ZiKi Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Hi, im new to this unattended xp setup thing. Its really quite amazing. Anyways, yesterday i made a basic cd with the .sif file and i put it in. I made the file require me to manage my partitions, so thats what setup did first.heres my partition[ 20gb (winxp) ntfs ] [ 140gb (other stuff) ]It successfully went thru the stages of the text-mode setup which is pretty much prepping it for the gui setup, then when i reboot, it does not boot into the hard drive at all. I tried hdd-0 hdd-1 hdd-2 hdd-3 in bios, none worked, only thing that did was the cd boot and that just did the same thing over and over again, anything im doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiKi Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 okay i guess no one can help me. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 did u use any programs like nlite? or did u try testing on vmware first?regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benners Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 It sounds to me like you do not have the bootfix.bin in the I386 folder, or another timeout method on the cd. If this is the case the disc will continually reboot as seems to be happening, Either restore the bootfix.bin file or create a menu using cdshell like in the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 When PC reboots after textsetup mode. Do not press any key to boot from CD again, else you will not boot from harddrive.Not sure, but you may be doing the loop with the CD boot, by pressing a key each time it boots?@bennersNice boot screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiKi Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 it automatically boots from cd, thats why i have to boot from my hdd. ill check my i396 folder for that .bin file. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiKi Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 hrm it seems to have the file... im so confused argh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Try setting CDRom as boot device 1 in bios. And harddrive disabled. Then put harddrive as a boot device, once installed.Some systems require this procedure.If it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benners Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 @MhzThanks@ZikiWhen the machine reboots do you see the "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt? or does it jusy continue the install process?.What you could try is when the machine reboots after text mode setup, eject the disc until it boots from /hd then re-insert it and see if setup continues, if it does it is probably a cd problem, or maybe a stuck key that is accepting the boot prompt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiKi Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 ...okay in order for the cd to work, i had to set the cd rom as boot device 1 in by bios, which i did. it brought me thru the text based setup then i had to restart, i set the hdd to hdd-1, nothing happened, i set it to 2 nothing, etc. i thought i already explained this, but i guess i didnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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