Unattended XP Freeze at Harddrive Partition Screen

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Hello All,

I have successfully setup slipstreamed XP installations for other computers, but I am having a problem with an unattended installation for my new Dell 9100 utilizing the SATA driver provided by dell. I inserted all these lines into txtseup.sif:

[scsi]

iaStor_ICH7DH = "Intel® 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

iaAHCI_ICH7R = "Intel® 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

iaStor_ICH6R = "Intel® 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R)"

iaAHCI_ICH6R = "Intel® 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH6R)"

[sourceDisksFiles]

iaStor.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1

[HardwareIdsDatabase]

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 = "iaStor"

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 = "iaStor"

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0104 = "iaStor"

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2652&CC_0106 = "iaStor"

[sCSI.Load]

iaStor = iaStor.sys,4

and modified my winnt.sif to the correct directory.

After trying this, upon installation, I got the error: "following value in the SIF file is corrupt or missing value 0 on the line in section [sCSI] with key 'iaStor."

So I tried adding:

iaStor = "Intel® 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

The next time, it worked, and it said starting to load windows.

So I got to the next screen, which is the Harddrive partition screen, and it froze.

Any ideas?

BTW, the installation is XP w/SP2

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One thing confuses me right away: you have two apparent references under [sCSI] to the iaStor.sys file, but neither is a straight "iaStor=" entry. Instead you have, for example, "iaStor_ICH7DH=" and wouldn't you need a corresponding "iaStor_ICH7DH.SY_" file in I386 for that to work? Where did you come by this info:

[scsi]iaStor_ICH7DH = "Intel® 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

iaAHCI_ICH7R = "Intel® 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

iaStor_ICH6R = "Intel® 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R)"

iaAHCI_ICH6R = "Intel® 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH6R)"

Also, don't you need references to the .sys files for the "iaAHCI_XXXXX" entries? This looks better:

So I tried adding:

iaStor = "Intel® 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)"

Mine reads simply iaStor = "Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller". Other entries:

[sourceDisksFiles]

iaStor.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1

[HardwareIdsDatabase]

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24DF&CC_0104 = "iaStor"

[sCSI.Load]

iaStor = iaStor.sys,4

Mine installs on an 875P chipset. Also, check me here, but I don't believe you need to modify WINNT.SIF at all to enable SATA drivers. Just modify txtsetup.sif and drop the corresponding .sys file in the I386 directory (maybe CAB it) and you should be good to go. Then, too, I use the "Drivers from CD" method, so there's no need to mess with the WINNT.SIF file at all.

Lastly, have you tried getting an answer in the Dell forums? Some pretty experienced characters lurking about in those.