rkruijer Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hello,I am nwe here and this is my first time trying to crate an unattended installation CD XP Pro + SP2I definitely want to have windows on C:\WINDOWSI will reformat this partition myself before I have WINDOWS installed!In the prefference file I read this:AutoPartition=1 or 0If you have the selection on 1 then Windows Setup will install the OS on any free partition that is available. If you remove this line or if you put AutoPartition=0 then setup will ask you on which partition you wish to install Windows onto and advises you what to do if your partition already contains an OS. If I don't want to be prompted I have to use 1 but it says here that it will be installed on any free partition!!! My question is:1. How can I force it to install it on C:\ if I have more then one partition.2. What is a free partition? If you have D: with some folders on it, is that a free partition?Then there is the question about drivers:Name your folders starting with numbers, this ensures that specific drivers get installed in a numerical order. As you may already know, its important for chipset drivers to be installed before any other driver, this is why the chipset folder is given a number of 000, so its the first folder that Setup checks and installs. Here's an example below of how you can lay yours out:000_chipset001_network002_graphics003_tv_out004_sound005_monitor 006_keyboard007_mouse008_and_so_onI have a SiS Chipset on my mobo. I have LAN, IDE, SOUND, and AGP drivers. I suppose those are the Chipset drivers that go in 000_chipset. 1. What happens if you leave the 000_chipset folder empty?2. Can you leave it out and start with 001_network?3. Can you skip 005_monitor if you don't have drivers?4. Should I leave it in just as an empty folder?I know this is a lot but it may be a peace of cake for someone Thanks for your effort,Roelof Kruijer rkruijer@onetelnet.nl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buletov Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 1. partitoning is the safest to be done manually. it takes one minute of your life to wait for the partitiong screen, and an additional 5 seconds to confirm the installation on desired partiton. this is a partial winnt.sif file that achieves that:[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes[Unattended] UnattendMode=DefaultHide WaitForReboot="No" OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No OemSkipEula=Yes FileSystem=* DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore2. for the drivers: 1-yes, 2-yes, 3-yes, 4-whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkruijer Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 Thanks. I thought so too. Still wandering wat happens if you put in the TargetPath=C:\WINDOWS i.s.o. just \WINDOWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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