HP,Altiris Group

Can anybody give me (or point me to) a good step by step guide on how to do a scripted os install in Altiris. We currently use DS 6.8. I want to create a scripted install of WINXP w/ SP3. Any input would be much appreciated.

Thank You

There is not the installation of a scripted os on, but click on the link.
This is one of a series of articles that can help you.
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/deployment-console-part-5-install-hii-tools-and-configure-them-multi-site-environment

Okay. I just created a Scripted OS install and I receive this message when I run the job. "Setup Cannot Locate Help WINNT32.hlp file is not available" I see that the WINNT32.hlp file is in the folder that it's pointing to.

In the Altiris job I have this path entered in the "switches" box under the Scripted OS install Commands section     /unattend:\\server name\express\sysprep\unattend.txt /s:%ALTIRIS_SHARE%\deploy\WinOS023\i386 /noreboot

Is there something that I am missing? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Rob

I seem to remember seeing this when I was first tinkering with the included OS install.  It had been cause by a corupt copy of the WINNT32.hlp file copied from an appently bad disk.  You may want to try a different disk.

The included OS install is a great tool, but for our enviroment, it ran just a bit too slow and did not allow for hardware independence.  I created a document, located at https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/quicker-scripted-os-install, that explains the procedure we went through here to speed up the process and allow for hardware independence.  You might want to check it out if you would like a faster install.

You can add /syspart:c: There are no space between syspart :and c:

/u:c:\altiris\files\unattend.txt /syspart:c: /s:%ALTIRIS_SHARE%\%s

/u:c:\altiris\files\unattend.txt /s:f:%s /syspart:c /makelocalsource

Plus I had to enter our Windows License Key under the "Product ID" box in the Answer File Setup section. (I had it entered in the "Product Key" box.)

Thanks for the replies.


Rob

I think you should put correct product number. You should enter "productID" and "ProductKey".