In article <>,
says...
> I used the following command from a:\ (also contained the unattended.txt
> file) after booting a PC from a win98 bootdisc
>
> d:\i386\winnt /u:unattend.txt /s:d\i386 /t:c:\temp
>
>
> That started the setup process ok, verified files and copied files to
> hard drive with the screen showing "Please wait while setup copies files
> to your harddisk". The files transfered being displayed on the grey bar
> at the bottom of the screen stopped showing file names "verify or
> copying" after about 1 min. At this stage it looks like the system has
> hung? The harddisk in use indicator light is lit but the HD isn't making
> noise like it did at the begining of the copy setup file process? I've
> checked and the drive is formated with FAT32 so thats not the problem.
> The answer file is setup for fully automated so I didn't expect any
> screen prompts or ur user intervention. Is this whats ment to happen?
> Without hearing the HD wizzing about doing it's stuff I find that hard
> to believe. I'm leaving it for 30mins to see if it moves on from there
> but i wont hold my breath. Any idea's what's going on?????
>
> P.S i'm not looking for an alternative install method. I'm trying to
> learn how to use winnt and winnt32 correctly.
>
Never mind. Worked out that it was because smartdrv.exe wasn't loaded.
Don't recall anything in the MS study guides saying it was required for
running WINNT.exe though. (Thanks MS press)
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