Guest aja44 Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Hello, I am preping for the 292 and 296 exams and going back to read through Manasi's bible. Been working with server and AD for awhile, but some of these options I have never done and its got me confused. Hope someone can help. 1. When performing an unattended install, you just run the Setupmgr.exe and answer the questions as an Unattended install. I have done this for Sysprep when ghosting clients. Then changed the answer file to "winnt.sif" and copy it to a floppy. Put the Cd and floppy into the server and then hit space bar when prompted to boot from CD. Sound correct? 2. When slipstreaming SP2 into a distribution share install the book says I need to copy the I386 off the CD to a folder called I386. When I extract the SP with the -x switch I then place that on my C:\ drive in a folder called SP2. I then cd to c:\sp2\updates and run "update -s:d:\I386 and it says it completed. How can I tell that the original I386 I copied off the CD has been updated with the SP2 info? Is there a file or folder it creates? I see some file dates changed, not sure what to look for. I also do not have another server to test on right now. Now that I have slipped the SP2 into the I386, do I remove it from within the I386 folder and share it or do I leave it inside so it looks like C:\I386\I386? 3. When I perform a distribution share install, it mentions that I can create a folder called $OEM$ inside the I386 and place any/all text files for msiexec /i installs? So do I copy the msiexec.exe off a working server and place it as well as the text file I created with all the commands I would like to run or reg settings I would like to change? Is it better to place the actual *.msi file inside the shared I386 also and point my msiexec to it or keep it on another server share? Thanks
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