accessing the "reapair installation" option

you could create a menu driven cd with multiple configurations - one unattended and one standard and maybe another one. Don't know where I got the information from, here is just an idea/example (for german w2k) how to make it. You'll need mkisofs.exe and a hex-editor.

1. build a directory hierarchy like this:

-build-root
  -W2P_SP4_DE
    -I386
    - ... (all cd content goes here)
  -W2P_SP4_DE.sif
    -I__U
      -I386 (including all subdirectories but no files)
    -I_DU
      -I386 (including all subdirectories but no files)
    -I386

2. place a copy of TXTSETUP.SIF and WINNT.SIF in I__U, I_UD, I386 under W2P_SP4_DE.sif and remove them from W2P_SP4_DE\i386

3. modify those files under I__U and I_UD for unattended setups - I used the first directory for an unattended w2k setup and the second had extra drivers included, which did not work on all hardware -> setup just stopped without any comment/freeze/error. I386 contains the unmodified files

4. place a copy of SETUPLDR.BIN in I__U, I_UD

5. use a hex-editor on SETUPLDR.BIN in I__U & I_UD, search for i386 and replace with I__U or I_UD depending on the directory, there should be three occurencies of i386

6. take attached boot sector and extract to build-root

7. place a pathlist.txt in build-root with following content

/=W2P_SP4_DE/
/=W2P_SP4_DE.sif/
I__U/I386/=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/
I_UD/I386/=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/
w2k_multi.img=w2k_multi.img
I__U/1394BUS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/1394BUS.SY_
I__U/ABP480N5.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ABP480N5.SY_
I__U/ACPI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ACPI.SY_
I__U/ACPIEC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ACPIEC.SY_
I__U/ADPU160M.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ADPU160M.SY_
I__U/AHA154X.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AHA154X.SY_
I__U/AIC78U2.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AIC78U2.SY_
I__U/AIC78XX.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AIC78XX.SY_
I__U/AIC116X.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AIC116X.SY_
I__U/AMSINT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AMSINT.SY_
I__U/ASC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ASC.SY_
I__U/ASC3350P.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ASC3350P.SY_
I__U/ASC3550.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ASC3550.SY_
I__U/ATAPI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ATAPI.SY_
I__U/BIOSINFO.INF=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/BIOSINFO.INF
I__U/BOOTVID.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/BOOTVID.DL_
I__U/BUSLOGIC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/BUSLOGIC.SY_
I__U/CD20XRNT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CD20XRNT.SY_
I__U/CDFS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CDFS.SY_
I__U/CDROM.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CDROM.SY_
I__U/CLASS2.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CLASS2.SY_
I__U/CLASSPNP.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CLASSPNP.SY_
I__U/CPQARRAY.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQARRAY.SY_
I__U/CPQARRY2.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQARRY2.SY_
I__U/CPQFCALM.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQFCALM.SY_
I__U/CPQFWS2E.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQFWS2E.SY_
I__U/C_850.NL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/C_850.NL_
I__U/C_1252.NL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/C_1252.NL_
I__U/DAC960NT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DAC960NT.SY_
I__U/DISK.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DISK.SY_
I__U/DMBOOT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DMBOOT.SY_
I__U/DMIO.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DMIO.SY_
I__U/DMLOAD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DMLOAD.SY_
I__U/FASTFAT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FASTFAT.SY_
I__U/FD16_700.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FD16_700.SY_
I__U/FDC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FDC.SY_
I__U/FIREPORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FIREPORT.SY_
I__U/FLASHPNT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FLASHPNT.SY_
I__U/FLPYDISK.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FLPYDISK.SY_
I__U/FTDISK.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FTDISK.SY_
I__U/HAL.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HAL.DL_
I__U/HALAACPI.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HALAACPI.DL_
I__U/HALACPI.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HALACPI.DL_
I__U/HALAPIC.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HALAPIC.DL_
I__U/HIDCLASS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HIDCLASS.SY_
I__U/HIDPARSE.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HIDPARSE.SY_
I__U/HIDUSB.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HIDUSB.SY_
I__U/I8042PRT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/I8042PRT.SY_
I__U/INI910U.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/INI910U.SY_
I__U/INTELIDE.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/INTELIDE.SY_
I__U/IPSRAIDN.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/IPSRAIDN.SY_
I__U/ISAPNP.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ISAPNP.SY_
I__U/KBDCLASS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/KBDCLASS.SY_
I__U/KBDGR.DLL=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/KBDGR.DLL
I__U/KBDHID.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/KBDHID.SY_
I__U/LBRTFDC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/LBRTFDC.SY_
I__U/LP6NDS35.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/LP6NDS35.SY_
I__U/L_INTL.NL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/L_INTL.NL_
I__U/MOUNTMGR.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/MOUNTMGR.SY_
I__U/MRAID35X.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/MRAID35X.SY_
I__U/NCRC710.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NCRC710.SY_
I__U/NTDETECT.COM=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NTDETECT.COM
I__U/NTFS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NTFS.SY_
I__U/NTKRNLMP.EX_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NTKRNLMP.EX_
I__U/OHCI1394.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/OHCI1394.SY_
I__U/OPENHCI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/OPENHCI.SY_
I__U/PARTMGR.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PARTMGR.SY_
I__U/PCI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCI.SY_
I__U/PCIIDE.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCIIDE.SY_
I__U/PCIIDEX.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCIIDEX.SY_
I__U/PCMCIA.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCMCIA.SY_
I__U/QL10WNT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL10WNT.SY_
I__U/QL1080.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL1080.SY_
I__U/QL1240.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL1240.SY_
I__U/QL2100.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL2100.SY_
I__U/SBP2PORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SBP2PORT.SY_
I__U/SCSIPORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SCSIPORT.SY_
I__U/SERENUM.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SERENUM.SY_
I__U/SERIAL.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SERIAL.SY_
I__U/SETUPDD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SETUPDD.SY_
I__U/SETUPREG.HIV=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SETUPREG.HIV
I__U/SFLOPPY.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SFLOPPY.SY_
I__U/SPARROW.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SPARROW.SY_
I__U/SPCMDCON.SYS=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SPCMDCON.SYS
I__U/SPDDLANG.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SPDDLANG.SY_
I__U/SYMC8XX.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYMC8XX.SY_
I__U/SYMC810.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYMC810.SY_
I__U/SYM_HI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYM_HI.SY_
I__U/TFFSPORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/TFFSPORT.SY_
I__U/UHCD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/UHCD.SY_
I__U/ULTRA66.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ULTRA66.SY_
I__U/USBD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/USBD.SY_
I__U/USBHUB.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/USBHUB.SY_
I__U/USBSTOR.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/USBSTOR.SY_
I__U/VGA.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/VGA.SY_
I__U/VGA850.FO_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/VGA850.FO_
I__U/VIDEOPRT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/VIDEOPRT.SY_
I__U/WMILIB.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/WMILIB.SY_
I__U/SYSTEM32/NTDLL.DLL=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYSTEM32/NTDLL.DLL
I__U/SYSTEM32/SMSS.EXE=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYSTEM32/SMSS.EXE
I_UD/1394BUS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/1394BUS.SY_
I_UD/ABP480N5.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ABP480N5.SY_
I_UD/ACPI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ACPI.SY_
I_UD/ACPIEC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ACPIEC.SY_
I_UD/ADPU160M.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ADPU160M.SY_
I_UD/AHA154X.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AHA154X.SY_
I_UD/AIC78U2.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AIC78U2.SY_
I_UD/AIC78XX.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AIC78XX.SY_
I_UD/AIC116X.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AIC116X.SY_
I_UD/AMSINT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/AMSINT.SY_
I_UD/ASC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ASC.SY_
I_UD/ASC3350P.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ASC3350P.SY_
I_UD/ASC3550.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ASC3550.SY_
I_UD/ATAPI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ATAPI.SY_
I_UD/BIOSINFO.INF=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/BIOSINFO.INF
I_UD/BOOTVID.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/BOOTVID.DL_
I_UD/BUSLOGIC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/BUSLOGIC.SY_
I_UD/CD20XRNT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CD20XRNT.SY_
I_UD/CDFS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CDFS.SY_
I_UD/CDROM.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CDROM.SY_
I_UD/CLASS2.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CLASS2.SY_
I_UD/CLASSPNP.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CLASSPNP.SY_
I_UD/CPQARRAY.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQARRAY.SY_
I_UD/CPQARRY2.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQARRY2.SY_
I_UD/CPQFCALM.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQFCALM.SY_
I_UD/CPQFWS2E.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/CPQFWS2E.SY_
I_UD/C_850.NL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/C_850.NL_
I_UD/C_1252.NL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/C_1252.NL_
I_UD/DAC960NT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DAC960NT.SY_
I_UD/DISK.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DISK.SY_
I_UD/DMBOOT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DMBOOT.SY_
I_UD/DMIO.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DMIO.SY_
I_UD/DMLOAD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/DMLOAD.SY_
I_UD/FASTFAT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FASTFAT.SY_
I_UD/FD16_700.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FD16_700.SY_
I_UD/FDC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FDC.SY_
I_UD/FIREPORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FIREPORT.SY_
I_UD/FLASHPNT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FLASHPNT.SY_
I_UD/FLPYDISK.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FLPYDISK.SY_
I_UD/FTDISK.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/FTDISK.SY_
I_UD/HAL.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HAL.DL_
I_UD/HALAACPI.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HALAACPI.DL_
I_UD/HALACPI.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HALACPI.DL_
I_UD/HALAPIC.DL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HALAPIC.DL_
I_UD/HIDCLASS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HIDCLASS.SY_
I_UD/HIDPARSE.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HIDPARSE.SY_
I_UD/HIDUSB.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/HIDUSB.SY_
I_UD/I8042PRT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/I8042PRT.SY_
I_UD/INI910U.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/INI910U.SY_
I_UD/INTELIDE.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/INTELIDE.SY_
I_UD/IPSRAIDN.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/IPSRAIDN.SY_
I_UD/ISAPNP.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ISAPNP.SY_
I_UD/KBDCLASS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/KBDCLASS.SY_
I_UD/KBDGR.DLL=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/KBDGR.DLL
I_UD/KBDHID.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/KBDHID.SY_
I_UD/LBRTFDC.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/LBRTFDC.SY_
I_UD/LP6NDS35.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/LP6NDS35.SY_
I_UD/L_INTL.NL_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/L_INTL.NL_
I_UD/MOUNTMGR.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/MOUNTMGR.SY_
I_UD/MRAID35X.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/MRAID35X.SY_
I_UD/NCRC710.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NCRC710.SY_
I_UD/NTDETECT.COM=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NTDETECT.COM
I_UD/NTFS.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NTFS.SY_
I_UD/NTKRNLMP.EX_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/NTKRNLMP.EX_
I_UD/OHCI1394.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/OHCI1394.SY_
I_UD/OPENHCI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/OPENHCI.SY_
I_UD/PARTMGR.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PARTMGR.SY_
I_UD/PCI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCI.SY_
I_UD/PCIIDE.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCIIDE.SY_
I_UD/PCIIDEX.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCIIDEX.SY_
I_UD/PCMCIA.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/PCMCIA.SY_
I_UD/QL10WNT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL10WNT.SY_
I_UD/QL1080.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL1080.SY_
I_UD/QL1240.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL1240.SY_
I_UD/QL2100.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/QL2100.SY_
I_UD/SBP2PORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SBP2PORT.SY_
I_UD/SCSIPORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SCSIPORT.SY_
I_UD/SERENUM.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SERENUM.SY_
I_UD/SERIAL.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SERIAL.SY_
I_UD/SETUPDD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SETUPDD.SY_
I_UD/SETUPREG.HIV=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SETUPREG.HIV
I_UD/SFLOPPY.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SFLOPPY.SY_
I_UD/SPARROW.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SPARROW.SY_
I_UD/SPCMDCON.SYS=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SPCMDCON.SYS
I_UD/SPDDLANG.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SPDDLANG.SY_
I_UD/SYMC8XX.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYMC8XX.SY_
I_UD/SYMC810.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYMC810.SY_
I_UD/SYM_HI.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYM_HI.SY_
I_UD/TFFSPORT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/TFFSPORT.SY_
I_UD/UHCD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/UHCD.SY_
I_UD/ULTRA66.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/ULTRA66.SY_
I_UD/USBD.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/USBD.SY_
I_UD/USBHUB.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/USBHUB.SY_
I_UD/USBSTOR.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/USBSTOR.SY_
I_UD/VGA.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/VGA.SY_
I_UD/VGA850.FO_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/VGA850.FO_
I_UD/VIDEOPRT.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/VIDEOPRT.SY_
I_UD/WMILIB.SY_=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/WMILIB.SY_
I_UD/SYSTEM32/NTDLL.DLL=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYSTEM32/NTDLL.DLL
I_UD/SYSTEM32/SMSS.EXE=W2P_SP4_DE/I386/SYSTEM32/SMSS.EXE

8. use following command line in build-root to create your iso:

mkisofs.exe -graft-points -cache-inodes -iso-level 1 -N -D -no-iso-translate -relaxed-filenames -b w2k_multi.img -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -hide w2k_multi.img -hide boot.catalog -volid "W2P_SP4_DE" -path-list pathlist.txt -o W2P_SP4_DE.ISO

That's all (I hope I havn't forgaotten anything). To modify the boot menu hex edit 'w2k_multi.img'. Only two menu options are possible with the right edits - just try it

hope that helps to get an idea, worked perfect for me and I never needed a floppy with unmodified winnt.sif on it again ...

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