NW Client 3.4 - unattend.txt -- can only be created/edited on W98 for W98

Question

FYI:
After spinning my wheels, trying to figure out why the ACU.EXE and
SETUP.EXE /ACU options wouldn't install with an UNATTEND.TXT, I dis-
covered the problem had to do with having created the file on a Win2K
system.
Unpacking the Novell Client 3.4 on my Windows 2000 professional
I mistakenly thought I could run the NCIMAN.EXE, for version 3.4,
create the UNATTEND.TXT file, and then use this with my install.
Unfortunately, NCIMAN.EXE senses what system you're on and saves the
UNATTEND.TXT file under whatever format is consistant with the O/S
you're working on. [There doesn't seem to be any way to tell NCIMAN
to save the configuration file for a different O/S.]
If, like myself, you miss this . . . the UNATTEND.TXT file will be created
(or saved after editing) under a Windows 2000 format--which won't run
on a Client 3.4 install. [You can verify the version it was saved under
by looking at the second line of the UNATTEND.TXT file . . . the one
that reads: "Novell_Client=" ("95" for Win95/98) or "NT" (for 2000 or
XP).]
'Hope this saves some others from similar grief . . .
Steve Conrad

Answer 1

[email protected] wrote:
> FYI:
>
> After spinning my wheels, trying to figure out why the ACU.EXE and
> SETUP.EXE /ACU options wouldn't install with an UNATTEND.TXT, I dis-
> covered the problem had to do with having created the file on a Win2K
> system.
>
> Unpacking the Novell Client 3.4 on my Windows 2000 professional
> I mistakenly thought I could run the NCIMAN.EXE, for version 3.4,
> create the UNATTEND.TXT file, and then use this with my install.
> Unfortunately, NCIMAN.EXE senses what system you're on and saves the
> UNATTEND.TXT file under whatever format is consistant with the O/S
> you're working on. [There doesn't seem to be any way to tell NCIMAN
> to save the configuration file for a different O/S.]
>
> If, like myself, you miss this . . . the UNATTEND.TXT file will be created
> (or saved after editing) under a Windows 2000 format--which won't run
> on a Client 3.4 install. [You can verify the version it was saved under
> by looking at the second line of the UNATTEND.TXT file . . . the one
> that reads: "Novell_Client=" ("95" for Win95/98) or "NT" (for 2000 or
> XP).]
>
> 'Hope this saves some others from similar grief . . .
>
> Steve Conrad
>
>
>
You can also run NCIMAN, Go to File -> New File, and choose the O/S of
choice. :-)