J
Jetter
Im trying to figure out how to deploy windows xp sp2 using a unattended
install script.
I ran setupmgr.exe and created the windist folder and answer file. Im
not having any
problems with the setupmgr side of the deployment, the problem comes in
when I
try to get a pc to install xp using this script. Setupmgr created a bat
file for me to run but
it uses winnt32.exe instead of winnt.exe. Id like to use a dos boot
disk to get the install
process started so I replaced winnt32.exe with winnt.exe in the batch
file.
Anyway I have a win2003 box setup to host the windist share. If I boot
up a pc using a
microsoft tcpip boot disk and map a drive to the 2003 share then run
the unattend.bat file
this is the error I get.
Windows XP requires a hard drive volume with at least 604 megabytes
(634126336 bytes) of free disk space. Setup will use part of this space
for storing temporary files during installation. The drive must be on a
permanently attached local hard disk supported by Windows XP, and must
not be a compressed drive.
Setup was unable to locate such a drive with the required amount of
free space
Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit.
The pc has a 80g harddrive in it so im not sure why its complaining
about disk space.
I have tried deleting all the partitions off the drive with no luck.
Also tried creating a partition then formatting it and I still get the
same error. The drive is just a plain IDE drive not a SATA so windows
should be able to see it.
I have also tried copying the windist share to a novell server and used
a novell tcpip boot disk to try running the unattend.bat file. When I
do that I get an error stating that an internal error has occured and
that there was no place to put the swap file.
I even tried burning the windist share to a cdrom and use a clean boot
disk with just cdrom drivers on it. When I launch the batch file that
way it works sort of. It starts copying files to the HD then complains
that its missing a few files like utopia.wav and a few others. It gives
me an option to skip those so I do. After it gets done copying the
files it starts the install but it asks me all the setup questions
instead of using the script I had setup.
When I map a drive I make sure to use the same drive letter as the one
in the batch file.
Id really like to get this figured out but Im not sure what im doing
wrong. Anyone have any
ideas?
install script.
I ran setupmgr.exe and created the windist folder and answer file. Im
not having any
problems with the setupmgr side of the deployment, the problem comes in
when I
try to get a pc to install xp using this script. Setupmgr created a bat
file for me to run but
it uses winnt32.exe instead of winnt.exe. Id like to use a dos boot
disk to get the install
process started so I replaced winnt32.exe with winnt.exe in the batch
file.
Anyway I have a win2003 box setup to host the windist share. If I boot
up a pc using a
microsoft tcpip boot disk and map a drive to the 2003 share then run
the unattend.bat file
this is the error I get.
Windows XP requires a hard drive volume with at least 604 megabytes
(634126336 bytes) of free disk space. Setup will use part of this space
for storing temporary files during installation. The drive must be on a
permanently attached local hard disk supported by Windows XP, and must
not be a compressed drive.
Setup was unable to locate such a drive with the required amount of
free space
Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit.
The pc has a 80g harddrive in it so im not sure why its complaining
about disk space.
I have tried deleting all the partitions off the drive with no luck.
Also tried creating a partition then formatting it and I still get the
same error. The drive is just a plain IDE drive not a SATA so windows
should be able to see it.
I have also tried copying the windist share to a novell server and used
a novell tcpip boot disk to try running the unattend.bat file. When I
do that I get an error stating that an internal error has occured and
that there was no place to put the swap file.
I even tried burning the windist share to a cdrom and use a clean boot
disk with just cdrom drivers on it. When I launch the batch file that
way it works sort of. It starts copying files to the HD then complains
that its missing a few files like utopia.wav and a few others. It gives
me an option to skip those so I do. After it gets done copying the
files it starts the install but it asks me all the setup questions
instead of using the script I had setup.
When I map a drive I make sure to use the same drive letter as the one
in the batch file.
Id really like to get this figured out but Im not sure what im doing
wrong. Anyone have any
ideas?