[mcpeanut]

hi all im new to these forums obviously.....and found this site searching for a fix to my problem as its doing my head in after 3 weeks of trying allsorts....i have an ibm intellistation a pro model 6217 workstation and have a maxtor sata hardrive and need help installing my xp unatended versions.....now the problem is this i can install some unatended xp versions and not others......this is going to sound wiered lol......the versions that i dont want seem to install but the versions i want will not install...they get to the windows is starting bit then blue screen with the 0x7b code.....now the thing is this which is wiered to me.....the versions that will install dont seem to have been modified to let you install xp on a sata drive and install with no problems....but the ones that wont install at all and give me the blue screens are the ones that have supposedly added sata support????????.......now i am totally at my wits end with this....i have downloaded driver packs and added them to the unatended versions i have and then burnt the iso and still get the same errors....does anybody have any idea what is going on or what i can do? any help would be mucho aprreciated thx

[IcemanND]

Have you tried going into the BIOS and changing the SATA controller to Compatibility mode? Should allow you to install XP without adding anything.

[mcpeanut]

hi there and thx for replying the problem is this bios sucks and has very and i mean very limited options due to it being an ibm machine......the only option at all to do with serial ata is enable or disable lol....if i disable it then it doesnt even get to the boot from cd part just gives a warning message.....so no luck there man!

[submix8c]

Have you tried looking into some of the topics via Search for "SATA UNATTENDED"? The answer may lie in one of the Sticky topics found there. They jump right up at you at the top.

(don't have SATA, but appears that these solutions work - you have IBM, so probably Intel...) (and yeah, some BIOS' stinkey...)

HTH

[mcpeanut]

hi submix yes i have read through absolutely everything i can find dude........i have been to ibm website and have downloaded the sata drivers direct from them, now when ive extracted them, these are the files i have......

si3112.cat
SI3112.inf
Si3112.mpd
Si3112.sys
SiiSupp.vxd
SilSupp.cpl
SiWinAcc.sys
TxtSetup.oem

now i have followed the instructions on how to use nlite and add these drivers and then burn the disc.....is there something i am missing with these files?
or is there anything else i have to modify to get them to install correctly? in otherwords is using nlite enough? as i dont see any of the file names loading when windows is loading files before it gets to the setup is starting windows bit (then blue screen)...why aint they being recognised? P.S...im losing sleep over this lol....it is frustrating the hell out of me.
and if i had a floppy drive i would just try that lol...but i dont


do i need to add any of these files manually anywhere in the i386 folder aswell?
one more quik question once ive added the files with nlite i wouldnt still have to press f6 would i?

This post has been edited by mcpeanut: 11 March 2009 - 03:28 PM

[submix8c]

Won't swear to this, but the txtsetup.oem file is (AFAIK) a kind of "sample" that will have to be "merged" into the txtsetup.sif file.

Best answer probably coming soon from other members...

edit - using nLite (haven't used yet myself), probably need to ensure you INF file is properly setup (modified?) as well so nLite can correctly "merge" the info in.

This post has been edited by submix8c: 11 March 2009 - 03:34 PM

[mcpeanut]

you maybe right!...... ok now all i need is for someone tell me how to merge these 2 files together lol so i can try it......its just obviously a case of right clik and edit and then copy and pasting in the right places huh?.....:/ lol......anyone tell me?
this is the text from the txtsetup.oem in my driver folder


[Disks]
disk1 = "Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATALink Driver Installation Disk",\si3112.sys,\


[Defaults]
SCSI = Si3112_XP


[SCSI] ; HwComponent section
Si3112_XP = "Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATALink Controller for Windows XP/Server 2003"
Si3112_NT = "Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATALink Controller for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000"


[Files.SCSI.Si3112_XP]
driver = disk1,si3112.sys, Si3112
driver = disk1,SiWinAcc.sys, SiFilter
inf = disk1,SI3112.inf
dll = disk1,SilSupp.cpl
catalog = disk1, Si3112.cat


[Files.SCSI.Si3112_NT]
driver = disk1,si3112.sys, Si3112
inf = disk1,SI3112.inf
dll = disk1,SilSupp.cpl
;;catalog = disk1, Si3112.cat


[HardwareIds.SCSI.Si3112_XP]
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_31121095", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_34238086", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_311215D9", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_B0021458", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_01661028", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_82141033", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_82641033", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_35121095", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_01661028", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_82641033", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_35121014", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_02B71014", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_B0021458", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_436E&SUBSYS_436E1002", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_436E&SUBSYS_B0021458", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4379&SUBSYS_43791002", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_437A&SUBSYS_437A1002", "Si3112"

[HardwareIds.SCSI.Si3112_NT]
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_31121095", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_34238086", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_311215D9", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_B0021458", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_01661028", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_82141033", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_82641033", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_35121095", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_01661028", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_82641033", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_35121014", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_02B71014", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_B0021458", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_436E&SUBSYS_436E1002", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_436E&SUBSYS_B0021458", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4379&SUBSYS_43791002", "Si3112"
id = "PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_437A&SUBSYS_437A1002", "Si3112"


[Config.Si3112]
value = ProblemDevices, "", REG_SZ, ""
value = ProblemDevices, "Maxtor 4D060H3 DAK05GK0", REG_SZ, "MaxMode = UDMA-5"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST320012AS", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST330013AS", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST340017AS", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST360015AS", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST380023AS", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST3120023AS", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST340014ASL", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST360014ASL", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST380011ASL", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST3120022ASL", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"
value = ProblemDevices, "ST3160021ASL", REG_SZ, "Mod15Write"

anyone know what bits or where i put this text in my TXTSETUP.SIF file?

This post has been edited by mcpeanut: 11 March 2009 - 03:50 PM

[submix8c]

Ouch! Make a CodeBox and put all of that in it for readability.
Go to -
http://www.unattende...g/unattended.xp
and do a little reading. Chances are, the exact solution and/or info is right there! This is not nLite, but is the MSFN place for unattended installs. You have what you need, you just need the how-to.

This post has been edited by submix8c: 11 March 2009 - 03:56 PM

[mcpeanut]

submix8c, on Mar 11 2009, 03:55 PM, said:

Ouch! Make a CodeBox and put all of that in it for readability.
Go to -
http://www.unattende...g/unattended.xp
and do a little reading. Chances are, the exact solution and/or info is right there! This is not nLite, but is the MSFN place for unattended installs. You have what you need, you just need the how-to.

thx man looks like a real good read ,i found the bit i was after indeed......i am going to try it out now to see what happens......i will be back online later to let you know if i worked it out.....it looks like i might end up finding myself a new hobby doing this lol......if i suss this out i think im gonna have a go at the rest of it. thx again man!