Try following my instructions in the attached email. Paul
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Cuypers Sent: 17 March 2008 15:23 To: [email protected] Subject: [Unattended] iaStor.sys not found after reboot Hi, I'm new to unattended and having some troubles installing windows xp2 on a Fujitsu-Siemens P320 PC. The system has SATA drives. I've searched on the internet for a solution, found a lot, but nothing helped. I'm using unattended 4.7. Booting via a Linux-boot-cd. Booting of the cd goes well. After filling in all parameters, the system starts copying the files to the harddisk. After the copying is done the system reboots. It starts the installation/upgrade of windows F6 message to add drivers (i do nothing) Then it starts copying some files and almost immediately the system complains that the file 'iaStor.sys' cannot be found. I looked on the harddisk. iaStor.sys is in following places: $win_nt$.~bt/$oem$/iastor.sys $/textmode/iastor.sys $/$1/drivers/sata/iastor.sys Should iaStor.sys be put in another place? I followed the instructions at http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2008/02/08/incorporating-sata -controller-drivers-into-unattended-setups.aspx But it didn't help. Does someone know what is going on? Can i look somewhere in the logs? -- Best regards, Marc 13. ... r-q1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
--- Begin Message ---Hi Markus, Yes, I have just about got the 755s working now. I am currently using Mario's ua-0.5.0 ISO image (because the 0.5.1 has a kernel bug which cuts off characters from the APPEND string, which is how I pass the unattended username, password and location to unattended). To get the SATA drivers working correctly, you'll need to set the SATA device to AHCI mode (the default when it comes from Dell I think), and then hack the TXTSETUP.SIF file to make Windows think it already has drivers for the SATA device (this is equivalent to pressing F6 while starting text-mode setup). TXTSETUP.SIF can be found in the I386 folder. The following additions should be made to the file (you do not need to add the headings in square brackets - but you do need to ensure that the correct lines go under the correct headings (preferably at the end so it's easy to see)): [SourceDisksFiles] iaStor.sys = 100,,,,,,3_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106 = "iaStor" PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2653&CC_0106 = "iaStor" [SCSI.Load] iastor = iastor.sys,4 [SCSI] iastor = "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M)" iastor = "Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop/Server/Workstation)" iastor = "Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller (Server/Workstation ESB2)" iastor = "Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI Controller (Server/Workstation ESB2)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH7MDH)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH7M/DH)" iastor = "Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH6M)" You can copy and paste the extracts above into your TXTSETUP.SIF, and that should work for your 755s. If not, you can extract the information needed for above from the TXTSETUP.OEM file which is found in the same folder as the Windows XP drivers for the SATA device. The drivers for the SATA device should then be placed in the I386\$oem$\$1\Drivers\01 folder. You will then need to add a line to the unattended answer file (usually WINNT.SIF, but with unattended-gui, it's in the Web interface, under [Unattended] --> OEM PNP Drivers path - make sure you enclose in quotes!): [Unattended] OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01" If multiple drivers have been added above, then all drivers directories should be added, separated by semi-colons: [Unattended] OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01;Drivers\02" I hope that helps - if not please let me know. If anything is unclear, email me back and I'll try and clarify. Cheers, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Markus Progl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 December 2007 10:06 To: Paul Lewis Subject: Re: [Unattended] Dells Hello, did you get the GX 755s running? Or are you just in work? I have big trouble with those 755 :-( I would be happe for a short answer! Thank you Kind regards Markus Progl
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