Post by: Zeke on August 12, 2001, 07:10:19 PM
Post by: Josetann on August 12, 2001, 09:22:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 13, 2001, 03:31:13 AM
Post by: Zeke on August 13, 2001, 09:26:41 AM
I hope to have my computer assembled this week & will try to install it.
Thanks,
Z
Post by: Anonymous on August 15, 2001, 05:52:30 PM
Post by: Josetann on August 15, 2001, 09:07:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 16, 2001, 01:08:46 AM
Post by: Josetann on August 16, 2001, 04:20:19 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 16, 2001, 08:33:14 AM
Post by: Josetann on August 16, 2001, 08:57:05 AM
Yes, the PID area is not in the setup.inf file. You have to copy it in, then it\'ll work like a charm.
Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2001, 09:22:31 PM
Post by: Don on August 24, 2001, 10:19:20 AM
Post by: The_Flames on August 28, 2001, 09:45:56 AM
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Post by: Eric on August 29, 2001, 06:25:29 PM
The best way that I\'ve found is to run the setupmgr.exe file from deploy.cab (comes on win2k cd under the supporttools directory) and generate an answer file. If you place this file in the i386 directory on a bootable Win2K install CD and call it \"WINNT.SIF\" it will be used as an answer file for installs that boot off of the CD.
You can specify all kinds of things in that file. I would
recommend a good read of the unattend.doc that comes in that deploy.cab file and hand editing the WINNT.SIF file. It\'s pretty cool the things you can put in there.
For further customizations you can place files in a directory called $OEM$ off of the ROOT of the CD (NOT under the i386 directory like on network installs) and the Win2K install will use this as a OEM install files directory when installing from booting off the CD. You can place drivers under there and place commands to be run during the setup into the \"cmdlines.txt\" file. I put a customized NTUSER.DAT file onto the cd and called a a batch file from cmdlines.txt that overwrote the default user\'s with it to setup defaults for the machine. I also put a .reg file and merged a bunch of keys into the registry inside the same batch file. It\'s really nice to do that way because you set the defaults for all the users. I get rid of all that frilly web stuff in the Explorer folder views before I even see it.
It\'s also great to put network card drivers onto the CD for cards that aren\'t supported by default in WIN2K. It\'s such a pain to go dig up or create a driver CD for each type of NIC you run into while doing installs. I put them all in there and added them to the cd using the $1 directory that get\'s mapped to the primary win2k drive (usually C) under Driversmachinetypenic folders and then added them to the
OemPnPDriversPath in the WINNT.SIF file so that it installs the drivers for the cards during the setup process. It\'s really slick.
HINT: You can use the %USERPROFILE% variable in a batch file running out of cmdlines.txt to reference the default user\'s directory. It\'s usually C:Documents and SettingsDefault User but not always if you are upgrading.
That\'s how I copy the NTUSER.DAT file into the default user profile directory. It didn\'t seem to work if I put the command into the cmdlines.txt file but it worked in a batch file called from cmdlines.txt. The working directory for commands run out of the cmdlines.txt is the $OEM$ directory on the CD so you can reference files under there relatively i.e. .NTUSER.DAT If you want to poke around put a cmd.exe line into cmdlines.txt and run a shell.
Good luck
Post by: Big_Z on August 29, 2001, 06:36:02 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2001, 11:05:55 AM
turned on power, went into BIOS, made settings,Inserted the Win2000 Cd, Powered down, Powered up, answered a couple of prompts and it installed Win2000. It did not ask for any boot floppies, the Win2000 CD was self booting.
I\'m kinda dense, again WHY are the 4 boot floppies needed that everone wants?
The Epox 8K7A+ MoBo/RAID 0, AMD 1.4/1.6GHz, IBM 75GXP 30GB HDs, Crucial 2100 512MB is a great system
Post by: Fred Fargle on September 01, 2001, 11:46:17 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2001, 05:29:00 PM
Once these disks are made, then you WILL have a WAY to boot the computer, and further your failed atempt with the CD-ROM way, and install very happily the OS\' that ran stable for at least 120 days under a very strenous test. (correct me?)
well..
asta
Tr@k0r
Post by: Anonymous on September 04, 2001, 02:50:58 PM
> There are other files besides the basic install files that are needed, to make the CD bootable (and are generally left out of such \"distributions\"). That\'s why I left out the files that are needed to boot the cd
I\'m confused - what files did you \"leave out\", and left them out from where? I have the full Win2K CD and followed the instructions in your article (using CDRWin 4.0a beta), but my finished CD gives me \"NTLDR not found\" - won\'t boot.
What files might I have \"left out\"??
Thanks for any help!
Post by: Josetann on September 04, 2001, 02:58:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 04, 2001, 05:05:01 PM
somehow i doubt not being able to create a bootable cd is going to make much difference to people wanting to install a pirated version. you can use any dos boot disk you have lying around and simply run setup.exe off the cd.
and yet, you give information on how to bypass having to enter a serial # during the installation. don\'t you think this is a touch hypocritical?
Post by: Josetann on September 04, 2001, 08:05:02 PM
All I\'m saying is if you have a warez version, and you can\'t make the cd bootable, don\'t bother asking for help. If you have a fullversion and are having problems, we\'ll try to help you out.
As far as the serial number, it\'s merely editing a simple text file. Now if it involved hex editing, or replacing files, we would not get into that (that would be in a grey area at best, and illegal at worst). Besides, like you said if you want to install a pirated version, you\'d have no problems anyways.
Post by: Anonymous on September 04, 2001, 08:14:10 PM
Thanks,
--Matt
Post by: Josetann on September 04, 2001, 08:26:10 PM
Some people had success putting the NTLDR file in the root of the cd. Others just used different media. If you follow the directions exactly it\'ll work most of the time, but even I have had unexplained problems at times. My best advice, is to use a CDRW disk to test on, until you can verify it works.
Post by: Anonymous on September 05, 2001, 10:32:02 AM
-- Matt
Post by: Anonymous on September 06, 2001, 04:44:35 AM
Post by: Cuba on September 09, 2001, 01:46:14 AM
Cuba
Post by: Winston on September 09, 2001, 09:28:04 PM
What did I do wrong?
Pls Help
Thank you
Winston
Post by: aardvark on September 14, 2001, 11:08:25 PM
Is there some utility to create a totally customizable W2K boot CD ?
Thanx
NOTA: Please send a copy to [email protected]
Post by: guppy on September 15, 2001, 02:37:24 PM
How ever questions do arise;
I used setupmgr.exe (trying) to avoid the \'press F6 & insert disk\' part of the setup (my raid controller isn\'t supported
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)now it tells me I must run \'unattend.bat\' so in other words:
either I use a boot disk (floppy) and run unattend.bat or its back to \"good\" old F6 & floppy ..sigh..
the entire idea behind making a SP2 boot disk was avoiding the floppy\'s, does anyone know of a way to slip my Ultra driver onto the boot disc that I migth boot floppy less & still have access to my raid drive?
if any one knows how to do this please don\'t hesitate to mail me : mailto:KafplowEmail Removed
Post by: guppy on September 15, 2001, 02:39:31 PM
that should have been kafplowEmail Removed (kafplowEmail Removed)
Post by: Josetann on September 16, 2001, 01:03:35 AM
Post by: guppy on September 17, 2001, 12:55:10 PM
(apparently I am, cuz it wont work for me..)
(the slip stream & boot part works fine..)
I use setupmgr it creates a dir (ie: C:win2kdist), unless I miss my guess this is the replacement for my I386 dir.
now rename unattend.txt to winnt32.sif (it already sits in my new I386 dir)
overwrite the content of I386 with the content of C:win2kdist and burn the cd for boot..
and then the problem comes my ata100 drive is still invissible to setup...
why oh why??
(yes i did include the files for [MassStorageDrivers] and every thing.. but it just doesn\'t find it...)
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btw am I the only one to notice that windows 2000 setup runs extremly slow of a CD-RW?
thougth i migth as well become a user if im going to keep herassing you guys
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Post by: Big_Z on September 17, 2001, 02:54:10 PM
btw am I the only one to notice that windows 2000 setup runs extremly slow of a CD-RW?
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Yup, only you.
Runs fine off a CDRW for me
Post by: guppy on September 18, 2001, 12:27:49 AM
but what to do with the win2kdist dir... is it the new I386 dir?
or have i misunderstood that?
anyone who have added drivers (SCSII/RAID/etc..) requried in order to install on a HD, to the win2000 cd???
I have started compiling a FAQ about making modifications to the windows 2000 (and keeping it bootable).. but the one about adding drivers for non supportet drives keeps eluding me.
/Take my advice - I don\'t use it..
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Post by: Anonymous on September 18, 2001, 05:12:55 AM
Post by: Big_Z on September 18, 2001, 12:19:18 PM
same boot sector as well.
Post by: Anonymous on September 20, 2001, 01:39:02 AM
Post by: Big_Z on September 20, 2001, 01:00:04 PM
www.nu2.nu
Post by: rdc on September 21, 2001, 11:57:14 AM
I only tried once in windows 2000 and the cd was made perfectly without any burning program in w2k cmd.com .
This is really good .
Post by: Anonymous on September 22, 2001, 01:12:01 PM
Post by: Josetann on September 22, 2001, 03:26:24 PM
chkdsk /p
fixmbr
fixboot
See if that gets you back in ok. If not, then you need to put your hard drive in another computer and copy the files to the other PC\'s drive. If you formatted your drive with NTFS, you will need either a PC with WinNT4/Win2k on it, or standard Windows 9x with the freeware NTFS driver (freeware driver gives read-only access, but that\'s all you need).
Good luck!
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2001, 09:22:21 PM
Post by: MHMHMH on September 24, 2001, 03:15:05 PM
They do exactly the same thing as a normal instal.
/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />Use them if u do not have a bootable Win2k cd, or any other kind of problem..
luvinIT
Post by: MHMHMH on September 24, 2001, 03:16:34 PM
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Post by: MHMHMH on September 24, 2001, 03:17:21 PM
SLIPSTREAM IT!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2001, 04:28:07 AM
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Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2001, 06:59:53 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on September 25, 2001, 07:01:10 PM
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Post by: Anonymous on September 26, 2001, 09:38:53 PM
http://www.cdr.cz/software/cdrwin/ (http://\"http://www.cdr.cz/software/cdrwin/\")
Post by: aardvark on September 27, 2001, 11:27:56 AM
I tried CD-R win, it works perfectly but crackers beware: CD-R win IS well protected. If you apply a crack on it, it will behave as if evething\'s fine, but it won\'t.
I burned my W2K slipstreamed CD with a regular CD-R win 4. and with the same one, cracked.
Guess what? The cracked one didn\'t work, the non-cracked worked perfectly.
So don\'t look for CD-R win 3.8, the fourth version is perfect as long as you don\'t crack it...
>>>Wake up Neo, the MaTRiX has you...<<<
Post by: Space Between on September 27, 2001, 01:16:06 PM
Post by: The_Flames on September 28, 2001, 07:14:33 AM
Post by: Space Between on September 28, 2001, 08:25:04 PM
Post by: Josetann on September 29, 2001, 02:46:14 AM
Post by: jap on October 01, 2001, 02:52:47 AM
I came across this discussion while looking for information on automated installs for nt2k, Ive been trying to find a way to install 2K without outlookexpress, i havent succeded as yet,
Id like to add a few links i found that may help a few ppl,
http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/win2k/w2kinst.html (http://\"http://graphics.stanford.edu/lab/howto/win2k/w2kinst.html\")
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/win2k_removecomps.asp (http://\"http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/win2k_removecomps.asp\")
http://cybermedia.uh.edu/windows2000/ppt/t...l_karl_bernard/ (http://\"http://cybermedia.uh.edu/windows2000/ppt/technical_karl_bernard/\")
http://pages.towson.edu/aczech/win2k/wui/ (http://\"http://pages.towson.edu/aczech/win2k/wui/\")
http://www.win2000mag.com/ARTICLES/INDEX.CFM?ARTICLEID=8741 (http://\"http://www.win2000mag.com/ARTICLES/INDEX.CFM?ARTICLEID=8741\")
If you wana find out more on creating bootable CD\'s lookup eltorito (or somting like that), I dont know of any way to create a bootable cd other than creating a boot floppy and then using ezcd or some other cd burning sw to create .. maybe u can create an iso image of the win2kcd then modify the image .. duno, the method i prefer is to create a floppy with the winnt.sif file and boot the nt2k cd then shuv the floppy disk in, that works
hope ive given some helpfull info
Post by: Space Between on October 01, 2001, 12:07:20 PM
Post by: big denzil on October 02, 2001, 02:23:01 AM
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Post by: The_Flames on October 09, 2001, 06:36:39 AM
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Post by: Anonymous on October 09, 2001, 04:22:46 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2001, 01:34:26 PM
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated=\"0\"
UnattendedInstall=\"Yes\"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemFilesPath=serverpreload2100ic2$oem$
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=WINNT
Filesystem = convertntfs
extendoempartition = 0
driversigningpolicy = ignore
OEMPnPDriversPath=\"Drivers69030vid;Driversintelnic;Driversmodem;Driversmodem5610a;drivers2100drvs;d
riversqlogic2k\"
[oem_ads]
logo = oemlogo.bmp
background = oemback.bmp
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=20
OemSkipWelcome=1
AutoLogonAccountCreation=no
AutoLogonCount=5
[UserData]
FullName=\"Preferred Customer\"
OrgName=\"Preferred Company\"
ComputerName=*
productid = xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
[MassStorageDrivers]
\"IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller\" = RETAIL
\"Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapters for Windows 2000\" = OEM
[OemBootFiles]
txtsetup.oem
dpti2o.sys
dpt_i2o
dpti2o.cat
oemsetup.inf
adptmgt.inf
eurolgc.inf
[Display]
BitsPerPel=16
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600
Vrefresh=60
[LicenseFilePrintData]
AutoMode=PerServer
AutoUsers=5
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=555
dialing = tone
[RegionalSettings]
[FavoritesEx]
Title1=\"your page name.url\"
URL1=\"http://www.yourdomainname.com\"
Title2=\"your FTP Site.url\"
URL2=\"ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com\"
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[URL]
Home_Page=http://www.yourhomepage.com
[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
[GuiRunOnce]
command0=\"c:winntREGEDIT.EXE /S c:scriptsnodelay.REG\"
command1=\"c:winntREGEDIT.EXE /S c:scriptspower.REG\"
command2=\"c:winntREGEDIT.EXE /S c:scriptsnumlock.REG\"
command3=\"c:winntREGEDIT.EXE /S c:scriptsviewset.REG\"
command4=\"c:winntREGEDIT.EXE /S c:scriptsi386path.REG\"
command5=\"c:winntsystem32cmd.exe /c c:scriptsprofile.bat\"
Command6=\"c:sysprepsysprep.bat\"
[components]
;My Standard component list
accessopt = off
cdplayer = off
cluster = off
freecell = off
iis_common = on
fp_extensions = off
iisdbg = off
iis_ftp = off
iis_htmla = off
iis_inetmgr = on
iis_nntp = off
iis_nntp_docs = off
iis_smtp = on
iis_smtp_docs = on
iis_www = on
indexsrv_system = on
minesweeper = off
;media_clips = off
media_utopia = off
pinball = off
solitaire = off
chat = off
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents = YES
[NetOptionalComponents]
snmp = 1
[SNMP]
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup = yourworkgroupname
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Post by: Kernel on October 26, 2001, 02:31:02 PM
Thanks.
Post by: SAC6611 on October 31, 2001, 07:48:23 PM
it\'s much easier to follow
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Post by: Fjellu on March 07, 2002, 11:37:26 AM
With $OEM$ at the root of the CD where should cmdlines.txt reside? Which apps and patches can be run from this file (IE6, DX81, WMP7, hotfixes etc) can be run from cmdlines.txt and which apps should be installed from the[GuiRunOnce] section?
Post by: Cajonnes on April 13, 2002, 05:13:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 16, 2002, 01:27:36 PM
I would like to make a bootable cd of just the 4 boot floppies in Win2k. I can`t seem to get it to work.
How do I get the files on the 4 floppies to boot instead of the win2k setup program?
Thanks
Post by: Fjellu on July 05, 2002, 07:55:49 AM
I put a customized NTUSER.DAT file onto the cd and called a a batch file from cmdlines.txt that overwrote the default user\'s with it to setup defaults for the machine......HINT: You can use the %USERPROFILE% variable in a batch file running out of cmdlines.txt to reference the default user\'s directory. It\'s usually C:Documents and SettingsDefault User but not always if you are upgrading.
That\'s how I copy the NTUSER.DAT file into the default user profile directory. It didn\'t seem to work if I put the command into the cmdlines.txt file but it worked in a batch file called from cmdlines.txt
Does anyone know how to do this? If Eric sees this, please advise