maelstrom

I am currently using Bart PE to partition/format drives dynamicly depending on their size. then i'm kicking off winnt32 that is fully unattended with the exception of naming the computer and joining the domain the computers name has to be specific so they need to enter it about half way through the installer(annoying..cause if they could walk away entirely it woudl be mutch easier) when joining the domain the installer has to enter a user/pass here is my idea..maybe someone can help me implement it...or atleast give me some ideas to help me think out of the box. 1. Load PE 2. Start a nice looking HTA with some input boxes for Computer Name Authorised Domain Username Doamin Password 3. add the user input into unattend.txt and maybe some sort of holder file for the domain user/pass? (i dont realy know how i'm gonna get this setting into the installer...or even if its possible) also, I would like to avoid the one last login the installing technician has to do(they need to log on as localadmin) WITHOUT using an unencrypted password OR hardcoding a pasword into a file. maybe i could make an account that is localadmin with no password and delete it at the end of the install? if so how do i get that particular account to autologin instead of the "default" renamed localadmin? any help or suggestions(even off the wall ones) are appreciated

I am having trouble with my unattended install. as of now I am booting from a win98 bootfloppy immage on a cd checking drive size Creating partitions with gdisk using this formula(not code.this is just my formula) -------------- if disk1 >= 10gb then c=10gb d=remaining else c=4gb d=remaining -------------- format them FAT32(gdisk dosnt support NTFS) run smartdrv.exe launch unattended install this works ok for me as I have the installer convert the drive to NTFS but I do have a problem. when it reboots it boots from the 98 floppy image again. ----------------------------------------------------------- is there a way I can just do a regular(as in NTloader booting instead of 98 floppy immage) unattended install that makes all of disk1 one big NTFS partition. then run a batch midway through the installer(before my OEMs install) to shrink the NTFS C drive down and create an NTFS D drive with the remaining space (I am required to have a d: drive to store local userdata) anyone got any suggestions?

ok heres my delema... I need to create an unattended distrubution for my network. I need to make partitions based on drive size with these conditions: if drive size is < 10gb I need to make a 4 gb NTFS C: and make the rest an NTFS D: if drive size is > 10gb I need to make a 10 gb NTFS C: and make the rest an NTFS D: the D: drive will need to hold the Documents and Settings folder and the users personal space. I need the disk to be dynamic as well Also I need to install Way more software and patches than I can fit onto one CD, so I need the install to go out onto our domain to install software from a remote share, but I am not willing to put an un encrypted password onto the cd.. as this will be on the endusers system it needs to be completly automated....the only other option I have is to do a RIS install(with which I have no prior experience implementing). Can anyone help? (the more practical the solution w/ examples or even code...the better)