SoylentGreen Posted July 12, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted July 12, 2005 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouvda Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 put winnt.sif in i386 directory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoylentGreen Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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