fully unattended installation on msdos

[pantic]

I need do a installation on msdos, using winnt.exe with parameters.

I can automatize all , but msdos files copy finalization. I would like automatize the installation, i want not press enter when msdos files copy proccess has finished and i was prompted "The installation msdos fase has finished, press enter to reset".

i don't know whether i explain it, my english is very bad. Sorry and thanks. :/

[un4given1]

OK... so what OS are you trying to install?

[pantic]

I want install windows xp unattended.

[un4given1]

this is not done using DOS. Search the forum for unattended windows xp installations and you will find a wealth of information.

[scankurban]

Sample batch file...

@rem SetupMgrTag

@echo off

rem

rem This is a sample script for unattend installation

rem

set AnswerFile=.\unattend.txt

set SetupFiles=C:\I386

C:\I386\winnt.exe /s:%SetupFiles% /unattend:%AnswerFile%

I'm not interest Dos installations.But this unanswered problem.I don't try may be works with winnt.exe try and post it.

[un4given1]

you CAN do it that way, but you would also have to include drivers for your CD drive. (although this shows that you would be installing it from your C drive)

[gareththegod]

the other way of doing this is to use a floppy disk with the unattended.txt file on it but that and the win xp cd in drive and it will do all of things youve asked it do do. its very simliar to using the winnt.sif but it doesn't have to be on the cd just a floppy. It has most of the same commands and things.

[pantic]

Thanks, but i know to do it. I need install windows xp on msdos because i want include diferents operative systems in one CD o DVD. I have done one thing similar to Hiren's bootcd ( bootcd with many applications included ) then i cannot use the boot of windows xp CD, i have to use msdos installation. I already have a unattende installation of windows 98 and i have not problems. In windows XP i can automatize the second part of installation and the third part (GUI installation).

Part One

i Boot from bootcd (cdrom drivers are loaded) and i execute the followinb batch file.

@echo off

smartdrv.exe

winnt /s:%cdrom%:\i386 /u:%cdrom%:\unattended.txt

(The files are copied to hard disk and i have press enter to continue (REAL PROBLEM)

Part Two --------> Press F2 to.... , Press F6 to install RAID...,....

Files are copied to hard disk from hard disk. Here the restart is unattended.

Part thee---------> GUI installation. Fully unttended.

The problem is than i only can automatize the part two and three, althoug the part one, at end of the files copy, i have press "enter" to answer what i am prompted ("The part based on msdos has finished, press enter to continue installation

[ NOT UNATTENDED ]

I think that it is not posible, but perhaps i could be surprised by somebody .

I hope that you know what i really want to do.

Thanks you very mucy.

[pantic]

Myself answer me. I didnt know what i had done but since one moment already got what i wanted. I think i didn`t use "winnt /s /u", simply i placed winnt.sif file into i386 directory and then unattended installation only worked on GUI mode.

Thanks all. Magnific forum.