Step 5: The last bastion of hope
Ok so we have come so far, for me, to get to this point, was a testing experience, and when i got stuck at the windows install screen it was very frustrating, but with a bit more digging this is the last piece of the jigsaw.
- Create the following directory c:\DOS\pxelinux.cfg\
- In the c:\DOS\ directory download the following files pxelinux.0 memdisk menu.c32 w98se-netboot.IMA
- In the C:\DOS\pxelinux.cfg\ directory, create a text file that you’ll name default, (not default.txt) containing:
- Configure tftpds “Current directory” to c:\DOS.
- Boot laptop, select Network Boot.
- At command prompt type.
- If the installer says smartdrive is not running, ignore it and tell it to continue the install anyway, however without smartdrive it takes a VERY long time to do
- Get a coffee and a book, its going to be a long night
If the Install seems to hang on “Please wait while Setup copies files to your hard disk” wait it out, according to microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296814 this can take up to 4 hours, it didnt take that long for me, but it did take a VERY long time to come up with the progress bar.
DEFAULT menu.c32
TIMEOUT 300
ALLOWOPTIONS 0
PROMPT 0
MENU TITLE PXE Boot System
LABEL NetworkBoot
MENU LABEL ^Network Boot
kernel memdisk
append initrd=w98se-netboot.IMA
LABEL BootNormal
MENU LABEL ^Boot Normal
LOCALBOOT 0c:
cd i386
winnt
May 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
would have been nice to know that dvd generator was going to use all my internet time to download needed software and file updates BEFORE I started.
Thanks
May 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Hey “steve muller” kiss my ass this guy gets a full round of beer free on the house for posting that last tidbit of info on bypassing the “need windows cd” No other site has that info and the other sites are useless without that piece. /cheers for a good guide
May 27th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
one note though,
in this part
“kernel memdisk
append initrd=w98se-netboot.IMA”
I had to put slashes for netboot to load like this
“kernel /memdisk
append initrd=/w98se-netboot.IMA”
easy fix though thanks again
May 27th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
also share the DOS directory
May 27th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
dvd generator it’s take lot time to complete prepation for DVD setup,then its need so many answers to complete installations without inf file same winnt.sif to complete unattenad installation
thanks
ali_ekri@hotmail.com
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
When my sysangel dvd gui starts, it says no hdd could be found. How to solve it?
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I left a message earlier. I solved the hdd not found problem. Thanks
July 4th, 2008 at 1:24 am
You are a genius
After a bit of tweaking…
and correcting a few typos…
It worked beautifully!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:34 am
@Greg what was the problem and how did you solve it? In case any others have the same problems
But glad you got it working
July 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am
@Rupert what tweaking did you need to do and what typos did you need to correct? If any of you guys have any suggestions for improving articles please let me know, you can email me directly: kode-at-lockstockmods.net change the -at- to the at sign of course