neon068 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Ok, here's the deal... I have to boot from a floppy and install xp on a clean formatted hard drive with an unattended with NO user input/interaction. Like the floppy MUST be in the computer the whole time and you cannot boot from the CD. Currently, I have a bootable floppy set up that works fine, kinda...The install is stuck in an endless loop where it copies the files, restarts, and boots from the floppy again just to recopy the files over. Now scripting something into the floppy that tells it to start a program or something else is not a problem, the problem is what command to start?!In DOS, is there anyway to start the BOOTSECT.DAT or .DOS file? Or is there anyway to continue the installation process?Before you ask/tell, I HAVE TO have the floppy in the drive the whole time and I cannot use a modified XP CD.Is this even possible?Thanks,Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 can you not rename /move the bootsector on the floppy and rename /move it back when all is installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon068 Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 (edited) That would work great but I didn't know you could access a floppy's boot sector as a file...How could I do this? Edited March 18, 2006 by neon068 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezalel Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 You can add the file jo.sys from the Windows 98 CD boot image to your floppy disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon068 Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Worked beautifully! Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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