[wimb]

ilko_t, on Oct 23 2009, 07:00 AM, said:

Now the best part:

SetupSourceDevice = \ArcName\multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

DID work

Interesting
Can be quite useful ....

[ilko_t]

A few notes:

Using in winnt.sif [setupdata]

SetupSourceDevice = \ArcName\multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

results in broken DosPath in $winnt$.inf, which key is created and used as source path at start of GUI, thus source cannot be found.

[Data]
floppylessbootpath = "\Device\HardDisk1\partition1"
...
...
sourcepath = "\arcname\multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\xp_pro\"
MsDosInitiated = "0"
floppyless = "1"
dospath=GLOBALROOT\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\XP_PRO\

Changing sourcepath to the value of floppylessbootpath (created by Text mode with the proper path where Setup was booted from), before start of GUI using fake setup, results in properly created dospath:

floppylessbootpath = "\Device\HardDisk1\partition1"
sourcepath = "\Device\HardDisk1\partition1\xp_pro\"
dospath = U:\xp_pro\

Just tested this with full XP install till first desktop.

Another note- as mentioned in KB article, having unattended section and oempreinstall=yes results in migrate.inf being ignored. During Text mode stick is U:, but at GUI is E: or whatever.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234048