Modifed boot.ini with Sysprep

[CD_XP_SP2]

Hi,
Running XP SP2.

I have modified the boot.ini on my reference machine so that the OS choice
menu ( XP Pro or Recovery Console) is displayed for 10 secs.

I take a ghost image of this and store for reference

When I sysprep the machine and it shutsdown- I boot into PXE and take
another image of the machine post sysprep machine.

Then I deploy this image to another reference computer that has a clean HDD
and no previous OS- the boot.ini timeout value has returned to 30 secs.

How can I prevent this change from happening when I sysprep?

Thanks,
DC

When I deploy this post sysprepp

 

[Adam]

Hi DC,

My image creation steps are a little different but I have the same
problem...timeout is changing from 0 to 30 after sysprep mini setup runs.

I have tried to specify in cmdlines.txt to copy the correct boot.ini from a
different folder to the root of C with no success. boot.ini remains the same
but the timeout changes to 30 seconds.

You could always add a batch to runonce reg key to execute a copy of the
correct boot.ini..this will be a last resort for me.

I'm going to keep researching and I'll post back if I find something.

-Adam

 

[Adam]

To use cmdlinex.txt you must have the path in sysprep.inf pointing to
InstallFilesPath=C:\Sysprep\i386 or whatever your sysprep folder is\i386 w/in
i386 you must have $oem$ which includes cmdlines.txt. My path was typoed..

Everything is working as expected!

 

[CD_XP_SP2]

Adam,

Thanks for your reply- I didnt think of a runonce.cmdlines.txt.

Regards,
DC