Unattended XP install with SP2...

[Guest]

I'm a network administrator/system programmer for our engineering computing
group. For years now I've been performing unattended NT/2k/XP installs using
DOS 6.22. Now it seems this no longer works when I slipstream integrate XP
with SP2. I can't find anything on the Internet or on Microsoft's site(s)
about such a thing.

The unattended setup starts fine in DOS mode, then gets very close to
finishing the DOS portion of the unattended setup and fails before rebooting.
There is an error about not being able to create the following directory...

"C:\$WIN_NT$.~LS\I386\asms\52\POLICY\MSFT\WINDOWS\NETW~GQN.VYO\DXMRTP"

A search for "DXMRTP" on Google reveals others are having an issue because
if the "9 levels deep" directory problem.

Is XP unattended setup now un-installable using DOS 6.22 because of SP2?

Any fixes for this?

Thanks,

Rodney

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm a network administrator/system programmer for our engineering
computing group. For years now I've been performing unattended
NT/2k/XP installs using DOS 6.22. Now it seems this no longer works
when I slipstream integrate XP with SP2. I can't find anything on
the Internet or on Microsoft's site(s) about such a thing.

The unattended setup starts fine in DOS mode, then gets very close to
finishing the DOS portion of the unattended setup and fails before
rebooting. There is an error about not being able to create the
following directory...

"C:\$WIN_NT$.~LS\I386\asms\52\POLICY\MSFT\WINDOWS\NETW~GQN.VYO\DXMRTP"

A search for "DXMRTP" on Google reveals others are having an issue
because if the "9 levels deep" directory problem.

Is XP unattended setup now un-installable using DOS 6.22 because of
SP2?

I have not seen this issue.
I install Windows XP SP1/SP2 all the time with no issues.
I do this either over a network or via CD, depending on my need at the time.

What method are you using to perform the unattended installation?
How are you starting it?

Might I suggest:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
and/or
http://unattended.msfn.org/

for basics and beyond on unattended network installs and unattended CD/DVD
installs.

 

[Guest]

I have not seen this issue.
I install Windows XP SP1/SP2 all the time with no issues.
I do this either over a network or via CD, depending on my need at the time.

What method are you using to perform the unattended installation?
How are you starting it?

On the workstation:

* I create a FAT16 or FAT32 primary DOS partition.
* I format the partition.
* I create an XP unattend.txt file on the C: drive.

On the server:

* I create a distribution share on my server.
* I copy the original XP CD to the distribution share.
* I integrate the SP2 image to the distribution share.

On the workstation:

* I boot my DOS6.22 or Win98 boot floppy and make a network connection to
my server distribution share.
* I run the XP setup in unattended mode pointing to my C: drive
unattend.txt file.

The XP unattended setup starts, almost finishes the DOS portion of the
setup, then abruptly stops with the previously described error.

Debugging:

* I have since booted to a DOS prompt.
* Changed to the problem directory in question.
* Tried to manually create the "DXMRTP" subdirectory.

I get an error indicating that the directory cannot be created. I appears
that a shorter name will work but the "DXMRTP" makes the DOS path too long.

I have verified that a Win98 FAT32 formatted partition doesn't do any good.
The path is still too limited to create the full path that the XP setup needs
to create.

Still in need of help.

Thanks,

Rodney