SoylentGreen Posted July 12, 2005 Posted July 12, 2005 (edited) I tried to create an unattended install disk from a Microsoft XP Home SP2 OEM disk using the beginner instructions. The Microsoft XP Home SP2 OEM disk contains XP Home OEM and includes SP2. I copied the entire disk for use in my new unattend disk. I created a Winnt.sif file containing some default settings for the install. After copying the XP Home disk to my hard drive I removed the I386\unattend.txt file and added my Winnt.sif file to the I386 directory. I did not add any files to the install, no hotfixes, no app's, no drivers, no nothin'. I used 'cdimage' to create the ISO and used the 'boot.img' file included with cdimage to make the cd bootable. I used 'cdburn.exe', from the resource kit, to burn the ISO image to a cdrw.When I tried to install XP Home from the unattend disk it ran fine until the graphical portion just after the first re-boot. During the 'preparation phase' I was prompted for the 'XP HOME SP2 SETUP DISK'. I am not normally prompted for any disks during the install. I tried entering F: and G:, these are my cd drives, but this did not work. I think that setup is trying to copy more files to my hard drive. I don't understand why it doesn't just copy the files from the cd it ran from.1. Any thoughts on why I am being prompted for the disk? This doesn't happen with the microsoft disk. Keep in mind that I copied the entire contents of the original microsoft disk to my new disk.2. I have only a winnt.sif, and the other install files, in the I386 directory. Should I add an unattend.txt file or an unattend.bat file. I am trying to create and unattneded setup cdrom so thought a winnt.sif was what I needed. Where should I put the Winnt.sif file?my Winnt.sif--------------------------------------------------------;SetupMgrTag[branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended = YES[Components] AccessOpt = Off BitsServerExtensionsISAPI = Off BitsServerExtensionsManager = Off chat = Off dialer = Off Fax=off freecell = Off hearts = Off indexsrv_system = Off licenseserver = Off media_clips = Off minesweeper = Off msmsgs=off msnexplr=off OEAccess = Off pinball = Off solitaire = On spider = Off WMAccess = Off zonegames=off[Data] AutomaticUpdates=1 AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes UseBIOSToBoot=1[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1280 YResolution=1024 Vrefresh=85[FavoritesEx] Title1 = WindowsUpdate.url URL1 = "http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us"[GuiUnattended] TimeZone=4 ProfilesDir="D:\Documents and Settings" AdminPassword = * AutoLogon = Yes AutoLogonCount = 1[Homenet] EnableICS = No[identification] JoinWorkgroup=YELLOWSTONE[iEPopupBlocker] BlockPopups = Yes FilterLevel = High ShowInformationBar = Yes[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[PCHealth] ER_Display_UI = 1 ER_Enable_Applications = All ER_Enable_Kernel_Errors = 1 ER_Enable_Reporting = 1 ER_Enable_Windows_Components = 1 ER_Force_Queue_Mode = 0 ER_Include_MSApps = 1 ER_Include_Shutdown_Errs = 1 RA_AllowFullControl = 0 RA_AllowToGetHelp = 0 RA_AllowUnsolicited = 0[Proxy] Proxy_Enable = 0[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409[unattended] Factory=No FileSystem=* ForceHALDetection = Yes Hibernation = No KeyboardLayout = US NTUpgrade = NO UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=No ProgramFilesDir="D:\Program Files" CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Program Files\Common Files" Repartition=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS AutoConfig = 0 Home_Page = "http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us"[userData] ProductKey="valid-product-key-entered" FullName="user name" OrgName="org name" ComputerName=SEQUOIAEND of Winnt.sif: --------------------------- Edited July 12, 2005 by SoylentGreen
jbm Posted July 12, 2005 Posted July 12, 2005 Sound like your drive is just having trouble reading from the cdrw.Try burning at a slower speed or try a different disk, cd-r maybe.
SoylentGreen Posted July 13, 2005 Author Posted July 13, 2005 Thank you for your replies. I believe that the DVD reader is at fault. Tried again after using nLite. Left the disk in the CD-RW drive and the instal worked perfectly.Many Thanks to both of you!SoylentGreen
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