So the two files $WIN_NT$.~LS and $WIN_NT$.~BT can be joined

together and called i386.

Will this work!!!!!!!

Or should I try it and let you know!!!!!

SlamDunk

nooo...

Just follow my guide. LS will be called install. BT will be called BOOT. You want to place BOOT under Install. The i386 folder will be under LS folder.

-gosh

I don't do pdf's, but im gonna write some guides tomorrow.

Gosh, could u add some comment in the first post to this thread _OR_ start a new thread and get it locked or something, when u get aroud to this.

I find your knowledge and help with all Unattended things most greatful and rewarding. Thank you kindly for your time Gosh, to helping the community. *bows low*

Gosh, your first post works like a charm...

in fact, it's so **** good, i think i just figured out to get a CD INSTALL to load my Sata/Raid HD Drivers, __without___ having to hack any files (eg. txtsetup.sif, etc).

more info in a new post when i've completed my testing about CD INSTALL + Raid Drivers

thanks gosh.

Too....... complicated........ to........ understand........... everything............

GAH.

I have made a cd with the options as Gosh stated in the second post where you choose between an unattended setup and a regular install. It works great on the unattended install but the attended install with no winnt.sif is still grabbing the cmdlines.txt from the $oem$ folder.

Has anyone tried doing this with this method. Everything is working fine other than the attended setup is grabbing the cmdlines.txt at the 10 minute mark and erroring out because the $oem$ is not copied to the hard drive.

In short I don't wish to have the cmdlines.txt file run at all.

My cd structure is here.

Folder listing of C:\INSTALL\

$OEM$\     	 11/10/2003 9:59:37 PM	359,171 kb
I386\        11/10/2003 9:58:01 PM	340,716 kb
VOL1\        11/13/2003 8:09:48 AM	7,081 kb
VOL2\        11/13/2003 8:09:48 AM	7,079 kb
DELOAD.BIN 	 5/8/2001 12:35:34 PM	1 kb
DISKEM1X.BIN	7/11/2001 3:59:44 PM	12 kb
DISKEMU.CMD  11/13/2003 8:10:44 AM	2 kb
GHOST.IMA    11/11/2003 9:22:52 AM	1,440 kb
GHOSTL.IMA 	 11/12/2003 2:31:09 PM	1,440 kb
LOADER.BIN 	 7/9/2001 9:13:18 AM	2 kb
README.TXT 	 11/12/2003 4:03:25 PM	3 kb
SPNOTES.HTM  8/23/2001 10:00:00 AM	11 kb
VOL1.DAT   	 11/11/2003 2:07:00 PM	2 kb
VOL2.DAT   	 11/11/2003 2:19:42 PM	2 kb
WIN51        8/23/2001 10:00:00 AM	1 kb
WIN51IP      8/23/2001 10:00:00 AM	1 kb
WIN51IP.SP1  8/23/2001 10:00:00 AM	1 kb

If anyone know how I can get around this issue please let me know.

Thanks

i saw the same thing on my cd, i think that's a microsoft bug since like you say there is not unattend file being used.

-gosh

Thanks for the quick reply Gosh.

By the way a big thanks to Gosh for posting this thread in the first place. It has helped me do some things I didn't think was possible because of size constraints doing it the "Microsoft" way.

-Rahbas

My method just avoid the first file copy phase, NOTHING is installed yet.  Nothing such as the HAL is determined.  It's exactly the same if you booted from cd and did a clean install.

I've tried your method. I 've read the whole thread and there is stiill first copy phase when I'm tring to do a clean install. What's wrong? Maybe I should create partitions with PQMagic before running install or what should I do?

So "the first phase should be or not" that is the question.

Thanks.

If you'd read the thread, I asked this very same question on page one. This method doesn't skip textmode setup, it only removes some unneeded files from i386.

My Guide skips the first step of file copy in Gui mode (there's no dosnet.inf on the cd). You still have to do text mode.

-gosh

Where can i get cdimage, cdburn and dvdburn from, or at least who makes them? DaveXP's link is dead, and im not having much luck with google either, since its such a generic name...

search google, i've never not found cdimage.exe from google.

-gosh

well, that makes me feel like a retard, because for the life of me i cant find somewhere to download it from.......

could someone please post a site with cdimage on it?

@gosh

Thank you.

I thought I've done something wrong.

Now it is clear for me.