Unattended Install fails

[tonymathis]

My unattended install never completes. On first reboot it goes directly to the windows loading screen then to the windows setup screen then reboots and does the same again. I'm sure it's something stupid. Please Help !!!

; Generated by nLite 1.0 RC3

[Data]

Autopartition = 1

MsDosInitiated = 0

UnattendedInstall = Yes

OemDrivers = OemInfFiles

[unattended]

UnattendMode = FullUnattended

UnattendSwitch = Yes

OemPreinstall = Yes

OemSkipEula = Yes

Repartition = Yes

FileSystem = NTFS

TARGET = /WINDOWS

WaitForReboot = No

NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1

DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

Hibernation = No

[OemInfFiles]

OemDriverFlags = 1

OemDriverPathName = "%SystemRoot%\OEMDIR"

OemInfName = "viamach.inf","viaagp1.inf","viaidexp.inf","cmaudio.inf","sm56acl.inf","hpf840k.inf","itch.inf","nv4_disp.inf","lh2kplus.inf"

[Display]

Xresolution = 1024

Yresolution = 768

BitsPerPel = 32

Vrefresh = 85

AutoConfirm = 1

[systemRestore]

MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 5

[GuiUnattended]

AutoLogon = Yes

AutoLogonCount = 5

EncryptedAdminPassword = No

AdminPassword = "XXXXX"

TimeZone = 020

OEMSkipRegional = 1

OemSkipWelcome = 1

[Components]

Indexsrv_system = Off

[userData]

ProductKey = "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

ComputerName = SQUEALER

FullName = "Tony Mathis"

OrgName = "Mathis Transportation"

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup = 1

SystemLocale = 00000409

UserLocale = 00000409

InputLocale = 0409:00000409

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents = Yes

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup = TONYLAN

My CD directory structure does not look correct to me. Here are the files and directories on the CD.

win51ip.SP2

WIN51IP

WIN51

BOOTIMG.BIN

BOOTCAT.BIN

boot.bin

Last Session.ini

Last Session_u.ini

/cmpnents

/I386

I also have a custom winntbbu.dll.

Obviously I'm using nLite.

Edited December 11, 2005 by tonymathis

[MCT]

how r u testing? if in vmware ?

if in windows ?

did u remove SATA, SCSI drivers? r u do u have the drivers being installed?

if not sounds like thats your prob, i removed that but forgot 2 slipstream my drivers & windows just sat @ the bootscreen never loaded

[-Anton-]

This probably won't resolve tonymatis's situation, but I have run into a somewhat different scenario: at T-39 or T-37 the setup would stop doing things and just hang in there, occasionally swapping the billboard messages and nothing else. As the actual setup is done by a detached process, it means this process is dying for whatever reason. As it turns out, the most frequent reason is running out of memory. It appears that unattended setup takes a lot more memory than regular one. I have just tested my new unattended setup disk in a 128MB virtual machine, and it died at T-37. Increased memory to 256MB, and bingo - it went OK.

[tonymathis]

how r u testing? if in vmware ?

if in windows ?

did u remove SATA, SCSI drivers? r u do u have the drivers being installed?

if not sounds like thats your prob, i removed that but forgot 2 slipstream my drivers & windows just sat @ the bootscreen never loaded

Yes VMware

Yes in Windows XP pro

Yes removed scsi drivers and yes install via bus master drivers

What about the CD structure ? I've compared it to my original XP CD and it seems to be missing some things. SETUP.EXE for example.

Edited December 11, 2005 by tonymathis