First of all thanks to all for the site

MSFN getting started unattended xp

This was a break through for me. Slipstreaming, winnt.sif etc...

Now I can start experimenting with tweaks... and may be office slipstreaming.

But first I would like to be able to install an xp OS via my RIS server 2003.

I can already do this the attended way but I would like it to be installed just like my new cd unattended.

How should i do that ?

Sorry if it is somewhere on your site, but I gave up.

The Principles that are used in the unattended CD are almost identicle in RIS. The $OEM$ goes in the same directory as the i386 folder does and all of the files that the CD installation initialises are the same for RIS. (comands.txt and so-on except svcpack.inf)

All that happens when you give the RIS server the CD is that it is copied to the server and a standard .sif file is created one the server under the %image name%Templates folder.