Unattended CD install of XP

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Hi,

I have created an .iso of what I thought would be an unattented installation
of WinXP using nLite. However the text mode portion of setup stops at the
point of selecting a partition and file system. Can some on give me an
example of an answer file that sets up XP on the first partion and formats
ntfs(quick)?
 
An .iso file is a single large CD image file that represents
a whole set of programs and data as they will appear once
extracted and burned onto a CD-ROM disc. The entire CD
image is stored in the ISO 9660 format with a file extension
of ".iso". To be used, the .iso file must be first extracted and
burned onto a CD-ROM disc using the software that came
with your CD-ROM burner.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Efrain Jimenez" wrote:

| Hi,
|
| I have created an .iso of what I thought would be an unattented installation
| of WinXP using nLite. However the text mode portion of setup stops at the
| point of selecting a partition and file system. Can some on give me an
| example of an answer file that sets up XP on the first partion and formats
| ntfs(quick)?
 
Efrain said:
I have created an .iso of what I thought would be an unattented
installation of WinXP using nLite. However the text mode portion of
setup stops at the point of selecting a partition and file system.
Can some on give me an example of an answer file that sets up XP on
the first partion and formats ntfs(quick)?
Click to expand...
An .iso file is a single large CD image file that represents
a whole set of programs and data as they will appear once
extracted and burned onto a CD-ROM disc. The entire CD
image is stored in the ISO 9660 format with a file extension
of ".iso". To be used, the .iso file must be first extracted and
burned onto a CD-ROM disc using the software that came
with your CD-ROM burner.
Click to expand...

Carey,

Seriously - pay attention. It wouldn't boot if they had done what you just
said they did..


Efrain Jimenez,

Visit:
http://unattended.msfn.org/

I think you will find what you need and MUCH more.

(*DIRECT ANSWER*)

Try this:

**** Copy BELOW this line ****
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
AutomaticUpdates=Yes

[Unattended]
Repartition=Yes
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
UnattendSwitch=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
WaitForReboot=No

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="1234"
EncryptedAdminPassword=No
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=A1B2C-3D4E5-F6G7H-8I9J0-KLMNO
FullName="Your Full Name"
OrgName="Your Organization Name"
ComputerName=*
**** Copy ABOVE this line ****

Of course, some of that will have to be changed for your CD..
Did you integrate SP2 and other patches as well?

I don't particularly like NLite - first time I used it - it put it's own
namesake in my install. After that - I just went back to the manual method
(actually - made my own scripts) and continue to do so. AutoStreamer was
decent, however.
 
Thanks for your answer, but I did that part already i created the bootable
..iso with nLite and used nero to extract the files to a cd. The cd is
bootable and most of the installation is unattended except the screen that
asks me for partition and file system.
 
Thanks for the answer file, I see some differences already between mine and
this one I modify on my end and let you know. Also thanks for the link.

Shenan Stanley said:
Efrain said:
I have created an .iso of what I thought would be an unattented
installation of WinXP using nLite. However the text mode portion of
setup stops at the point of selecting a partition and file system.
Can some on give me an example of an answer file that sets up XP on
the first partion and formats ntfs(quick)?
Click to expand...
An .iso file is a single large CD image file that represents
a whole set of programs and data as they will appear once
extracted and burned onto a CD-ROM disc. The entire CD
image is stored in the ISO 9660 format with a file extension
of ".iso". To be used, the .iso file must be first extracted and
burned onto a CD-ROM disc using the software that came
with your CD-ROM burner.
Click to expand...

Carey,

Seriously - pay attention. It wouldn't boot if they had done what you just
said they did..


Efrain Jimenez,

Visit:
http://unattended.msfn.org/

I think you will find what you need and MUCH more.

(*DIRECT ANSWER*)

Try this:

**** Copy BELOW this line ****
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
AutomaticUpdates=Yes

[Unattended]
Repartition=Yes
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
UnattendSwitch=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
WaitForReboot=No

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="1234"
EncryptedAdminPassword=No
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=A1B2C-3D4E5-F6G7H-8I9J0-KLMNO
FullName="Your Full Name"
OrgName="Your Organization Name"
ComputerName=*
**** Copy ABOVE this line ****

Of course, some of that will have to be changed for your CD..
Did you integrate SP2 and other patches as well?

I don't particularly like NLite - first time I used it - it put it's own
namesake in my install. After that - I just went back to the manual method
(actually - made my own scripts) and continue to do so. AutoStreamer was
decent, however.
Click to expand...
 
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