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June 28, 2000 10:12 AM

Specifying New Drivers on Unattended Win2K Pro Installs

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Mark Minasi

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Improved $OEM$ features let you easily script installs even if the installation CD-ROM lacks needed hardware drivers

As I explain in my 1998 series of columns about unattended installations, Windows NT 4.0 lets you script unattended network-based installs even when the installation CD-ROM doesn't include a hardware driver that your system needs. (For a list of the articles in that series, see "Related Articles in Previous Issues," page 158.) Scripting an unattended install for such a case isn't easy, however—every hardware driver you want to add requires you to perform numerous steps and extensively edit your installation script.

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Vincent this website gives good details on creating a bootable CD.

http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2000_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm

Mark McConnell 5/10/2004 4:14:24 PM

I want to do this from a cd. Can I add drivers to a windows 2k install and install it using a cd and not a network server.

Vincent Langer 4/26/2004 10:37:35 AM

It is possible to use TCP/IP for the 3.5 startup disk. You have to zip the necessary network file using a utillity like PKZip. You can than use zip2exe to create an executable which you copy to a ramdrive during startup.
You have to setup MS-Net 3.0 to a drive using the same drive letter as the ramdrive later uses. So, it is possible, but it requires even more 'fiddling'. Good luck!

Sjaak Monasso 4/11/2002 7:50:01 AM

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