Simple Unnattended Install Problem

[TL1moss]

I've a couple odd problems. Over the past few days i've done a slipstream on XP P Vol with SP2, and a simple unattended install.

This for the most part worked, except...

When I had certain files in $OEM$\$1\ files would seem to randomly not copy

During Installation, everything would go well untill it'd start copying files, and, in the first 30% or so, most would fail. Commonly in files starting with d (driver.cab, dbeng or something similar, though almost half would stop at driver.cab). Now, I would usually label this as a problem of general ineptitude on my part (a common occurence), but, if I remove one file from the above OEM folder, (specifically, the zone alarm firewall), it would work perfectly. If I put zonealarm with avg (the other item in $1) in a zip file, it would also fail, seemingly randomly.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

I've been burning using Nero 6.6, with settings from other unattended tutorials. I've also done it using CDImage, with the same results.

if it'll help, here's the winnt.sif file

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

AutomaticUpdates=no

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

FileSystem=*

UnattendSwitch="yes"

WaitForReboot="No"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=XXXX

EncryptedAdminPassword=XXXX

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXXXXX

FullName="XXXX"

OrgName="XXXX"

ComputerName=SERVER000

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=X

AreaCode=XXX

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=XXX

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

zonegames=off

[shell]

DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

Update: Spoke to soon. Just burned a cd without zone alarm, and it has failed as well....

*begins pulling hair out*

Edited November 13, 2005 by TL1moss