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« on: May 17, 2004, 12:07:56 PM »
Mark,
Thanks for your post. Your installation is very similar to mine, and I would have spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure this stuff out.
I apologize in advance for the length of this post. However, I am still having difficulty getting my unattended installation working, and was hoping you might have some suggestions.
I followed your recommendations and set up my txtsetup.sif, txtsetup.oem, and winnt.sif as shown in your post. Text mode seems to proceed normally, but at the end, it cannot find any hard drives installed. I have verified that the installation works in manual mode (i.e., F6, insert floppy and select appropriate scsi driver). So it appears that the automated install simply isn't finding the correct drivers.
My setup CD has the following directory structure:
root
|---$oem$
|---$1
| |---drivers
| |---raid
| |---promise
| |---Fasttrak.cat
| Fasttrak.inf
| Fasttrak.sys
| txtsetup.oem
| txtsetup.sif
|
|---$$
|---C
|---D
|---Textmode
| |---Fasttrak.cat
| Fasttrak.inf
| Fasttrak.sys
| txtsetup.oem
| txtsetup.sif
|---i386
|---txtsetup.sif
|---fasttrak.sys
|---winnt.sif
|---[other standard files and subdirectories]
==================================
My winnt.sif file is as follows:
;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition="0"
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattend
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINNT
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath=\drivers\net\INTEL;\drivers\raid\promise
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=2
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1
[UserData]
FullName="MyName"
OrgName="MyCompany"
ComputerName="NEWCOMPUTER"
[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode=PerServer
AutoUsers=5
[GuiRunOnce]
Command0="c:\drivers\net\INTEL\Proset.msi /qn"
[Components]
accessopt = off
;paint = off
cdplayer = off
charmap=off
cluster = off
freecell = off
fp_extensions = off
indexsrv_system = off
minesweeper = off
;media_clips = off
;media_utopia = off
pinball = off
solitaire = off
chat = off
dialer = off
rec = off
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
[NetAdapters]
Adapter1=params.Adapter1
Adapter2=params.Adapter2
[params.Adapter1]
INFID="Intel E1000 [1]"
[params.Adapter2]
INFID="Intel E1000 [2]"
[NetClients]
MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient
[NetServices]
MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
[NetProtocols]
MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP
[params.MS_TCPIP]
DNS=No
UseDomainNameDevolution=No
EnableLMHosts=Yes
AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1,params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2
[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
SpecificTo=Adapter1
DHCP=No
IPAddress=192.168.10.197
SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
DefaultGateway=192.168.10.2
DNSServerSearchOrder=192.168.10.16
WINS=No
NetBIOSOptions=1
DNSDomain=mydomain.local
[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2]
SpecificTo=Adapter2
DHCP=No
IPAddress=172.17.8.10
SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
DNSServerSearchOrder=172.17.8.1
WINS=No
NetBIOSOptions=1
DNSDomain=mydomain.local
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[MassStorageDrivers]
"Win2000 Promise FastTrak TX2000 (tm) Controller"="txtsetup.sif"
[OEMBootFiles]
txtsetup.sif
txtsetup.oem
Fasttrak.cat
Fasttrak.inf
Fasttrak.sys
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My txtsetup.oem file is as follows:
========================
;SetupMgrTag
[Disks]
d1 = "Promise FastTrak Family Driver Diskette", \fasttrak, \
d2 = "Promise FastTrak Family Driver Diskette", \fasttrak, \nt4
d3 = "Promise FastTrak Family Driver", \txtsetup.sif,""
d4 = "Promise FastTrak Family Driver Diskette", \fasttrak, \WinXP
d5 = "Promise FastTrak Family Driver Diskette", \fasttrak, \WNET
[Defaults]
scsi = FastTrak_TX2000_nt5
[scsi]
FastTrak_TX2000_net = "Win.NET Promise FastTrak TX2000 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2_net = "Win.NET Promise FastTrak100 (tm) TX2000 Lite Controller", FastTrak
Fasttrak100_net = "Win.NET Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2000_xp = "WinXP Promise FastTrak TX2000 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2_xp = "WinXP Promise FastTrak100 (tm) TX2000 Lite Controller", FastTrak
Fasttrak100_xp = "WinXP Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2000_nt5 = "Win2000 Promise FastTrak TX2000 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2_nt5 = "Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 (tm) TX2000 Lite Controller", FastTrak
Fasttrak100_nt5 = "Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2000_nt4 = "WinNT Promise FastTrak TX2000 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
FastTrak_TX2_nt4 = "WinNT Promise FastTrak100 (tm) TX2000 Lite Controller", FastTrak
Fasttrak100_nt4 = "WinNT Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Controller", FastTrak
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_net]
driver = d5, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d5, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d5, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_net]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_6269", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_xp]
driver = d4, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d4, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d4, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_xp]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_6269", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_nt5]
driver = d3, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d3, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d3, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_nt5]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_6269", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2000_nt4]
driver = d2, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d2, Fasttrak.inf
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_net]
driver = d5, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d5, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d5, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_net]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_7275", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_xp]
driver = d4, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d4, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d4, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_xp]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_7275", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_nt5]
driver = d3, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d3, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d3, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_nt5]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_7275", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.FastTrak_TX2_nt4]
driver = d2, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d2, Fasttrak.inf
[Files.scsi.Fasttrak100_net]
driver = d5, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d5, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d5, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.Fasttrak100_net]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_4D30", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.Fasttrak100_xp]
driver = d4, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d4, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d4, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.Fasttrak100_xp]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_4D30", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.Fasttrak100_nt5]
driver = d3, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d3, Fasttrak.inf
catalog= d3, Fasttrak.cat
[HardwareIds.scsi.Fasttrak100_nt5]
id="PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_4D30", "Fasttrak"
[Files.scsi.Fasttrak100_nt4]
driver = d2, Fasttrak.sys, Fasttrak
inf = d2, Fasttrak.inf
[Config.Fasttrak]
value = "", Tag, REG_DWORD, 1
=========================
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg Lusk