Help with unattended Win2k pro installation

[bandXtrb]

Using the utility to make answer files, I created an unattend.txt and unattend.bat file within a distribution folder.

A website on this subject tells me:


<< A distribution folder is created to do an installation over the network. An unattend.txt answer file and a unattend.bat file, for starting the installation, is created by the Setup Manager.

Booting from the network involves:

Have a network card in the computer the installation is to be done on.
Format the hard drive.
Boot a computer with DOS client for Microsoft Networks on it (Comes With Windows NT Server).
Map the shared distribution folder to a network drive, and from that drive run "unattend" or "unattend computer"
>>


Well, I want to start the installation from the hard disk AND use the distribution folder (so I can auctomatically install unsupported drivers). I tried to edit the unattend.bat file to something that would run locally, but it performed a regular, attended installation. I also understand that I can put the answer file on disk as winnt.sif and boot from CDrom.

But can I install with a local distribution folder?

Thanks.

 

[stash]

I'm not quite clear on what it is that you want to do, but starting an install on the local machine will not work, since the partitions will be deleted and formatted.

The easiest way to do an unattended is with the winnt.sif on a floppy with the cd-rom. Setting up the network distrib folder is a good technique too, but you have to make a good bootdisk that will allow you to map a drive to your distrib share. Check out www.bootdisk.com for help on that.