Copying I386

[chouputra]

Could someone tell me how to automatically set the unattended installation to copy the I386 folder content from the CD to the %systemdrive%\I386?

[cola99]

put this line in a .cmd file

xcopy.exe %CDROM%\i386 /e /k /h /i /y %SystemRoot%\i386

also these in a .reg file

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

"SourcePath"="C:\\windows\\"

"ServicePackSourcePath"="C:\\windows\\"

"Installation Sources"=hex(7):43,00,3A,00,5C,00,57,00,49,00,4E,00,44,00,4F,00,\

57,00,53,00,5C,00,69,00,33,00,38,00,36,00,00,00,\

00,00

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

"SourcePath"="C:\\windows\\i386\\"

[bob3d]

put this line in a .cmd file

xcopy.exe %CDROM%\i386 /e /k /h /i /y %SystemRoot%\i386

also these in a .reg file...

the xcopy command gives me the following error:

File not found - i386
0 File(s) copied

Its as if the %CDROM% variable is not being recognized.

Also, shouldn't %SystemRoot% be %Systemdrive% ?

[ravashaak]

I don't think %cdrom% is a native system variable. Try substituting the drive letter of your cd-rom for %cdrom% in your .cmd file.

- Ravashaak

[buletov]

just remove %cdrom% from the line and it should work

[bob3d]

I don't think %cdrom% is a native system variable.  Try substituting the drive letter of your cd-rom for %cdrom% in your .cmd file.

  - Ravashaak

"substituting the drive letter of your cd-rom for %cdrom%" will work if there always is a known drive letter for a particular machine. But for some machines its D: and for some its E:, etc, depending on the number of hard drives and/or partitions installed. I'd like the install to be machine configuration independant.

One would think there is a system variable.

[bob3d]

just remove %cdrom% from the line and it should work

Removing the %cdrom% will not work since the [GUIRunOnce] .cmd batch is running from the hard drive install directory and not from the cd.

[smc1979]

here is what I use for the batch file to see my cd rom no matter what the drive letter.

First make a txt file called cdxp123.txt

and put it at the root of the cd. this txt file will be blank it is the file name we will be looking for.

now in your batch file as the first thing to run is this

IF EXIST D:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=D:

IF EXIST E:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=E:

IF EXIST F:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=F:

IF EXIST G:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=G:

IF EXIST H:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=H:

IF EXIST I:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=I:

IF EXIST J:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=J:

now the %CDROM% will work.

Hope this helps.

I like to use this cause I install all the software off the cd instead of having it copied to the hard drive and then installed.

[bob3d]

here is what I use for the batch file to see my cd rom no matter what the drive letter.

First make a txt file called cdxp123.txt

and put it at the root of the cd. this txt file will be blank it is the file name we will be looking for.

now in your batch file as the first thing to run is this

IF EXIST D:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=D:

IF EXIST E:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=E:

IF EXIST F:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=F:

IF EXIST G:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=G:

IF EXIST H:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=H:

IF EXIST I:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=I:

IF EXIST J:\cdxp123.txt set CDROM=J:

now the %CDROM% will work.

Hope this helps.

I like to use this cause I install all the software off the cd instead of having it copied to the hard drive and then installed.

It worked perfectly. Thanks!

[cola99]

You also can use this short one..

FOR %%d IN (d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x: y: z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%d

but remember to have "win51ip.SP2" in your cd...

Also systemroot is C:\Windows or C:\WINNT.. and systemdrive is C:\

[bob3d]

You also can use this short one..

FOR %%d IN (d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x: y: z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%d

but remember to have "win51ip.SP2" in your cd...

Also systemroot is C:\Windows or C:\WINNT.. and systemdrive is C:\     

Thanks!

Much more elegant as a solution. I tested it this afternoon and it does work. The only difference is that I check for %%d\setup.exe, since that always must be present on any Windows install CD.

[ravashaak]

I gotta second that. Thanks for the loop Cola. It works great.

- Ravashaak