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by guenter.matthaeus

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hello
i've prepared ua setup for w2k. the problem is that i've to prepare two w2k partitions at one machine.
Part1 primary W2KProd
Part2 extended W2KEmergency
I've one bootdisk with gdisk to prepare the partitions,setting one part as active and starting uasetup. After the first part w2k reboots and i've to reject the disk. After second part and rebboting I've to put in the disk to start 2nd installation. How can I perform this without user action for the disk.
Or is my solution wrong and there is an?ther possibility.
Can I say the uasetup to install w2k in a special part. like multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)as in boot.ini

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by jeremy the it guy

During an unattended setup, you have to have a RIS and an answer file. To create an answer file, run the Setup Manager from the Support tools that come with Windows 2000 Pro/Server/Adv Server. The Setup Manager is a wizard that asks you all of thequestions needed to do an unattended install. After that, you can go into the answer file and tell it certain perameters like partitioning and the such. There is a help file that comes with the support tools and it tells you all of the perameters you can set and the perameters you need to set can be done by editing the answer file. Hope this works, Jeremy

by guenter.matthaeus

Sorry that was not my question. I Can't find any information to tell the ua setup to install for example at disk 1 part2 ext. All the other stuff works fine.

by sameh fouad

No way, there is only one drawback in unattended win2k installation. during the process, Automatic partitioning and formating of the the first HDD into only a single partition and drive is performed.
And this is what you don't want.

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