FireGeier Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Autounattend.xml needs to be present in the RootNot necessarilyWorks off root of floppy/usb stick. Can change it that way if error occursWorks in Sources for me with the $oem$ present and the <UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet>Don't know if it's because I also use some <OEMInformation> stuffThere is a special search order Vista Setup follows when looking for an Unattend.xml/AutoUnattend.xml file. Look into WAIK-Help use search and type Methods for Running Windows Setup. There you'll find some more information about. At least there are seven locatinons, you could store you're xml file.Hope that'll clear it up!Martin Edited December 31, 2006 by FireGeier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 An interesting thing here, while the file can be in the root of the DVD and several places for that matter, if it is in the root of the DVD and you have a floppy with another file on it the Vista install will choose the one on the floppy and apply it without applying the one in the root of the DVD. I think this is because the floppy is one of the first places the install looks at and it just grabs the first file it finds and uses that. I have mine in the DVD root so its where ever the DVD goes, but i've discovered that if I want to make some changes that I can do another file and put it on a floppy and the file on the floppy will be used instead of the one in the root of the DVD. I didn't realize this until a few days ago when I left a floppy in the drive during an install, and since it was un-attended I didn't stick around to watch the install. I discovered after install completion the settings in the file at the DVD root were not applied but instead a completly different set up was applied - drove me nuts for two days trying to figure it out then I noticed the floppy in the drive, I looked at the file on the floppy and saw the settings that were actually applied during the install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargas Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 After some struggeling I finally got the right code. Down here there is a simpel command/batch code whick makes your Vista ISO.Make sure you use the right paths. And have the file oscdimg.exe present in the same folder as the batch. Oscdimg.exe can be found in Windows AIK, PE Tools.Save it as createiso.cmd (name doesn't matter just the extension .cmd)CLS@echo offTITLE Creating ISO Image of Miscrosoft Windows VistaECHO.ECHO You image is now being created. Make sure oscdimg.exe is present.ECHO.ECHO Creating your ISO...oscdimg -bd:\Projects\Unattended\Vista\WVISTAUL_EN_VOL01\boot\etfsboot.com -h -j1 -j2 -m -o -x-lVISTA_EN_DVD D:\Projects\Unattended\Vista\WVISTAUL_EN_VOL01\ C:\WVISTAUL_EN_VOL01.isoECHO.PAUSEEXITWorks like a charmEdit: Added oscdimg.exe and fixed the code, which now works properlycai, i did it exactly as you did, but i still get this error 5 (and sometimes error 123). I'm doing it under xp. What i'm doing wrong: Nothing seems to help... Is it possible that oscdimg.exe is damaged? Please give me some hints. Thanks!Clemens Vargas, Oldenburg, Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0ldfyr3 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) cai, i did it exactly as you did, but i still get this error 5 (and sometimes error 123). I'm doing it under xp. What i'm doing wrong: Nothing seems to help... Is it possible that oscdimg.exe is damaged? Please give me some hints. Thanks!Clemens Vargas, Oldenburg, GermanyHave you tried to "Run As Administrator" ?thats what i had to do in order to bypass error 5.the DVD now boots which is farther then i have ever gotten, however i get an error into booting that says Windows PE cant find setup.exe its looking in X:\windows~BT\Windows however the file resides in X:\... Edited March 17, 2007 by c0ldfyr3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobbie Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Once you have all your Vista-DVD-Files in one directory of your HD, copy your AutoUnattend.xml to this directory - directly into this directory, not in any subfolders. Open a command prompt (Start\Run\cmd) and use oscdimg to create an ISO file:oscdimg -n –m -bD:\MyVistaDVD\boot\etfsboot.com D:\MyVistaDVD\ D:\Vistax86.isoNote:If you're handeling a 64bit Vista-DVD than use efisys.bin instead of etfsboot.com!You have to replace D:\MyVistaDVD\ with your Path to your Vista-DVD files.The last part - D:\Vistax86.iso - just attaches a name to the ISO file.Burn this ISO to a DVD using third party software.Let it rock...Martincan't find the file efisys.binI tried to make a vista dvd of a 64bits version but the file you told is not on the dvdThx anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalNomad Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Thanks FireGeier,Working on it now, I get an errorERROR: Could not delete existing file "D:\Projects\Unattended\Vista\WVISTAUL_EN_VOL01\" Error 5Still working on it!Anyone else still having this problem? Tried running as Admin. What file is it trying to delete? Any help would be appreciated. Working under VIsta Ultimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raulilha Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 the efisys.bin is found in: \efi\microsoft\boot\efisys.bindude, this post was amazing... it helped me A LOT!so i'm finishing my vista OEM pt-BR under windows xp right now... my custom batch file:CLS@echo offTITLE Criando imagem UDF do Windows VistaECHO.ECHO Sua imagem está sendo criada. Tenha certeza que oscdimg.exe está presente.ECHO.ECHO Criando sua UDF...oscdimg -h -n –m -u -u1 -u2 -bD:\VistaWork\DVD\efi\microsoft\boot\efisys.bin -lFRMCXFRE_BR_DVD D:\VistaWork\DVD\ D:\FRMCXFRE_BR_DVD.isoECHO.PAUSEEXITsorry, the topic is very old, but im SO HAPPY! thank you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thats great its helped you out...much water under the bridge for us though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragievan Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 hey guys i was reading about how to create a boot cdand am using imgburn to make my boot cdi am confused when it says boot imagei dont know what file to choose....i tried a few likeBOOTMGRplease i need some helphere is the list of files in the isoBOOTEFISOURCESSUPPORTUPGRADEAUTORUNBOOTMGRSETUP.EXEI WILL BE REALLY HAPPY IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somanbv Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 i tried to create an image by evary procedure said above..but didn't worked..im getting the message"oscdimg" is not recognized as an internal or external commandi downloaded that oscdimg file and pasted in the file directory...what to do with this..anyone plz help me in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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