clivebuckwheat

see my other thread.

because to start the winnt.exe setup. I need at least 440k free. so I need to use the unused ram pages. The machines don't freeze anymore I used DEVICE=A:\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B000-B7FF HIGHSCAN. now if i can only stop smartdrv trying to write to the a: drive see my other thread.

i took out the temp line all together. smartdrv still tries to write to drive a:\ for the life of me i can't solve this problem.

I took at all references to a:\ in my autoexec.bat and just did the \ as you suggested. Smartdrv still tries to write a:\ drive.Unfortunately as I stated above it bombs out because the a: is the bootcd. I have no idea as to why smartdrv is trying to write to a:

unfortunately if i use this switch on the emm386 i=e000-efff the pc doesn't boot from the disk. it just hangs. I have intel motherboards.

i am trying to do a network install so it has nothing to do with the cdrom drive but thats anyway.

i am still unable to solve this issue. does anyone have any suggestions? been searching the forums like a madman.

thanks i am blind i been looking at this too long

Hi I am doing a unattented xp install from a network share. and i keep getting this error at t-15 yes i search the forums and tried a few things has anyone come across this and solved it without to many headaches?

I have made a boot cd with smartdrv.exe but everytime I boot with my computer with my cd, smartdrv is trying to write to the A: drive. Obviously it cannot do this because it is a cd. Does anyone know why this is occurring. SET PATH=A:\NET\;a:\;%PATH%; lh a:\smartdrv.exe C+ U+ /V 2048 2048 SET TEMP=A:\ SET TCPHELP=A:\NET SET ETCDIR=A:\NET A:\NET\NET START A:\NET\NET.EXE USE U: \\pentium4\UNATTENDED A:\NET\NET.EXE USE

i can't believe no one has not had this problem?

my windows xp install will not start because i get setup doesn't have enough memory to continue setup. I am doing the install from the network, and booting to a shared network drive. I call the install using Winnt.exe /s:U:\i386 /u:Winnt.sif Config.sys DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=A:\EMM386.EXE /NOEMS DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICEHIGH=A:\NET\PROTMAN.DOS /i:A:\NET DEVICEHIGH=A:\NET\Dlkrts.dos DEVICEHIGH=A:\NET\NTSTS.DOS DEVICEHIGH=A:\NET\DLSHELP.SYS LASTDRIVE = Z Autoexec.bat SET TZ=GHO+05:00 SET PATH=A:\NET\;a:\;%PATH%; lh a:\smartdrv.exe C+ U+ /V 2048 2048 SET TEMP=A:\ SET TCPHELP=A:\NET SET ETCDIR=A:\NET A:\NET\NET START A:\NET\NET.EXE USE U: \\pentium4\UNATTENDED A:\NET\NET.EXE USE 377k free. HELP!!!

I have decided to use this method. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=17144 i start the install from the network with Winnt.exe /s:U:\i386 /t:C /u:Winnt.sif it starts the install but it seems to hang for a long time on the blue screen " Please wait while copying files", but it eventually starts the install and finishes it. does anyone know why it is so slow?, takes 45 minutes before the yellow bar even appears any suggestions would be appreciated.

I think those commands only work for winnt32.exe and not winnt.exe? I still get "cannot find a place for the swap file"

well i mapped to my share with the contents of my nlite cd. I went in the I386 folder and ran winnt.exe and I get the following error message Could not find a place for a swap file. Setup cannot continue.

ok a got the bootdisk mapping to the share with where the contents of my nlite cd is. If i start the install with winnt.exe can you guys forsee any issues that could come up

I made a network boot cd(win98), that loads the nic drivers and then I used the command. net use u: \\ComputerName\sharefolder I wanted to put the contents of my nlite cd in the share folder and start the installing from the share using winnt.exe But my boot cd bombs out net use command and i get cannot locate registry. HELP ME

Thanks for the reply. Yes something like freedos on a boot cd that will load the nic driver and then map to a network share using the tried and true net use. I read what you wrote about the OEM, but excuse my ignorance here, I don't quite understand what you mean?. This will be the first time I try an unattended install from a network share. if you could elaborate a bit more on the OEM portion of your post i would greatly appreciate it.

can you explain me why it is better to use the bartpe disk as opposed to a "normal" boot cd that loads the nic driver and maps to the network share? I really don't understand the upside of using bartpe disc.

Do I have to use the bartpe boot disk? I was hoping to make a network boot cd that loads the nic driver, maps to a network share using the net use command, and then fire off the windows xp install using the winnt32.exe command. Obviously this network share will contain the contents of my unattended nlite xp cd.

So you install the windows xp from a network share? how did you do it. Please help

so no one has tried to put there Nlite cd on a network share and tried to run it from there?

Hi I have my nlite cd working perfectly, with the os and many apps installed like a charm. Now I would like to transfer my Nlite cd to a network share, and start the install from the network share. Is this possible?, how would a go about this?.

Hi, I am wondering if there is a way to do a windows xp unattended install from a shared network drive. I'd rather not use RIS because I do not have a domain. I am on a Novell Network. Is there a tutorial I can follow to do this. any help would be greatly appreciated.