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General Category => Software => Topic started by: Boomer on September 17, 2001, 10:08:34 AM

Title: W2K Boot options
Post by: Boomer on September 17, 2001, 10:08:34 AM

Ok, apparently my earlier post is as hard for others as it is for me since nobody has replied, I\'m glad I\'m not alone.

Anyhow, I have a new question.  What is it exactly that tells an OEM W2K CD boot directly into the setup utility when I choose to boot from CD?  I\'d like top modify this string in order to boot either to a command prompt, or launch a unattended install using an \"unattend.txt\" file.  Any ideas?

Title: W2K Boot options
Post by: Josetann on September 17, 2001, 08:25:59 PM

Simple.  It has nothing to do with it being OEM or not.  If a bootable win2k cd is in the drive and your pc boots from it, it\'ll check to see if there\'s an OS on your hard drive.  If not, it automatically goes to setup.  If there is an OS there, then it gives you the default \"Press any key to boot from CD\" message.

Title: W2K Boot options
Post by: Boomer on September 18, 2001, 06:39:36 AM

...Thanks, but I already knew what it did, I\'m trying to find out how it does it.

I want to know where in the boot sector it is scripted to start the install process.  There has to be a switch somewhere that says if I choose to boot from CD, the install process should start.  I need to find that switch because I want to modify it to point to a DOS Menu and give disk partition options prior to running setup (fdisk).  I also want to be able to point the setup to an \"unattend.txt\" file to use during the setup process.