On Sat, 2012-04-14 at 12:22 +0200, tovis wrote: > Hi Chris! > I'm not sure but does anything on your disk, where you suppose to install > windows (also which windows)? What grub does on target disk? > I'm always install XP using only one clean(!) disk as a target, prepared > using this Linux command: > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/"target disk" bs=512 count=1000 > > Boot from PXE prepare a new MBR and partitions, and I'm not sure but > installation partition is 4G, not 2G. > Using disk with already installed something, I think is impossible (in > real I'm using OEM installation disk which installer supports only a clean > disk, may be some win9x or DOS, but no Linux, no grub ...)
Hmmm. The unattended step-by-step guide[1] says this: "Whether you pick an automated scheme or partition by hand, you need to make sure that the C: drive is an active 2G FAT partition. The automatic choices do this by first creating the NTFS partitions, then deleting the first one and replacing it with a 2G FAT partition, then activating it. (If you choose to partition by hand, you will need to perform this procedure by hand.) If any actual changes are made to the partition table, the script will reboot the machine so that 2G FAT partition will become the C: drive, which is where Windows will be installed. During OS installation, Windows Setup will convert the FAT partition to NTFS and expand it as far as possible without clobbering other partitions." So I don't think it matters what is on the rest of the disk, as long as the first partition (hda1 or sda1) is prepared correctly. I am also pretty certain that the first part of unattended (copying over the installation files) fails if the partition is not correctly prepared. I had this problem earlier in the process, before I noticed that I had created an NTFS partition on sda1 instead of a FAT partition. So, having got past that, I'm pretty confident that the partition is correct. But it is a SATA drive (Maxtor 160GB) and I think there is something I need to add to the boot sequence to make sure that it can boot correctly. I am at the limit of my knowledge here though, so I'm not really sure what to do. Thanks for the reply - very grateful for any other comments or ideas. I'm trying to install WinXP, by the way. Regards, Chris -- [1]http://unattended.sourceforge.net/step-by-step.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
