Unattended Install Does Not Stop After Text Mode

ID: Q172522

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you use NoWaitAfterTextMode = 0 in the [Unattend] section of your Unattend.txt file to stop the installation after text mode, the installation may not stop.


CAUSE

This happens when the Unattend.txt file contains the entry: 


[unattend]
FileSystem = ConvertNTFS

This entry causes the computer to restart in order to complete the conversion of the file system to NTFS.


WORKAROUND

Create a 500 MB partition and place the entry ExtendOEMPartition = 1 in the Unattend.txt file.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q143473 Unattended Setup Stops Unexpectedly


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information on Windows NT 4.0 deployment/unattended installation consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:

http://www.microsoft.com/kb
Download the Windows NT 4.0 Deployment Guide from:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation.
NOTE: The Deployment Guide is valid for both Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: reboot unattend installation 


Keywords          : kbsetup kbbug4.00 ntsetup NTSrvWkst 
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: February 25, 1999