Unattend Cd Isn't Creating C:\install Directory

[scottew]

I finished creating the XP unattended CD and everything is working fine. Now I am moving on to adding the applications. The problem I am having is that it does not create the c:\install directory so my applications do not install.

I have the $OEM$\$1\Install on the root of the XPCD.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

[Astalavista]

check your winnt.sif

make sure that u hv

[unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes

[scottew]

Yes, I do have that in there. Here is a copy of the WINNT.SIF file

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes


[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    WaitForReboot="No" 

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=""
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="user"
    OrgName="my company"
    ComputerName=*

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=85

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
    freecell=off
    hearts=off
    minesweeper=off
    pinball=off
    solitaire=off
    spider=off
    zonegames=off

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode = 0

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

Edited March 2, 2005 by Alanoll

[Alanoll]

1st - THANKS! Though you didn't quite succeed in using the CODE tags, I applaud you for having the intention

2nd - Only one OEMPreInstall line is needed.

3rd - Be sure that when creating the CD, that the file system doens't convert $OEM$ to _OEM_

[scottew]

After some more troubleshooting, I realized that it was creating the $OEM$ folder, the problem is that it was executing the command to install the programs. Here is a part of my install.cmd file...

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6.0
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applications\Adobe Reader\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Client Access
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applications\Client Access\setup.exe -s

If I change Adobe Reader to AdobeReader and Client Access to ClientAccess, it works fine.

Is there a reason you can not have the folder names with a space?

Thanks again for all the help!

[Alanoll]

you have to have quotes around lines with spaces in the...

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6.0
ECHO Please wait...
start "" /wait "%systemdrive%\install\applications\Adobe Reader\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe" -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Client Access
ECHO Please wait...
start "" /wait "%systemdrive%\install\applications\Client Access\setup.exe" -s