SLipEdd Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 I did some searching, but I just can't find itI need to run the winnt.sif/winnt.bat from an floppy, instead of the I386 foldercan anyone help me with this?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army20 Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Put Winnt.sif in the floppy's rootMake sure your boot order is CDROM b4 Floppy.Read This or This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLipEdd Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 so.. that's it?just putting the winnt.sif to the floppy's root, will force windows setup to search it on the floppy?that's pretty easy, i thought i had to edit some configfiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 SLipEdd see if this helpshttp://www.maxxpsoft.com/xpinstall.php? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrowder32 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Yes, just put file on floppy. If your CD also has a winnt.sif in i386, I believe the CD version is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonedaddy Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 the floppy winnsif overides the CD ver. use it that way all the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tguy Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Having WINNT.SIF on a floppy, at the root of the disk directory is also the Microsoft supported and recommended way to do CD-ROM based unattended installations.It also allows for more flexibility in changing User and Component information if you have multiple installs to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Yup its that simple!Windows by defalt searches for a Winnt.sif from the flopy on Xp install load.once you hit that key to boot off your Cd rom, pop your Flop in and your good to go.|Drew| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLipEdd Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 well this is all I wanted to knowthanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
army20 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 @SLipEdd: ur welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukeLed Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Heey Edwin,Waarom zou je hem vanaf floppy willen laten draaien? Vanaf cdrom is toch veel makkelijker?Tenzij je natuurlijk allemaal verschillende moet maken. Ik laat bij mij alles vanaf cdrom doen:PMazzl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishBulldog Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 @NukeLedit might be easier to put the winnt.sif on CD but if you need to change info such as Windows Key or user info then you dont have to keep on re-burning the cd.I have to install many computers per week so this is a sufficient way of doing it.I also have my account.cmd and autologon.reg on the floppy with a command from cmdlines to use the floppy.[COMMANDS]"a:\account.cmd"CODE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fincher Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 @BritishBulldogwhat do you do if your computer has no floppy drive?is there a way of beeing asked for a name, company, cd-key etc. after boot and before installation and that information beeing saved on hd or a ramdrive?!?sorry if this has already been asked somewhere else in the forum. i didn't find any information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishBulldog Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 not that i know of as this would be good for companies etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 @fincherYes, its possible.You can either use oobeinfo.ini for adding of basic info later on. Or if you want full-fledged control of those parameters, you need to see SysPrep. (search this forum for info about it)Just FYI, if you want to use SysPrep, ensure that your CD (or the $OEM$ folder from network share, if so) is not accessible during SysPrep run. If your $OEM$ folder is accessible, your cmdlines.txt will again be run (which I don't think you would like ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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