setup from dos

[Tacio]

i have setup files of my unattended winxpssp2 on sata hdd (ich5r controller) and i have no cdrom. How i setup windows from dos if in dos i can't see my hdd?

[Tacio]

and another question... i want to install my unattend winxpsp2 on new hdd from windows, how does it looks winnt.sif?

[Tacio]

What i do:

i have winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=DefaultHide
    OemSkipEula=Yes 
    WaitForReboot="No"
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    Repartition=No
    AutoActivate=No
    UnattendSwitch="yes"


[GuiUnattended]
    OEMSkipWelcome=1
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=0
    TimeZone=145

[UserData]
    ProductID=*****-*****-*****-*****-*****
    FullName=""
    OrgName=""

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=800
    YResolution=600
    Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=7

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=5,1
    SystemLocale=00000419
    UserLocale=00000419
    InputLocale=0409:00000409,0419:00000419

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=POWERGROUP!

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\install\WPI.cmd

i install windows with winnt32.exe:

d:\i386\winnt32.exe /s:d:\i386 /unattend:d:\i386\winnt.sif

but setup not start with error - "d:\i386\winnt.sif is not accessible or not right"

[Takeshi]

If it's from DOS use winnt.exe.