Silent installation of Support Pac

[Ayman Altounji]

Does anyone know of any command line switches or any other way to installing any of the support pacs unattended. I've tried the /silent switch for each support pac file but that doesn't work for the teaming software. You still have to select install button. I've extracted the software and i'd like to be able to install the software without any intervention.

[Ayman Altounji]

here's how I do it:

Go to the CPQSUPSW \ NTCSP folder on the Smart Start CD. In that folder you will see two .cmd files. (On the SS 5.2 CD, they are BP000051.cmd and BP000052.cmd) One is the CSP for W2K and the other is the CSP for NT4. Edit them and look for the notes to identify which is which.
Running those .cmd files will run the CSP in silent mode. I sometimes REM out some lines if I don't want to waste time by attempting to install a package that i know is not needed. Your milage may vary.

In my unattend.txt, I use the [GUIRUNONCE] argument to fire off the .cmd file on first reboot.

[Ayman Altounji]

Could you please copy/paste the line you used in the unattend.txt file that will run the CSP via a silent install. I know you said you used the {guirunonce} command but would like to see the syntax.

[Ayman Altounji]

This is what it looks like in my unattend.txt:
[GuiRunOnce]
Command0=c:\cpqcsp.cmd

The syntax in the the cpqcsp.cmd is:
@echo off
cd c:\ntcsp\
BP000052.cmd

I put the files on the local disk during the build and then delete them after the build is complete.

For some good examples download the Compaq Smart Start Scripting Toolkit. www.compaq.com/manage It contains a sample unattend.txt that might be helpful. Also (and highly recommended) checkout the Microsoft Windows 2000 planning and deployment guide. www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/default.asp
That guide will give you everything you need to know about unattended installs.

hope this helps.