I would guess the gigabit box is overwhelming the PC and triggering a bug in the MSCLIENT TCP/IP stack.
At least one other person got Unattended working from CD-ROM, but I am not sure if he is on the mailing list. If you find yourself making changes which are still compatible with the network-based install, I would be glad to add them to the stock distribution. Now to change the subject :-). There is a more radical option which I have been seriously considering for a while. We could ditch the DOS boot disk and use Linux instead. Pros: Linux has a real network stack, so problems like yours could be avoided. Linux can partition the hard drive without needing to reboot. Under Linux, we *might* be able to create and populate a native NTFS partition, avoiding the FAT -> NTFS conversion step. I am told this step leaves the disk badly fragmented, especially the OS files. Linux is just cool. Cons: Since Linux is a protected mode OS, we have no universal drivers for the NIC or the disk controller. So we would need a good way to add network, SCSI, and RAID drivers. Using Linux is arguably more complex, and scarier for Windows types. For an idea of what I am thinking, see what these folks have done: https://penguin.ucs.ed.ac.uk/dstwiki/index.php/BootOptions I think they are using imaging, though. I am envisioning running winnt.exe under dosemu, or maybe just copying the files directly to the hard drive and booting from there... Thoughts? - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
