winnt.sif and multiple partitions

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i have created a winnt.sif file which automatically formats the complete
hard drive into one partition. is there any way, without user intervention,
that i can automatically format only part of the hhd or even specify two
partitions

thanks
 
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"joe" wrote:

| i have created a winnt.sif file which automatically formats the complete
| hard drive into one partition. is there any way, without user intervention,
| that i can automatically format only part of the hhd or even specify two
| partitions
|
| thanks
 
Patrick J. LoPresti said:
With just winnt.sif, no.

With a more advanced system, yes. See
<http://unattended.sourceforge.net/>.
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Hi,

It has nothing to do with this thread but I have to tell you that I've send
you an email to discuss about what you say on this web site. Some stuff
about sysprep (cloning) are wrong...

The "don't repackage" chapter is totally... crazy !

Thanks
Nicolas
 
Nicolas said:
Hi,

It has nothing to do with this thread but I have to tell you that
I've send you an email to discuss about what you say on this web
site. Some stuff about sysprep (cloning) are wrong...
Click to expand...

The first few sentences were extremely rude, so I deleted your message
without reading most of it. I have better things to do with my time.
The "don't repackage" chapter is totally... crazy !
Click to expand...

Is <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264478> also crazy? If so, you
might want to contact Microsoft.

Cheers!

- Pat
 
Patrick J. LoPresti said:
The first few sentences were extremely rude, so I deleted your message
without reading most of it. I have better things to do with my time.
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Ok, I know understand, but let me suggest you to read it, because all the
limitations of cloning (sysprep) you are talking about in your article are
wrong ! That make your article not credible at all.
It too bad because there are real limitations in Microsoft products and it
would have been better to justify you work (wich is very good, I think) on
those limitations.
Is <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264478> also crazy? If so, you might
want to contact Microsoft.
Click to expand...

I'm sorry but most of the things written here are wrong (or better, not true
anymore). I'm not going to write a full article but all the points is this
kb article can be refuted. Microsoft articles are not always good, specially
when they are about third party technology. (I've ask MS many time in the
past to correct some article, and they did !)

Repackaging tools have been improved and know work well. Morehover, in the
same time, Microsoft explain how to do repackaging
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257718/EN-US). I think this is normal
because this is the only reliable way to deploy application in large
company.

The mouse and keyboard activity simulation is totaly unusable and not
reliable at all. For exemple, MSI has a very precise installation log, it
has rollback capabilities, auto repair mecanisms... and much more. All those
things are very important when you play with mass deployment.

Thanks for reading (this time)

Nicolas
 
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