unattend installation from a network boot floppy

[n0b0dy]

hi!

I've a trouble of this type: I'm doing an unattended installation of windows xp with some application like acrobat reader, winzip and office 2003 by a shared folder (c:\winxpdist) on a notebook. This is useful for all my installation, and so i used a shared folder on my notebook!

All works fine, but... if i use a shared folder i can't format HD of destination's computer because temporary file are transfered on this pc... I think, well, I format & partiton hd with a floppy and then with a floopy boot network i map a network unit and so type unattend command (My shared folder retain 3 file: unattend.bat [the command for my installation]; unattend.txt [with instructions]; and unattend.udb [with the list of computers names]).

This is the problem... If i'm working with a s.o. i type:

net use <drive letter:> \\<name notebook>\winxpdist

<network unit:>

unattend <name destination pc>

and unattended installation start... but if i have no S.o. and i use a network boot floppy, like Bart or ghost, i can create network unit, but when i type:

unattend <name destination pc>

an error occur, like bad command or file or command not found...

Why????

Please help me.... And i'm very sorry for my bad english

[edg21]

I use a WinPE boot cd that runs the following:

net use u: \\bender\unattend
net start dmserver
net start dmadmin
diskpart /s u:\config\xp\vlk\diskpart.cfg
format c: /fs:NTFS /v:"" /Q /Y
u:\cabs\xp\vlk\i386\winnt32.exe /s:u:\cabs\xp\vlk\i386 /unattend:u:\config\xp\vlk\unattend.txt /syspart:C: /NOREBOOT

Not sure if that's what you wanted, but I hope it helps

[n0b0dy]

Thanks, but i don't want to use a CD but a shared folder... Do you think it's the same thing?! TIA

[joebells]

edg21 isn't using a cd for the files he's using a winpe cd as a boot disk. his installation files are still on a network share.

In the first line

net use u: \\bender\unattend

you can see he is mapping a folder named unattend on a server named bender to the u: drive