using RIS is it flawed or am i missing somthing

[vickerps]

Hi Guys

I have set up a RIS server on windows 2003 server standard

The RIS server will distrubute windows 2003 server and XP

The server is working fine i can pxe boot and install a copy of either 2003 or xp sucessfully.

The problem i have is that the unattended install script (remboot.sif) i set doesn't seem to give and option on configuring partitions.

At the moment ris installs the OS to the whole drive. However i don't want this. I want to either select a portion of the drive or ideally create two seperate partitions.

Is there a way to do this?

[valter]

place the followinf code in your remboot.sif file

AutoPartition=0

this string should be placed in [Data] part

[vickerps]

Hi klasika

Thanks for the reply. What is AutoPartition=0 suppose to do because it didn't seem do anything as far as i can see. I still end up with a pc loaded with a OS with 1 partition on one drive.

Here is my remboot.sif

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="1"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    floppyless="1"
    OriSrc="\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"
    OriTyp="4"
    LocalSourceOnCD=1

[SetupData]
    OsLoadOptions="/noguiboot /fastdetect"
    SetupSourceDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

[Unattended]
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
    OemPnpDriversPath = Drivers\Broadcom;Drivers\soundmax
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    FileSystem=LeaveAlone
    NtUpgrade=No
    OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=No
    KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=85
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    FullName="anker"
    OrgName="ltd"
    Productid=****************
    ComputerName=%MACHINENAME%

[LicenseFilePrintData]
    AutoMode=PerServer
    AutoUsers=5

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00000809
    UserLocale=00000809
    InputLocale=0809:00000809

[SetupMgr]
    DistFolder=C:\windist
    DistShare=windist

[Identification]
    JoinDomain=%MACHINEDOMAIN%
    DoOldStyleDomainJoin=Yes

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
    ProcessPageSections=Yes

[RemoteInstall]
    Repartition=Yes

[OSChooser]
    Description="Windows Professional - Standard Installation"
    Help="This will install Windows 2003 Server 2003 standard edition"
    LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"
    ImageType=Flat

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=800
    YResolution=600

Edited June 15, 2005 by vickerps

[valter]

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Edited June 15, 2005 by klasika

[valter]

Here is my Windows XP remboot.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    floppyless="1"
    OriSrc="\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"
    OriTyp="4"
    LocalSourceOnCD=1
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates="Yes"


[SetupData]
    OsLoadOptions="/noguiboot /fastdetect"
    SetupSourceDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    FileSystem=NTFS
    Repartition=No
    UnattendSwitch=Yes
    WaitForReboot=No
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    NtUpgrade=No
    OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=No

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="********"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=105
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=*****-*****-*****-*****-*****
    FullName="********"
    OrgName="*******"
    ComputerName=*

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode=0

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=45
    Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=2,1
    SystemLocale=00000409
    UserLocale=00000409
    InputLocale=0406:00000406

[SetupMgr]
    DistFolder=C:\windist
    DistShare=windist

[FavoritesEx]
    Title1="WebMail.url"
    URL1="http://webmail.xxxx.xxx"
    Title2="IT.url"
    URL2="http://it"

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.xxxxx.xxx
    Help_Page=http://it
    Search_Page=http://www.google.com

[IEPopupBlocker]
    BlockPopups=Yes 
    FilterLevel=Medium 
    ShowInformationBar=Yes

[Components]
    msnexplr=off

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=0

[RemoteInstall]
    Repartition=No
    UseWholeDisk=No

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[OSChooser]
    Description="Windows XP Professional"
    Help="This is fully automated Windows installation"
    LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"
    ImageType=Flat

[SetupParams]
   UserExecute="%SystemDrive%\Install\Xplode\XPlode.exe /xml:#SYSTEMDRIVE#\Install\Xplode\WinXPPro.xml /log:#SYSTEMDRIVE#\WinXPPro.log"

[vickerps]

Thanks for that. it was the repartition = No and Use wholeDisk=No that i was missing.

It not truly automated but i can live with it. then again if i was loading 50+ i would have to rethink that. I think Bill needs to get his finger out of his butt and add some line so that you can setup partions in the answer file.