[tully214]

We have around 900 boxes in the field that we need to upgrade to windows 2003. All boxes are windows 2000. I need to have this in a fashion that our clients do not have to make many selections. Also none of these boxes have a floppy drive.

I have created a cd with nlite and added what I needed. The only drivers I really need to add are the broadcom com drivers. Here is a copy of my winnt.sif file. I launch the install from windows by using winnt32 /unattended:winnt.sif

; Generated by nLite 1.4 RC2

[Data]
Autopartition=0
MsDosInitiated=0
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
NtUpgrade="Yes"
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
UnattendSwitch="No"
OemPreinstall="No"
OemSkipEula="Yes"
FileSystem=*
WaitForReboot="No"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\Nic

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
TimeZone=020
OEMSkipRegional=1
OemSkipWelcome=1

[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode=PerSeat

[Components]

[UserData]
ProductKey="xxx-xxxxx...."
ComputerName=*
FullName="ghx"

[RegionalSettings]
SystemLocale="0409"
UserLocale="0409"
UserLocale_DefaultUser="0409"
InputLocale="0409:00000409"
InputLocale_DefaultUser="0409:00000409"

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents="No"

[NetClients]
MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched

[NetProtocols]
MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]


When I run the upgrade everything works correctly, but the broadcom driver install. I have learned I cannot use oempreinstall with winnt32 unattended upgrade. Will the upgrade try and install the broadcom drivers since oempreinstall is set to no? Is there a way I missing to automate the broadcom driver install. Any help would be appreciated since after the 25 tries I have gone thru I am a little frustrated.

Thanks
Tyler Gish

This post has been edited by tully214: 13 November 2007 - 03:59 PM

[Stoic Joker]

Try copying the driver files to the (Wizard's default search location) C:\WINNT\INF then the wizard should just "find" them on its own during the upgrade.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

We have around 900 boxes in the field that we need to upgrade to windows 2003. All boxes are windows 2000. I need to have this in a fashion that our clients do not have to make many selections. Also none of these boxes have a floppy drive.

nLite is NOT for business or commercial use... Read the EULA contained in the nLite installation Dir. You need to try hfslip or one of the other alternatives.