Answer file being ignored

[dwheeler]

New to this and have a couple of problems:

Am trying to run an unattended setup from CD but it is just ignoring the answer file (winnt.sif) and asking me to answer all of the install questions. Have copied the winnt.sif file into the I386 folder on the CD but ut still doesn't want to work. The unattended setup works pretty much as I want it to if I copy the files to floppy disk and use normal XP cd but not on my own created one - any ideas anyone?

Also I have another question - when I run the unattended setup from floppy disk the only thing it doesn't do is logon to our domain. I have asked it to logon to a domain and given it a user account to use to create a computer account but it just doesn't want to work - hope someone can help with this as well

Thanks

[prathapml]

Have copied the winnt.sif file into the I386 folder on the CD, but still doesn't work.

If you are starting winnt.exe from DOS, or starting setup from within windows, it won't work (it will be "ignored"). It will be used only when you boot from the CD.

[Alanoll]

unless of course you use /U: or /Unattend: and then the path to the answer file.

[mazin]

This is what I use to install XPPro from my HDD:

@echo off

set AnswerFile=F:\XPPro\I386\winnt.sif

set SetupFiles=F:\XPPro\I386

winnt.exe /s:%SetupFiles% /u:%AnswerFile% /t:C:\

I just boot to DOS with a StartUp disk, and Dir, then CD, then type go.bat followed by ENTER. That's it.

You can use the same procedure from a CD.

[dwheeler]

I am booting from the CD. Am I right in presuming that I still need to keep the unattend.bat file that is created when I create the answer file? Does this batch file go into the I386 folder as well or does ot go somewhere else?