autounattend.xml

[cpu]

I'm trying out the System Image Manager to create an answer file (and
ultimately install Vista completely unattended) but whenever I boot the
Vista DVD with the answer file on a USB stick I can't get past the disk
partition portion of the installation. It either says it couldn't create the
partition or the disk could not be found. My intention is to wipe the disk
clean and install Vista using the whole disk regardless of the size of the
disk or the existing data content.

Here is a snip of my autounattend.xml file. If anyone's got this working I'd
like to see what options you have specified:

<DiskConfiguration>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Size>20000</Size>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Extend>false</Extend>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>OS_Install</Label>
<Letter>C</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</OSImage>

 

[Kerry Brown]

It may be a driver problem for the hard drive controller. When you do a
manual install on the same hardware do you have to add a driver for the
controller?