Noob question about %systemdrive% and %cdrom%

[Astalavista]

i am sorry i did not understand what u said.

can u rewrite it i dont know if it is wrong spelling or wrong grammar i dont gt it

[Cartoonite]

This is what I do, abu ryan, hopefully it will help you. These instructions work on the assumption that you followed the same guide that I did (not sure if the updated one is the same or not) and have a folder $OEM$\$1\Install on your CD that has a batch file to install all of your programs located in folders inside this one.

Instead of putting the Install folder in $OEM$\$1, move it so that it is off of the root of the CD. (It should be parallel with both the $OEM$ and I386 folders.) Then move the batch (cmd) file that you use to run your installations into $OEM$\$1. Make sure you update your WINNT.SIF file to show the new path of your installation script.

Then, add the %CDROM% for loop to the start of your script

FOR %%d IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%d:\WIN51 SET CDROM=%%d:

Finally, the last step is to replace all of the lines in your installation script that start with

start /wait %systemdrive%\.....

with lines that start

start /wait %CDROM%\....

Now the only extra file that is copied during setup is the installation script which is essentially just a small text file and does not slow the process down by any significant amount.

No doubt there are other, better, ways of doing this, but I found this to be a simple, effective switch from the original method described in the MSFN uA Guide.

Edit: Someone please tell me to stop reading over my old posts so I don't find typos and waste my time correcting them.

Edited March 1, 2005 by Cartoonite

[amp_man]

this actually makes a heck of a lot more sense to me, copying everything to the system drive before extracting it just adds one more (very long) step to the process, I just never knew how to set the cdrom variable. Modifying now!

[Cartoonite]

Great amp_man! Now I can rest easy knowing i have at least helped one person out.