Installing specific files over a network....

[Twiglet]

I am wondering if it is possible to install programs/codecs/drivers from a network drive during an unattended cd install.

so basicly it follows the following steps:

1: boot from cd

2: unattended cd does it's thing

3: gets to a certian point and then acceses files from a networked computer (for example //Fileserver/Codecs/)

4: installs all files (local and networked)

5: finishes install & boots into windows

i am basicly thinking of things that are updated often, like codecs and drivers. and i would rename them with no version info (for example the latest xvid codec would just be xvid.exe and nvidia detonators would be detonators.exe etc...)

i'm new to this so sorry if this is a simple thing but i searched the forums and couldnt find a description that explains this exact thing, no doubt when i get into it more i would have been able to cobble something together

also if this method was able to access an internet web server to download the files (basicly the same as the fileserver) this would be awesome as i could make 1 cd for installing onto clients machines and only have to enter their xp key

also is there any way of having a screen pop up at the beginning of the gui section of the install that would alow me to select which items i wan't to install then install them silently?

thanks for any help you can provide

[Ghost82]

What things would you like to select for silent install? If you mean software (like MS Office or anything else) you could use WPI or such thing. If you mean stuff that's in Windows you could make that part attended. Keeping drivers up-to-date can be done by using BTS Driverpacks. Saves alot of space and time.

[WotC]

Hi!

I never tried it for UA but in theory it should look similar to this here:

net use z: \\Fileserver\Software\

this mounts the share on ur fileserver to the drive letter z:\

Afterwards just edit the wpi.cmd (if u are using WPI for selection of packages to be installed) to fit ur needs. By default it checks for the cdrom drive using this command here:

for %%i in (C 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 %%i:\WIN51 set CDROM=%%i:

you can simply replace it by set CDROM=z:\

and then everything should work.

Thinking about this, i suppose i have to get my old TB850 running to set up a server :-). *looking for a harddisk and a case*... but that would be another source of noise :-(