CrimsonKain Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Hi everyone...I just used the guide to make my first custom XP CD.I was making the CD so that it would work for several computers (all with different names, organizations, computer names, etc.) so I didn't think I could make a completely unattended setup (please correct me if I'm wrong). What I did was make one where it hides the dialog if everything was answered in the answer file. Anyway it worked pretty nicely (thanks to that great guide on this site) but it has just one problem...it doesn't let me choose what drive to install on, what kind of partitions I wanted, or if I want to format. It just goes straight to copying the files. I could see how this would be good for some people but I really need that level of control.I was wondering what, if anything, I could do to fix this.Thank you very much.-Kain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 In your winnt.sif, make sure you have AutoPartition = 0.[Data] AutoPartition = 0 MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Or I think you used:[unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKain Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 Ah didn't have autopartition set correctly thank you.And thank you too mazin but I did actually catch that one Gonna go try it out now. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WwTIPPYwW Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 CrimsomKain - you actually burning cds or making ISOs and testing on VirtualPC or VMWare.I suggest the ISO method until you got a good/tested image. You wont waste CDs doing it this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonKain Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 Well I have a test pc to work with and a stack of about 400 blank CD's so I'm just going with the real method. I'd love to do the virtual but getting the programs and figuring out how to use them is too much right now. I'm sorta pressed for time at the moment but later on this week I'll look into that alternative more. Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riZz Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Burning to CD is the ideal way, a Virtual PC takes around twice as long to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teleri Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 vmware seems slightly dfaster then virt pc to test with or you could use CDRW's I am lucky causae I have a test system I can reghost real fast but I usualy use vmware gsk server on my main server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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