Hey,
I've been reading a lot of the threads but haven't really found what I'm looking to do. I'd like to create a WinPE cd that is bootable and will connect to my server and then start a Window XP Pro SP 2 Unattended install.
I'm sure it can be done just not sure how to go about it.
Can someone point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Full Version: How to use WinPe for Network Unattend Install?
Just look in the OPK.chm or the Winpe.chm depending on version. It is well documented
Once you have network support enabled, you can use this. Maps network drive, starts services needed by diskpart, partitions the hdd, formats the hdd, copies i386 folder from network to local hdd, then starts the install from the hdd.
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net use u: \\bender\unattend
net start dmserver
net start dmadmin
diskpart /s diskpart.cfg
format c: /fs:NTFS /v:"" /Q /Y
xcopy u:\cabs\xp\vlk c:\i386 /E /I
c:\i386\winnt32.exe /s:c:\i386 /unattend:u:\config\xp\vlk\unattend.txt /syspart:C: /NOREBOOT
net start dmserver
net start dmadmin
diskpart /s diskpart.cfg
format c: /fs:NTFS /v:"" /Q /Y
xcopy u:\cabs\xp\vlk c:\i386 /E /I
c:\i386\winnt32.exe /s:c:\i386 /unattend:u:\config\xp\vlk\unattend.txt /syspart:C: /NOREBOOT
can you post your diskpart's configuration script?
You could use something like this:
Cheers
CODE
select disk 0
clean
create partition primary size=20480
select partition 1
active
assign letter=c
clean
create partition primary size=20480
select partition 1
active
assign letter=c
Cheers
QUOTE (TheWave @ Sep 28 2004, 06:56 AM)
can you post your diskpart's configuration script?
CODE
Select Disk 0
Clean
Create Partition primary
Active
Assign Letter=c
exit
Clean
Create Partition primary
Active
Assign Letter=c
exit
thanks.
I have bartspe and tried to run xp's install from it and it just exit the setup after few minutes without any notice. The copy\diskpart works file i tried to run it manually (no unattend script) too it i have the same problem. Any ideas? Should i try winpe?
I have bartspe and tried to run xp's install from it and it just exit the setup after few minutes without any notice. The copy\diskpart works file i tried to run it manually (no unattend script) too it i have the same problem. Any ideas? Should i try winpe?
I've run 2K/XP setup before in BartPE, so thats not the problem. Try it with just the /s and /syspart .
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Same s***. It goes on as usuall for few minutes then the setup just disapears leaving two folders at c:\. Is there a log file or something else i could do to find out whats wrong?
QUOTE (TheWave @ Sep 29 2004, 10:42 AM)
Same s***. It goes on as usuall for few minutes then the setup just disapears leaving two folders at c:\. Is there a log file or something else i could do to find out whats wrong?
hmmmm... I changed mine around a bit, the following is from my os_install.cmd. I will post the entire thing when I'm done.
Variable Values:
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UNATTEND_SHARE=\\bender\unattend
NTFS=/fs:NTFS /v:"" /Q /Y
DISKPART_CFG=u:\config\winxp\vlk\diskpart.cfg
FORMAT_CFG=%NTFS%
CAB_LOCATION=u:\cabs\xp\vlk\i386
UA_FILE=u:\config\winxp\vlk\unattend.txt
SETUP_COMMAND=winnt32.exe /s:%CAB_LOCATION% /unattend:%UA_FILE% /syspart:C: /tempdrive:C: /NOREBOOT
NTFS=/fs:NTFS /v:"" /Q /Y
DISKPART_CFG=u:\config\winxp\vlk\diskpart.cfg
FORMAT_CFG=%NTFS%
CAB_LOCATION=u:\cabs\xp\vlk\i386
UA_FILE=u:\config\winxp\vlk\unattend.txt
SETUP_COMMAND=winnt32.exe /s:%CAB_LOCATION% /unattend:%UA_FILE% /syspart:C: /tempdrive:C: /NOREBOOT
Commands Used:
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net use u: %UNATTEND_SHARE%
net start dmserver
net start dmadmin
diskpart /s %DISKPART_CFG%
format c: %FORMAT_CFG%
%CAB_LOCATION%\%SETUP_COMMAND%
net start dmserver
net start dmadmin
diskpart /s %DISKPART_CFG%
format c: %FORMAT_CFG%
%CAB_LOCATION%\%SETUP_COMMAND%
TheWave,
that's normal man, the winnt32 process copied the setup files ($win_nt$.~bt & $win_nt$.~ls) and prepared the c: drive and just existed (trying to restart computer but it's not possible in winpe).
all you have to do now is restart your computer yourself, and the setup will start auomatically. (don't expect to install windows completely from winpe).
piro
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It goes on as usuall for few minutes then the setup just disapears leaving two folders at c:\
that's normal man, the winnt32 process copied the setup files ($win_nt$.~bt & $win_nt$.~ls) and prepared the c: drive and just existed (trying to restart computer but it's not possible in winpe).
all you have to do now is restart your computer yourself, and the setup will start auomatically. (don't expect to install windows completely from winpe).
piro
Stupid me... yea it works i just had to restart. Thank you. I have one more question though, how can i restart using batch file in bartspe with xpe?
QUOTE (TheWave @ Sep 30 2004, 08:38 AM)
Stupid me... yea it works i just had to restart. Thank you. I have one more question though, how can i restart using batch file in bartspe with xpe?
Use the following line at the end of your script:
EXIT
I am assuming that your install script is the STARTNET.CMD file. If it's not, you'll have to find a way to get your batch file to terminate STARTNET.CMD to reboot automatically.
exit just exit the current batch doesn't it? and where is this "startnet.cmd" i couldn't find it. my install script it standalone script that exist on another computer.
QUOTE (Metzen @ Sep 30 2004, 09:53 AM)
Use the following line at the end of your script:
EXIT
I am assuming that your install script is the STARTNET.CMD file. If it's not, you'll have to find a way to get your batch file to terminate STARTNET.CMD to reboot automatically.
EXIT
I am assuming that your install script is the STARTNET.CMD file. If it's not, you'll have to find a way to get your batch file to terminate STARTNET.CMD to reboot automatically.
Is there any way to force WinPE closed? My setup routine relies on an HTA, so once MSHTA runs, I lose control of the STARTNET.CMD file. The standard WinXP SHUTDOWN.EXE doesn't work; it just says "The device is not ready." Has anyone gotten WinPE to successfully reboot after executing a command other than "exit"?
In one form or another I use the following to reboot PE from both HTA's and VBS'
Mike
Mike
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Do'Reboot PC. Close Up to 5 open CMD windows
Do While Counter < 5
Counter = Counter + 1
If Counter = 6 Then
Check = False
Exit Do
End If
WshShell.AppActivate "cmd"
WshShell.sendkeys "exit"
WshShell.sendkeys "~"
Loop
Loop Until Check = False
Do While Counter < 5
Counter = Counter + 1
If Counter = 6 Then
Check = False
Exit Do
End If
WshShell.AppActivate "cmd"
WshShell.sendkeys "exit"
WshShell.sendkeys "~"
Loop
Loop Until Check = False
You could also you pskill or something similar and kill the command window.
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Another option to this is PEShutdown.exe, use google to find it, then write a script that will call it. It also has a reboot switch to which is useful, for example when I install windows, I do it from a script with the "START /wait" command, then the next line in the batch will not execute until the preceeding line is complete. Just a suggestion.
yea start /wait is the shiz! i love that... i think "start /wait", "if", and "set" are the most usefull commands(imo)
QUOTE (genmud @ Oct 1 2004, 04:47 PM)
yea start /wait is the shiz! i love that... i think "start /wait", "if", and "set" are the most usefull commands(imo)
I use an AutoIt Script that terminates all *.cmd windows, this forces a reboot.
Hi,
Been following this thread and i have mine reboot but then it goes into windows XP profession Setup window. I thought it should just go through with the setup but its asking me what partition to install and then it errors out with setup was unable to verify drive c:.
Your computer may not have enough memory to examine the drives, or your windows xp cd may contain some corrupted files.
why is this happening?
please help
TIA
Been following this thread and i have mine reboot but then it goes into windows XP profession Setup window. I thought it should just go through with the setup but its asking me what partition to install and then it errors out with setup was unable to verify drive c:.
Your computer may not have enough memory to examine the drives, or your windows xp cd may contain some corrupted files.
why is this happening?
please help
TIA
I am suffering from the same problem as crossgrid stated above. I am assuming that having the partition selected in the text setup is a winnt.sif thing. I am just wondering if the error message is in result of VMWare settings, or if the install is corrupt.
Just for reference
Winnt.sif
TIA
Just for reference
Winnt.sif
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;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
UnattendSwitch="Yes"
WaitForReboot="No"
FileSystem=*
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\L\R\1;Drivers\S\C;Drivers\U\V2_0;Drivers\M\763;Drivers\G\9500"
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
ProgramFilesDir="D:"
CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Common"
[SystemFileProtection]
SFCQuota = 0
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="**********"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1
ProfilesDir="E:"
[UserData]
ProductID=***************************
FullName="Samus Aran"
OrgName="Organization"
ComputerName=MINERVA
[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1280
YResolution=1024
Vrefresh=60
AutoConfirm=1
ConfigureAtLogon=1
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=1
[GuiRunOnce]
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=HIVE001
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
UnattendSwitch="Yes"
WaitForReboot="No"
FileSystem=*
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\L\R\1;Drivers\S\C;Drivers\U\V2_0;Drivers\M\763;Drivers\G\9500"
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
ProgramFilesDir="D:"
CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Common"
[SystemFileProtection]
SFCQuota = 0
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="**********"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1
ProfilesDir="E:"
[UserData]
ProductID=***************************
FullName="Samus Aran"
OrgName="Organization"
ComputerName=MINERVA
[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1280
YResolution=1024
Vrefresh=60
AutoConfirm=1
ConfigureAtLogon=1
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=1
[GuiRunOnce]
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=HIVE001
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
TIA
It's prompting for what partition to install to because your Unattend file is telling it to. 
Change this:
to this:
And it will stop asking you questions.
Hey Edge -- Why are you manually starting services for Diskpart?
Change this:
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[Data]
AutoPartition=0
AutoPartition=0
to this:
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[Data]
AutoPartition=1
AutoPartition=1
And it will stop asking you questions.
Hey Edge -- Why are you manually starting services for Diskpart?
D'oh... It's always the small things. Thanks.
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