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by edrox

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Hi,

I am attempting to build an unattended setup of Windows XP.
When I boot with a DOS flop, and give the command d:\i386\winnt /s:d:\i386 /u:a:\unattend.txt
It then starts, then goes to the filecopy of the setup files (ntloader, txtsetup.sif, etc) but when it should start copying the source and display the yellow statusbar, it just stands, doesn't show the bar or anything, the message is standard: Please wait while files are copied to
your hard disk.

No cdrom or harddisk activity at all.

Has anyone seen this, or does anyone know the fix?

Thanks in advance,

Eduard
edvrox@xs4all.nl
Ps unattend.txt:
[Data]
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=WINNT
WaitForReboot="no"
DisableDynamicUpdates="yes"
DriverSigningPolicy="Ignore"
FileSystem="ConvertNTFS"
ExtendOemPartition=2046
UnattendSwitch="Yes"

[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="solaris"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=10
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=110
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductID=Whatever.....
FullName="Foot Locker"
OrgName="Foot Locker"
ComputerName=UNATT_XP_EdV

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
Language=00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=VIAWRK

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
Adapter1=params.Adapter1
[params.Adapter1]
INFID=*

[NetClients]
MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
DNS=Yes
UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes
AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
SpecificTo=Adapter1
DHCP=Yes
WINS=No
NetBIOSOptions=0

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by quintar51

If it's possible, I would try installing using the same CD on another machine and see if it stops at the same stage. I don't think it's related to the fact that it's unattended install. Try using it on another machine and if it works fine, try it with another CD Drive using the first machine.

good luck,

by edrox

Thanks for the answer, the CD is fine and so is the CDROM drive, XP hangs for a night at the file copy if smartdrv is not loaded. If smartdrv is loaded, it hangs only 3 minutes.

by beermonster

Hi,
I don't know whether or this would cause the error that you are seeing, and assuming the cd is good, the first part of your unattend file - the [data] section - should only be used when performing an unattended install via a boot from the win2k cd.

msdosinitiated=0
in particular tells the setup that this install was NOT started from a dos session, which if you are booting from a floppy it is. Try removing the data section and see what happens.

by edrox

Thanks for the answer, the CD is fine and so is the CDROM drive, XP hangs for a night at the file copy if smartdrv is not loaded. If smartdrv is loaded, it hangs only 3 minutes.

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