Hi Ken, the problem is the dos-boot and smartdrv. In the dos-boot image there is a call to smartdrv without parameters. This is correct for an installation of windows XP but leads to corrupted files with windows 2000. Just add parameter /x to this line and it works.
Regards Stefan Kell On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Ken Doyle wrote: > Thanks for the reply! > I am in the process of trying this now. For what its worth, I installed a > CD drive on my test station and used the Linux boot CD. With this approach > the install worked with no errors, but this is not an optimal solution for me. > > Matt, when you say the problem was with the format command, did you replace > the format.exe in the /install/dosbin/ directory, or did you have format.com > local to your boot disk? > > As for the [_meta] section, I will look into this more now. > > Further bulletins as events warrant, > Ken > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I first tried setting up an unattended installation, I got the same > problems. > > I think it was due to FreeDOS, and it's format command. I made my own DOS > boot disk using windows 95 DOS and also used the win95 format command for > formatting the Hard drive. You can substitute your own custom format command > in the _meta section of the unattend.txt file. This seemed to solve all the > strange file copy problems. > > You might try rebuilding your dos boot disk image based off a fresh win95 > bootable DOS disk. > > > > ----- Forwarded by Matt Fries/cbca on 03/31/2006 01:15 PM ----- > > Ken Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/31/2006 01:12 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: Re: [Unattended] Files not copied during setup/install > > > Hi Matt, > I am using the DOS boot disk (FreeDOS w/ unattended-4.6) . > > As for error messages, I sometimes (only sometimes) get error messages > during the setup file copy. Usually, on certain random files, the copy > process slows to halt, but then moves on without error message. > > During the install process, I will usually get an error message stating that > the file cannot be found (the file on which the copy process slowed). > > Thanks for the help & quick response! > Ken Doyle > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ken, > > Are you using the Linux boot disk, or the DOS boot disk? > > Do you get any actual error messages during the copy? > > > ----- Forwarded by Matt Fries/cbca on 03/31/2006 12:57 PM ----- > Ken Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 03/31/2006 12:04 PM > To: [email protected] > cc: > Subject: [Unattended] Files not copied during setup/install > > > > Hello, > I am trying to set up an unattended windows deployment system for my school. > I get to the point where the windows installer begins to copy files from my > samba network share to the local machine. During this process, it seems that > some files are dropped and/or improperly copied. Which files are skipped > seems random, because the machine will exhibit different behavior when it > moves on to the install phase. > Sometimes the install phase will not start, other times it will crash during > loading or mid-way through, or most recently the installer completed, but on > first boot complained about a missing msgina.dll and could not bring up the > Logon interface. > Basically, I am trying to figure out why some files not being copied by > setup, and how to resolve this issue. > Thanks, > Ken > NOTICE: The information contained in this email message, and any attachments > accompanying this transmission, may be legally privileged and/or confidential > and protected health information. This information is intended only for the > use of the individual(s) and/or entity identified above. 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