[JFX]

Hi Atari800XL,

The system drive needs an extra parameter: -sysletter.

WinNTSetup2_x86.exe -nt6 -source:f:\sources\install.wim -syspart:c: -setup -unattend:"autounattend.xml" -savedriveletters -sysletter:C



EDIT: Just found a parsing bug: -sysletter only accept C but not C:

This post has been edited by JFX: 09 March 2013 - 10:11 AM

[Atari800XL]

JFX,

Thank you very much for your reply. The "sysletter:c" did the trick!! I'm very happy that everything works now, this means that I come ever closer to my "everything on one USB stick" goal! Right now, I have Win PE SE on it, some more Grub-started stuff (Ghost, ADDS, etc), W7 setup from WinPE SE (thanks to WinNTSetup2!), my backups (Truecrypt volumes), etc.

As I said, the Windows 7 setup is going smoothly, including autounattend.xml. I'm using the same file as I used on my "standalone" W7 install stick (that install is completely unattended, except for the HD partitioning screen).

When I use the file in *this* setup (using WinNTSetup2), there is one (and only one) screen I get, just before setup is done. It's the "Activate" screen, which asks me for the serial. The screen also has the "Acticate automatically" checkbox. I didn't get this screen on the "other" USB, so I wonder what particular setting it is that I should add in autounattend.xml.

But I'm VERY happy with the way things are going up to now, thank you very much for this great utility!!!

[Atari800XL]

Maybe I shoud rephrase that last question a bit more clearly:

- Why is it that a W7 autounattend.xml file works on a normal/ full install, but leaves one "Attended" screen in a WinNTSetup2-based install?

This post has been edited by Atari800XL: 09 April 2012 - 12:19 PM

[JFX]

WinNTSetup uses a "fast" install mode

The complete section <settings pass="windowsPE"> is ignored in this way of setup.

You should get unattended setup by adding SkipMachineOOBE and SkipUserOOBE in your <settings pass="oobeSystem">

 <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>2</ProtectYourPC>
               
                <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
                <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>

</OOBE>

[Atari800XL]

Thanks again!! Everything working fully unattended now!!!

Maybe my last two questions were a little "dumb"? If so, maybe you could point me to some websites/ forums were I should have read about this? Sorry I missed the part about <settings pass="WindowsPE">...

[EDIT: After re-reading all the documentation, it all seems so simple, maybe it's just my fault that I sometimes can't grasp some concepts before I actually *try* them ]

Thank you very much for your very clear and precise answers up to now, thanks to you I now have a powerful PE (SE v17) system combined with a fully unattended W7 setup on one USB stick! (plus my automatic PostInstall system, which installs all my tools and applications).

This post has been edited by Atari800XL: 09 April 2012 - 02:32 PM

[JFX]

You didn't missed anything, I should have give this information earlier.

[JFX]

Update: Version 2.2.0.1
- Use "Noerr lines" in VHD creation only if needed
- multi boot improvements
- automatically unload system BCD if necessary
- creates a log file in the system root of the new installation
- copies NT6.x $OEM$ folder content to its respective location
- all registry operations are done through the offline registry libary
- no longer depends on reg.exe and bcopy.exe
- fixed save settings to ini forgot some options
- fixed file copy errors for some nlite update packs
- reduced CPU usage
- cosmetics

[Mr001]

JFX, on 01 April 2012 - 05:29 AM, said:

Mr001, on 29 March 2012 - 07:17 PM, said:

how to use that software...

1. select your windows distribution
2. choose a installation partition
3. push the setup button

hmm, maybe not my biggest talent to explain things...

Could you make a list of questions that arise while using the tool? So i can address every thing that is not so clear.

Thanks i ll let u know if i have some difficulties,

[ghfujianbin]

Hi JFX, thanks for the update!

BTW, can you host your file on another site? Mediafire is blocked in my country. I think Data File Host is a great alternative.

This post has been edited by ghfujianbin: 10 April 2012 - 02:17 AM

[JFX]

ghfujianbin, on 10 April 2012 - 02:13 AM, said:

BTW, can you host your file on another site? Mediafire is blocked in my country. I think Data File Host is a great alternative.

Sure have added Data File Host Mirror to first page

[ghfujianbin]

JFX, on 10 April 2012 - 02:26 AM, said:

ghfujianbin, on 10 April 2012 - 02:13 AM, said:

BTW, can you host your file on another site? Mediafire is blocked in my country. I think Data File Host is a great alternative.

Sure have added Data File Host Mirror to first page

You rocks man!

[Atari800XL]

Thanks JFX for your replies and new version.

Another question for you (and others):

I can't get the "-drivers" commandline swith to "take"... When I type this:
(K:=Mounted XP Iso, Y:=USB)

WinNTSetup2_x86.exe -nt5 -source:k: -syspart:c: -unattend:"winnt.sif" -savedriveletters -drivers:"Y:\Drivers" -sysletter:c

... all the options are successfully set (and visible) in the program, except for the Drivers folder. When I manually select the folder in the GUI, it displays the exact same folder ("Y:\Drivers"). Now it's probably my own stupidity (again...) but I don't understand what I'm doing wrong (I studied your example in post #1, as far as I can see you use the same syntax: " -drivers:...")

[Atari800XL]

JFX, on 10 April 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

Update: Version 2.2.0.1
- fixed file copy errors for some nlite update packs

Funny you should mention this...
My XP setup (nlited with IE8, SATA, etc) is giving errors on the following files:
l3codec.xax, oleacc.dll, oleaccrc.dll
These file copy errors don't occur on a "normal" setup with this ISO on CD or USB.
Does this have anything to do with the file copy errors you were talking about?
I just tested it with version 2.2.0.1, but the errors on these 3 files still occur.

... but other that these issues, I think WinNTSetup2 is great!!!!!! So far I tested with XP, W7 and W8! All versions unattended.

[JFX]

Atari800XL,

Please download again, I used wrong return code in one function that must cause failure of the "-drivers:" parameter.

For nlite packs, I only fixed some that were reported multiple times. Fixing the root of this nlite problem would be way to much work.

Thanks for reporting these bugs

This post has been edited by JFX: 09 March 2013 - 10:11 AM

[Atari800XL]

JFX, on 10 April 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:

Please download again, I used wrong return code in one function that must cause failure of the "-drivers:" parameter.

Thanks!!!! Working now!

JFX, on 10 April 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:

For nlite packs, I only fixed some that were reported multiple times. Fixing the root of this nlite problem would be way to much work.

Is there another solution for this? Skipping the files/ Adding them somewhere manually/ Removing them from some "files_to_be_copied" list? Anything to prevent the filecopy to halt three times....

JFX, I'm amazed by the support you provide for your program, please feel free to tell me to shut up any time

... just kidding, thanks a lot for the support!

This post has been edited by Atari800XL: 10 April 2012 - 01:21 PM

[JFX]

Atari800XL, on 10 April 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

somewhere manually/ Removing them from some "files_to_be_copied" list? Anything to prevent the filecopy to halt three times....

I think The reason of these errors is that setup somehow request these files in both states, compress (oleacc.dl_) and uncompressed (oleacc.dll)

If you only have oleacc.dl_ than try add expanded version to the same location. (with expand.exe or 7Zip)
if you only have oleacc.dll than just make a copy and rename it to oleacc.dl_ (does not need to be compressed API accept it both ways, just the extension matters )

Atari800XL, on 10 April 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

JFX, I'm amazed by the support you provide for your program, please feel free to tell me to shut up any time

Thanks!

Actually I highly appreciate feedback! Supporting all these windows version is very time consuming. Knowing problems helps a lot.

This post has been edited by JFX: 09 March 2013 - 10:11 AM

[LeoZhu]

JFX Hello !!!
First of all Thank you very Much for WinNTSetup v2.2 !!!
Noticed the presence of language.ini - which is amenable to the Russification"well, and so the very WinNTSetup too.
The question arose, and can not be used WinNTSetup with Russified language.ini (unpacked),
no problems, etc. This information would be very interesting !

Spoiler

Russian original text!

JFX Здравствуйте !!!
Во первых Большое Спасибо за WinNTSetup v2.2 !!!
Заметил наличие language.ini - который поддаётся русификации - ну и соответственно сама WinNTSetup тоже.
Возник вопрос, а можно ли будет использовать WinNTSetup с русифицированным language.ini (в распакованном виде),
не возникнет проблем и т.д. Эта информация была бы очень интересна !

Картинка пробной русификации

[Atari800XL]

JFX, on 10 April 2012 - 02:31 PM, said:

I think The reason of these errors is that setup somehow request these files in both states, compress (oleacc.dl_) and uncompressed (oleacc.dll)

If you only have oleacc.dl_ than try add expanded version to the same location. (with expand.exe or 7Zip)
if you only have oleacc.dll than just make a copy and rename it to oleacc.dl_ (does not need to be compressed API accept it both ways, just the extension matters )

In the ISO, in \i386, I have:
l3codecx.ax_
oleacc.dl_
oleaccrd.dl_

So I should expand them to:
l3codecx.ax (that's the correct extension I believe, just the 2 letters "ax")
oleacc.dll
oleaccrd.dll

But where should I put them? Putting them inside the ISO proably has no effect? Because then I have to change the list of files to be copied? (Sorry, don't have the correct procedure in my head right now).

Or should I manually put them on the Harddisk, after WinNTSetup2 has run (just before the reboot)?

EDIT: Hold on, I took a look at TXTSETUP.SIF, and saw that there are *two* occurences of de the three files mentioned above:
l3codecx.ax = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0
l3codecx.ax = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0
oleacc.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0,,1,2
oleacc.dll = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0
oleaccrc.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0
oleaccrc.dll = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0

And the [SourceDisksNames.x86] section has this:
1 = %cdname%,%cdtagfilei%,,\i386
100 = %spcdname%,%spcdtagfilei%,,\i386,1

So the file must be missing in one of those places. Now I must admit that some of this is going over my head, but I *will* do some testing tonight, to see if I can safely delete one of those double entries, to prevent the "file not found" error.

Any help is appreciated, though...

[EDIT 2:]

This might have less and less to do with specific WinNTSetup things, but I *do* wonder why I don't have these "file not found" errors in a "normal" XP setup from CD or USB, using the same ISO (incl. same WINNT.SIF, etc)

This post has been edited by Atari800XL: 11 April 2012 - 09:48 AM

[IceBlackIce]

Not sure if its working as intended but only giving the nt5/nt6 parameter in the command line does not work, it always runs the Windows7 setup screen, if I add the source parameter as well, it works and goes to the proper install screen

[JFX]

Hi LeoZhu,
You very quick finding the language.ini. This "feature" is not ready yet and will change in subsequent version.
Well it's up to you, I've uploaded version 2.2.0.3 that will accept the file in "unpacked" form.


@Atari800XL,
You would need the rebuild the ISO with these files added to \I386 folder.
Carefully deleteing the lines in txtsetup.sif may help, have not tryed this. Maybe the same goes for dosnet.inf also.

But you could also copy these files after WinNtSetup has run. Place them inside \$WIN_NT$.~LS\i386\ folder.

The nomral Windows setup parses the txtsetup.sif and dosnet.inf to build up the $WIN_NT$.~LS folder.
WinNTSetup just copies the complete i386 folder.


@IceBlackIce
Thanks, fixed in version 2.2.0.3

This post has been edited by JFX: 09 March 2013 - 10:12 AM