Software Instruction Manual

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See the operating system documentation for a complete description of the options that can be modified in
the unattended installation file to customize the installation. To perform an unattended operating system
installation and add mass-storage drivers:
1. Using a standard text editor, create or modify the following additional Toolkit files for the unattended
installation:
a. Edit the STARTDEPLOY.CMD file, which is executed by STARTNET.CMD in Windows® PE, to
modify the environment variables to match the locations of the utilities and data files specific to
your deployment infrastructure. You must customize this file for your environment. In the following
example, lines in bold type indicate information that must be modified for your environment.
The STARTDEPLOY.CMD file is similar to the following:
rem @echo off
REM
REM This is the first Script called from Startnet.cmd stub in
REM the WinPE
REM
REM Make sure that the network is fully started...
REM Sometimes it requires a bit of time
ipconfig
REM Map a drive to the share you are working from
net use s: \\server\share password /user: server\username
REM If none ignore this step and set the drive letter in
REM the following statements to appropriate drive
REM============================================================
set Tools=s:\tkdemoarea\HP\Tools
set MSTools=X:\i386\system32
set GlobalData=s:\tkdemoarea\HP\DeploymentScripts\datafiles
set MSDistribution=s:\tkdemoarea\w2k3entsp1
set HPQFlatFiles=s:\tkdemoarea\hpqflatfiles
set HPQComponents=s:\tkdemoarea\ntcsp
set SystemScripts=s:\tkdemoarea\HP\DeploymentScripts
REM============================================================
net start sysmgmt
REM Call the first Script
call %SystemScripts%\ServerDetect.cmd
echo Done!
b. Modify the SERVERDETECT.CMD file for your specific environment. This file is provided in the
samples subdirectory. The SERVERDETECT.CMD file does not accept any arguments. It runs the