>So is this how I'd do this under a VM?
> It doesn't seem to work....
>Hi,
>
>I'm new to using VM's and was wondering how you can script disk partitioning
>in a VM environment. I am currently experimenting with Virtual box, but
>also use Microsoft Virtual PC at times as well. I'm assuming Diskpart
>would work the same in both. I dabble in automated workstation builds and
>I'm trying to setup a test enivornment for my scripting by using a VM rather
>then constantly relying on hardware.
>
>Here's what I normally do:
>
>I boot from a Bart PE CD and then map a drive to a network share and then
>run my batch/script from the share. The batch file calls Diskpart and I
>have an answer file for diskpart such as:
>
>Select Disk 0
>CLEAN
>Create Partition Primary Size=12229
>Select Partition 1
>Assign letter c
>Active
>Select Disk 0
>Create Partition Primary
>Select Partition 2
>Assign letter d
>
>So is this how I'd do this under a VM? It doesn't seem to work....
>
>Any guidance would be appreciated. My end goal is to setup a dual
>partition VM and then launch an unattended install of Windows XP. Why
>dual partition? My unattended install puts Documents and Settings on the D
>drive.
>
>Thanks!

>
>>So is this how I'd do this under a VM?
>
> Yep.
>
>> It doesn't seem to work....
>
> What's going wrong? Have you tried to do it manually to see what's
> failing?
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:15:17 -0400, "TheMachineRNC"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm new to using VM's and was wondering how you can script disk
>>partitioning
>>in a VM environment. I am currently experimenting with Virtual box, but
>>also use Microsoft Virtual PC at times as well. I'm assuming Diskpart
>>would work the same in both. I dabble in automated workstation builds
>>and
>>I'm trying to setup a test enivornment for my scripting by using a VM
>>rather
>>then constantly relying on hardware.
>>
>>Here's what I normally do:
>>
>>I boot from a Bart PE CD and then map a drive to a network share and then
>>run my batch/script from the share. The batch file calls Diskpart and I
>>have an answer file for diskpart such as:
>>
>>Select Disk 0
>>CLEAN
>>Create Partition Primary Size=12229
>>Select Partition 1
>>Assign letter c
>>Active
>>Select Disk 0
>>Create Partition Primary
>>Select Partition 2
>>Assign letter d
>>
>>So is this how I'd do this under a VM? It doesn't seem to work....
>>
>>Any guidance would be appreciated. My end goal is to setup a dual
>>partition VM and then launch an unattended install of Windows XP. Why
>>dual partition? My unattended install puts Documents and Settings on the
>>D
>>drive.
>>
>>Thanks!

> The issue where I run into trouble is after the Windows XP unattended
> install begins to start it comes back with a message about not having a
> valid partition to install to. Is there a command that I can run to
> initialize the partitions so the unattended install will recognize them?
> Bob,
>
> I finally got it to work. It appears to work and here's what my batch
> file looks like: (see another problem and question below)
>
> ECHO CREATING PARTITIONS...
> ECHO
> DISKPART /s H:\DISK.TXT
> FORMAT C: /FS:NTFS /V:C_DRIVE /Q /Y
> FoRMAT D: /FS:NTFS /V:D_DRIVE /Q /Y
> MD D:\i386
> ECHO COPYING SOURCE MATERIALS TO HARD DRIVE...
> ECHO
> ECHO
> XCOPY H:\OSES\XPVOL\I386\*.* /S D:\i386
> ECHO
> ECHO
> ECHO LAUNCHING UNATTENDED INSTALL OF XP, PC WILL AUTOMATICALLY REBOOT...
> ECHO
> ECHO
> D:\I386\WINNT32.EXE /S:D:\I386 /UNATTEND:D:\I386\UNATTEND.TXT
> ECHO
> ECHO
> ECHO REBOOTING PC...
> ECHO
> ECHO
> REBOOT
>
> The issue where I run into trouble is after the Windows XP unattended
> install begins to start it comes back with a message about not having a
> valid partition to install to. Is there a command that I can run to
> initialize the partitions so the unattended install will recognize them?
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>
>>>So is this how I'd do this under a VM?
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>>> It doesn't seem to work....
>>
>> What's going wrong? Have you tried to do it manually to see what's
>> failing?
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:15:17 -0400, "TheMachineRNC"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I'm new to using VM's and was wondering how you can script disk
>>>partitioning
>>>in a VM environment. I am currently experimenting with Virtual box,
>>>but
>>>also use Microsoft Virtual PC at times as well. I'm assuming Diskpart
>>>would work the same in both. I dabble in automated workstation builds
>>>and
>>>I'm trying to setup a test enivornment for my scripting by using a VM
>>>rather
>>>then constantly relying on hardware.
>>>
>>>Here's what I normally do:
>>>
>>>I boot from a Bart PE CD and then map a drive to a network share and then
>>>run my batch/script from the share. The batch file calls Diskpart and
>>>I
>>>have an answer file for diskpart such as:
>>>
>>>Select Disk 0
>>>CLEAN
>>>Create Partition Primary Size=12229
>>>Select Partition 1
>>>Assign letter c
>>>Active
>>>Select Disk 0
>>>Create Partition Primary
>>>Select Partition 2
>>>Assign letter d
>>>
>>>So is this how I'd do this under a VM? It doesn't seem to work....
>>>
>>>Any guidance would be appreciated. My end goal is to setup a dual
>>>partition VM and then launch an unattended install of Windows XP. Why
>>>dual partition? My unattended install puts Documents and Settings on
>>>the D
>>>drive.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>