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Hi Neo - I'm actually trying to understand the settings. Despite the tutorial given on MSFN I just created a CD using the Joliet (not ISO9660) file system and with sector 0x000 instead of 0xc70 so I'm still confused about how critical these settings are and whether they are set in stone. Thanks for the information though

Hi guys - hopefully this is the right place to ask this. I've followed the steps on MSFN several times with varying degrees of success getting unattended 2k3 and XP installs. My question is can someone explain a bit about the CD settings that are needed, especially given that I sometimes see differing 'opinions' on what should be set. In emulation why do we use 'no emulation' instead of floppy disk (would either one work)? Why is load segment 0x7c0 (although some people say its 0x000) and why is sector count 4? Why ISO9660 instead of Joliet (or vice versa?) And what is the difference between boot.ima and boot.bin files - if I download them from one source will they be the same as from another source? I know thats a lot of questions but if you could answer just one or two of them I'd be really grateful...

I'm using winnt after formatting a FAT32 partition. I'm also specifying the unattend.txt file - the textmode portion works fine, its only after the reboot when it goes to gui mode that it asks me stuff

I'm trying toi install from a network share but only the textmode portion of the uninstall works properly. Once the system reboots for the gui portion I have to enter all the settings manually.

Trying to run an unattended install of XP Pro from a network share The textmode portion runs fine, but none of the GUI portion is getting pulled (as soon as the GUI comes up I have to enter EULA, Org name, etc.) What's happening with the unattend.txt? It seems to get lost in the reboot between the text and GUI portions The share is \\server\winxp in which is the i386 folder, the unattend.bat and the unattend.txt I had to manually change the setupmgr generated unattend.bat from using winnt32 to winnt - could ths be causing any problems? The unattend.bat: @rem SetupMgrTag @echo off rem rem This is a SAMPLE batch script generated by Setup Manager. rem If this script is moved from the location where it was generated, it may have to be modified. rem set AnswerFile=g:\unattend.txt set SetupFiles=g:\I386 smartdrv g:\I386\winnt /s:%SetupFiles% /unattend:%AnswerFile% The unattend.txt: ;SetupMgrTag [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=4 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="XXXXX XXXXX" OrgName="XXXXX" ComputerName=XXXXXXXX [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes