DaveXP Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 When you run the setup to Windows and copyies its self the the hard drive it adds info to the boot.ini to tell windows to load setup and next restart and i delete the files and then for get to get the information out of the boot.ini file so when i restart i get files missing hal.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjdotcom Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 1.Where can we add our extras like $OEM$/$1/install....2.Do we need to just copy the $OEM$ folder into the install folder.3.And then use your Steps and create the CDimage.Can ne one help..Confused...Cheers bjPS: Kewl Gosh....its must faster now....tested using Virtual PC...Cheers to gosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLi Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 no luck here yet either i dont know what to do with it and when i restart my PC when trying this it says HAL.DLL missing and this p***es me off.Been there done that :/ Are you doing the single option version or the menu based one ?I ended up making a new setupldr.bin for each oh the three (VOL 1-3)and also a new VOLX.DAT for them as well.After that it worked just fine.I also had som initial problems with only getting one directory...for som reason I got only one ehen choosing a install directory other thanthe default one, choosing just "c:\" left me with two.2.Do we need to just copy the $OEM$ folder into the install folder.Yes, just as you normally would.Cheers,Magnus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookytay Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Before I tried this method, my old unattend CD, upon boot up, would ask me to press a key to boot from CD.This new method doesn't have that option, it boots directly into windows setup without prompting me. How do I get this "press any key to boot from CD" prompt back?Thanks in advance-tay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted October 12, 2003 Author Share Posted October 12, 2003 Put bootfix.bin into your BOOT or VOL1 folder to get the 'press any key to boot from cd' message. If you're using diskemu.cmd, it doesn't support it.For the $OEM$ folder, do everything first, then put the $OEM$ folder parallel to the i386 folder if you want to make a cd.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrot Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Let me do a little more explaining.You should only run winnt32.exe /noreboot from the GUI. When you run this command, all setup does is copy files using dosnet.inf. Then it restarts your computer and runs setup from your hard drive.....You can only use this method to install from CD, since there is no winnt or winnt32. And like i said you can only do clean installs, not upgrades. -goshI've been reading this forum an also the forum about the Greenmachine's version of RoyalBox HotFix SlipStreaming Method http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=9442No I'm wondering about this dosnet.inf, because when reducing the size of the installation descibed in this forum leaves me without the dosnet.inf file. So what should I do1. copy back the dosnet.inf file so I can add the stuff about optionalsourcedir etc2. first make a CD with help of Greenmachine's slipstreaming methode for hotfixes and then try the method described in this forum to reduce the size?3. something completely differentCan someone please help me with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted October 12, 2003 Author Share Posted October 12, 2003 Live i've said many times before, you DONT need a dosnet.inf file if you use my method.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 From your XP CD copy win51, win51IC, win51IP (and win51ip.sp1 and win51ic.sp1 if a slipstreamed cd) to c:\install. If it's a slipstreamed cd you also need spnotes.htm in the install folder.In my Windows XP Professional Sp1 slipstreamed CD I have only win51, win51IP and win51ip.sp1. There are no win51IC and win51ic.sp1 files. I have tried CD without them on Virtual PC but doesn'work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjdotcom Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 @Igor,Oct 13 2003, 11:26 AMIn my Windows XP Professional Sp1 slipstreamed CD I have only win51, win51IP and win51ip.sp1. There are no win51IC and win51ic.sp1 files. I have tried CD without them on Virtual PC but doesn'work.Yeah copy what is in that slipstream (win51, win51IP and win51ip.sp1)....coz I got a slipstreamed XP CD with sp1 and installed it and gosh's method worked.....most probably u shud try hexing it properly what was said in this topic.I had a problem at first and I tried it again and everything works fine!Tip:Make sure when you are renaming the xpboot.bin to VOL1.DAT, make sure it is not renamed to VOL1.DAT.bin.......To rename it Open it with your Hex Editor and File>Save as and save it as VOL1.DAT so it becomes a DAT file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ypsos Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Hallo Any idea how to add winternals Erd Commander 2003I’ve renamed the directory I386 (from erd commander) to ERDC and edited setupldr.bin, spcmdcon.sys, txtsetup.sif, and xpboot.bin with hex editor replaced the word i386 with ERDC works fine the only thing what won’t work is FILERESTORE Have to say I don’t use Diskemu (diskem1x.zip) but EasyBoothttp://www.ezbsystems.com/easyboot/I followed first post and gosh guide and stopped by: Rename xpboot.bin to VOL1.DAT (all capital letters).And start with :rename and copy xpboot.bin to:VOL1.bin (edited and replace i386 to VOL1)VOL2.bin (edited and replace i386 to VOL2)ERDC.bin (edited and replace i386 to ERDC)Place the files in the ezboot directoryStart > EasyBoot > MENU (TEXT) [1] PowerQuest PartitionMagic > run PQPM.IMG[2] Setup Windows XP Pro Unattend > run VOL2.bin[n] Setup Windows XP Pro Normal > run VOL1.bin[3] ERD Commander 2003 > run ERDC.binsave > Make ISOedit:10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> .10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> ..10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> $OEM$10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> Documents and Settings10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> ERDC10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> ezboot01/20/2002 03:37 AM cdmenu.ezb01/20/2002 03:37 AM erdc.bin01/20/2002 03:37 AM loader.bin01/20/2002 03:37 AM PQPM.IMG01/20/2002 03:37 AM VOL1.bin01/20/2002 03:37 AM VOL2.bin10/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> I38610/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> VOL110/10/2003 07:31 AM <DIR> VOL2 01/20/2002 03:37 AM WIN5101/20/2002 03:37 AM WIN51IP01/20/2002 03:37 AM WIN51IP.SP101/20/2002 03:37 AM SPNOTES.HTM10/10/2003 07:52 PM winbom.iniok know Filerestore from ERD Commander ….any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyakite Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Here's the directory of my last cd:Directory of G:\08/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> CORPFILES08/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> DOCS08/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> HOM108/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> HOM208/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> HOM308/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> TOOLS08/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> VOL108/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> VOL208/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> VOL308/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> WINXPPRO08/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> WNP208/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> WNPE08/23/2001 02:00 AM <DIR> XPHOME08/23/2001 02:00 AM 32,768 AUTORUN.EXE08/23/2001 02:00 AM 25,214 AUTORUN.ICO08/23/2001 02:00 AM 59 AUTORUN.INF08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,242 DEFAULT.HTM08/23/2001 02:00 AM 512 DELOAD.BIN08/23/2001 02:00 AM 124,144 DELPART.EXE08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 DISKEDIT.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 12,288 DISKEM1X.BIN08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,980 DISKEMU.CMD08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 DRVIMG.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 11,966 EULA.TXT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,024,016 GHOST.EXE08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 GHST2003.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 HOM1.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 HOM2.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 HOM3.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 LOADER.BIN08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 MEMTEST.IMG08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,949,120 NTFS.IMG08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,949,120 PARTMGR8.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 PASS.BIN08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,949,120 PM7.IMG08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 PROOF.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 112 SERIALS.TXT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 11,387 SPNOTES.HTM08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 VOL1.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 VOL2.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 VOL3.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 10 WIN5108/23/2001 02:00 AM 10 WIN51IC08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2 WIN51IC.SP108/23/2001 02:00 AM 10 WIN51IP08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2 WIN51IP.SP108/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 WIN95.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 WIN98.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 167 WINBOM.INI08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 WINME.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 1,474,560 WIPE.IMA08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 WNP2.DAT08/23/2001 02:00 AM 2,048 WNPE.DAT 40 File(s) 24,858,281 bytes 13 Dir(s) 0 bytes free So then, where are the $OEM$ folders specifically in this structure? Is the WINXPPRO dir originally the XP Pro i386 directory just renamed?I'm making a DVD with about 5 different operating systems, and basically I was wondering where to put my $OEM$ folder for the XP install. Alongside the i386 folder (or renamed) for XP? And will I need to make anything point to it? If the XP Pro i386 folder is renamed to XPRO do it put it alongside that folder, or inside it?Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Wait, if I do this on a machine that already has Windows XP installed, will it wipe it out or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMX Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 This is something i am going to try as i like the idea, But i have one question for you.When is the HAL created? If it is in the stage that creates the two folders then this process is only good for the pc it is created on.If it is after that then all is well and it can be used for all pc's.i want to try this method but i must know the answer to this question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrot Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Live i've said many times before, you DONT need a dosnet.inf file if you use my method.-gosh I'm almost afraid to ask more, but I still want to know if this methods is compatible with installing unattended hotfixes in a way that the most recent files are one the CD., so that in case of reinstallation of some files the hotfixes are not overwritten with old files.In other words how to put in post SP1 hotfixes in this install during the setup and not in a batch or guirunonce, after the setup?I've know tried this method and installed the hotfixes in guirunonce and that produced a lot of garbage in my system folder regarding these hotfixes. that's why I asked how to combine the methodes, I'll be fine not to use dosnet.inf, but please tell me then how to correctly install hotfixes with a minimum off garbage production>? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLi Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/installhotfixes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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