Hi,

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Allan Stones wrote:

> I know this goes against the unattended network install, but would there
> ever be any consideration to include an option to say 'ghost' an install
> of the install of windows and then start the unattended install from
> there. By that i mean if we just had a basic image that has all the
> files already copied and ready to move onto the GUI part of the
> installation to increase the speed of the install. Its just a thought as
> i beleive there hasnt really tbeen any machine specific stuff setup at
> that point.
>
> Please correct me if im wrong :)
>

this scenario can lead to problems with HAL, the hardware abstration
layer, especially with laptops. The first phase decides which HAL will be
installed. I think your scenario is practically equal to using sysprep,
which is faster.

Regards

Stefan Kell



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