Anyone got cmdlines.txt working with SYSPREP?

[chiners_68]

im trying to get cmdlines.txt working with sysprep but its not working... here is what I have so far.

sysprep.inf

;SetupMgrTag

[unattended]OemSkipEula=Yes

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="Test"

OrgName="Work"

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=44

AreaCode=01753

[identification]

JoinDomain=test

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[unattended]

TargetPath=c:\WINDOWS

InstallFilesPath = "C:\sysprep\i386"

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000809

[setupMgr]

DistFolder="C:\sysprep\i386"

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=0

I have create a folder I386 in sysprep which containins the $OEM$ folder which holds tyhe cmdlines.txt a reg file & a runonceEX.cmd file. cmdlines points to the reg file to set autologin details & then the runonceEX.cmd file writes entries ready to install software on the reboot. none of the reg file & runonce entriesd are being written to the registry so cmdlines.txt cant be running. The cmdlines.txt & associated files work on my ris installs from the distribution folder but dosent from sysprep.

Can anyone help.?

I run sysprep.exe select min setup, reboot then reseal.

[IcemanND]

Yes, I use it. try adding OemPreinstall=Yes to the Unattended section.

looks like the only real difference between your and mine.

[chiners_68]

IcemanND

have you got this bit in yours or is it not needed..?

[setupMgr]

DistFolder="C:\sysprep\i386"

[chiners_68]

Ive added OemPreinstall=Yes but it still dosent work..

any more ideas..? this is my sif file now..

;SetupMgrTag

[unattended]OemSkipEula=Yes

TargetPath="%WINDIR%"

OemPreinstall=Yes

InstallFilesPath ="%SYSTEMDRIVE%\sysprep\i386"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductID=

FullName=

OrgName=

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=44

AreaCode=01753

[identification]

JoinDomain=test

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000809

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=0

Edited October 30, 2006 by chiners_68

[chiners_68]

ive double checked all my folders sif entries & have even downloaded the latest sysprep from the web but it still wont work.. anyone have any ideas im stuck..?

[IcemanND]

Here is my sysprep.inf file. Inside the sysprep folder I have an i386 folder, which contains $oem$, which has cmdlines.txt and the CMD file that are called from it, and a couple of folders for hardware specific drivers or drivers that don't play well with certain systems.

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	AutomaticUpdates=Yes

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	UnattendSwitch=Yes
	OemPreinstall=Yes
	WaitForReboot=No

	OemSkipEula=Yes
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
	KeepPageFile=0
	UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=*
	EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
	AutoLogon=Yes
	AutoLogonCount=5
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	OEMDuplicatorstring="HII 09/09/2006"
	TimeZone=35
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductID=abcde-fghij-klmno-pqrst-uvwxy
	FullName="Main User"
	OrgName="IcemanND"
	ComputerName=*

[SetupMgr]
	DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
	DistShare=windist

[Display]
	BitsPerPel=32
	XResolution=1024
	YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=574

[Branding]
	BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
	Proxy_Enable=0
	Use_Same_Proxy=0

[GuiRunOnce]
	Command0=c:\postghost\finalize.cmd

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=BUILD

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Shell]
	DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
	DefaultThemesOff=Yes

[Sysprep]
	BuildMassStorageSection=yes

[SysprepMassStorage]

[chiners_68]

its working now....yippeee..

not sure why its working all of a sudden but I coiped a few lines for the inf file from IcemanND's sif & its working.. i have relocated the i386 folder to c:\ so its not removed when the sysprep folder disapears. The only problem ive got now is im trying to add doamin user to the admin group from my runonceEX which runs at cmdlines.txt but its not working. works fine on my RIS install at this time. I can only put it down to running cmdlines.txt before the mini setup has joined the machine back to the domain.

here is my working sif file

;SetupMgrTag

[unattended]OemPreinstall=Yes

WaitForReboot=No

OemSkipEula=Yes

TargetPath="\windows"

InstallFilesPath ="c:\i386"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductID=My Key here

FullName="Test"

OrgName="Test"

[setupMgr]

DistFolder=C:\i386

DistShare=windist

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=44

AreaCode=01753

[identification]

JoinDomain=Test

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000809

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=0