Hi Everyone,

I have very basic bootdisk which includes autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Once my PC boots with this disk then you are presented with 9 different choices (different NIC and Motherboard type) and user has to select one of them and it will load NIC driver.

Now I have used Pciscan.exe which will automatically detect the NIC and load the appropriate driver for that NIC and this option works right now.

Enough of the background, here is my question:

I want to add choice.com into that disk and make one of the option to be used as a default option, just in case if user does not hit enter key.

I don't know that how and where I can place the choice.com with proper syntax so that my bootdisk boots PC with highlighted option (that I want to be default selection) and after few seconds it will automatically execute that menu choice.

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

I recommend you put CHOICE.COM in the root along with AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. A simple execution of CHOICE /? will show you it's options. Basically you want something like:


Note: Choice responses are relative to 0.

BTW You can also create a menu in CONFIG.SYS without using CHOICE.COM. I use this CONFIG.SYS menu on one of my USB sticks;


You could set up something similar for your NICs. If no changes are needed in the CONFIG.SYS for the NICs the option choosen can be tested in the AUTOEXEC.BAT can by testing for the value of %config%. In my AUTOEXEC.BAT I have:



hth

Thanks for your help. I went with second choice which is modification of config.sys (menu default and timer) and tested and it works great.

One more quick question if you have used in your boot disk:

I am not sure if it is possible but I wanted ghost to be loaded automatically (this part works) up to that screen where it sits and ask for "GhostCast Session Name to Join"

Thanks,