Unattended Installation

[JS]

I am doing an unattended installation of Windows 2000 from
a CD. What I would like to do is copy the CD to the pc
somehow and run the setup off this. Once again I would
like all of this to be automated.
Basically put in the setup CD with my answer file in the
floppy drive, the CD copies itself to the hard drive, and
runs off that. Is this possible? If so could someone help
me out? Thanks in advance

 

[David Bullock [MSFT]]

Hi JS,
Absolutely. Just do the following:

- Copy the i386 directory from CD to hard disk
- Set the boot order in the BIOS to CD / Hard Disk / Floppy
- Put your unattended answer file on floppy, and insert the floppy
- Browse to the i386 directory on the hard disk, and type in:
WINNT /U:{answer file, with full path} /S:{full path to i386
directory on hard disk}

Additional resources:

Using an Answer File for an Unattended Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;136153

Using SetupMgr.exe to Create an Unattend Answer File
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;308662

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David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

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