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Ok gurus. For SourceDisksNames I want it to be c:\i386 instead of cdrom_ia.5. What's the syntax?
Thanks

First I am assuming that you are attempting to run an unattended install .
To launch Windows 2000 Setup in unattended mode from Windows 9x, Windows NT or Windows 2000, specify:
winnt32.exe /unattend:
/s: [/syspart: ] [/tempdrive: ] [copydir:%folderName%] [/copysource:%folderName%] [/udf:id%udf_file] [/cmd:%command%] where:
is a file that contains answers to questions the user wants to automate. Can be specified via drive path or UNC Name \\server\share is the location of the Windows 2000 installation files. Same as above, can be a drive path or UNC name but must be specified.
/syspart copies all boot files to the target drive and marks it as active. This option is only valid for Winnt32.exe. This is useful in the scenario where one has a pre-staging area and network bandwidth is at a premium. This process copies all files needed for setup to the specified drive and system is made bootable. Once the initial file copy phase is complete, hard drive can be taken to a new system and installed so that the system boots up into textmode phase of setup.
/tempdrive copies all the installation files to a temporary directory on the target drive. Specification of this option implies that Windows 2000 must be installed in the specified drive. This option is only valid for Winnt32.exe.
/copydir: Creates and additional folder within the folder that Windows 2000 is installed. For example, if you specified /copydir:my-files, the end result would be C:\winnt\my-files. Please note that this folder must reside below the \i386 directory of your distribution share or file copy will fail.
/copysource: Creates and additional folder to be used during GUI mode setup but is only available during setup and removed once setup has been completed. For example, if one specified /copysource:my-tempfiles, the end result would be this directory created/copied below the \$win_nt$.~ls subdirectory and removed once GUI mode setup has completed.
/udf:id[,udf-file] indicates an identifier (id) that Setup uses to specify how a Uniqueness Database File (UDF) modifies an answer file (see the /unattend entry, above). The UDF overrides values in the answer file, and the identifier determines which values in the UDF file are used. For example, /udf:RAS_user,Our_company.udf overrides settings specified for the identifier RAS_user in the Our_company.udf file. If no UDF_file is specified, Setup prompts the user to insert a disk that contains the $Unique$.udb file.
/cmd:%command% command to be executed at the end of GUI mode setup.If I failed to answer your question, sorry it was kind of "open"
DAvid MArotta
Win 2000 Setup Engineer
a-davimo@micrsoft.com

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