Tel Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Hi allAnother question. I want to install WinXP on one of my client's notebooks, but it does not have a bootable network card or a stiffy drive. How the hell do I run the unattended installation from the CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenedy Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Just one notebook? If there is no media to store answer file then you will need to build a custom CD with integrated winnt.sif (not unattend.txt)It will be much much faster to install it manualy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Posted May 5, 2004 Author Share Posted May 5, 2004 mmkay, I've already started it manually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazen Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Hey I would still like to know how to run the unattend.txt from a CD. I have hundreds of computers I and my co-workers will eventually need to run installs on, and it would be nice to know. Where do you put the winnt.sif file on the CD? And is just putting it on the CD enough? Or is there an ini file you have to add to or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerbee Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 hi,you have many basic questions that can be answered here.cyaKiller Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazen Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Actually, I have 1 simple question. Where does the winnt.sif go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Winnt.sif goes in the I386 directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazen Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 thanks. That was my next guess, I tried putting it in the root directory to begin with. Obviously that didn't work. I just tried it in the I386 folder, and of course it works now. That was simple enough. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 unattend.txt is used if you boot from floppy or network..winnt.sif is used if you boot from cdrom..read the unattend.txt section of REF.CHM for more details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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