Unattended Install Does Not Stop After Text Mode

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q143473
   TITLE     : 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.