and they do.Second, you totally disregard my previous post of checking in the system BIOS whether you have actually told it to boot to CDROM. THIS HAS TO BE DONE.Just for the sake of sanity, and overall uniformity (go with people know works.....) go here.....http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/finish.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehicks Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 It was the WINNT.SIF file. It hadnt written to the ISO properally.Thanx for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 wow...you definately did SOMETHING wrong. In the multiple attempts. It could have been UltraISO or whatever, but winnt.sif DOES NOT determine if the ISO is bootable. Perhaps in one of your edits you changed other things. Just another reason to NOT edit your ISOs, just rebuild them. It's safer in the long run.Good to know you got it working...Be sure to read the forum and unattended.msfn.org website before posting again. I've seen your other posts, and it's obvious you haven't or you just skimmed. First the bloody hour or so and read. There is a PDF somewhere someone made so you can print it off, or read it when you're not online.Also be sure to read the rules.....you broke a couple in your last post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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