You can specify which response file you want to be used during a server installation or upgrade in either of two ways:
You can also use CD Boot instead of specifying a response file name.
Copy the response file to a diskette, hard disk, or network directory accessible by the server that you are installing NetWare on.
Insert NetWare 6.5 SP5 CD 1 (Operating System) into the server’s CD drive and boot the computer.
Press any key before the installation program begins, press P, then enter the path to the response file using this syntax:
[inst: /rf=DOS_path\response_file_name]
Replace DOS_path with the path to the response file and response_file_name with the name of the response file. For example, if the response file is named response.txt and it is located on a diskette, you would enter
[inst: /rf=a:\response.rsp]
Continue with the rest of the server installation.
Copy the response file to a diskette, hard disk, or network directory accessible by the PC that you are installing NetWare on.
Insert NetWare 6.5 SP5 CD 1 (Operating System) into the CD drive and reboot the machine to start the server installation.
On the Welcome to the NetWare 6.5 Server Installation screen (the first screen after the JReport Runtime License Agreement screen), press F3 for the response file window.
Type the path for the response file, then press Enter.
Continue with the rest of the server installation.
Some installers prefer not to have to specify a response file name either at the server console or during the NetWare install program. They want to simply insert NetWare 6.5 SP5 CD 1 (Operating System), boot the machine, and have the installation program proceed on its own.
To make this work, name your response file response.txt and copy it to a directory named c:\nwupdate on the server’s hard drive. When the machine boots with the NetWare CD, the startup utility checks for a response.txt file in the c:\nwupdate directory. If such a file exists, the installation program bypasses the DOS partitioning utility (using the default partition size) and uses response.txt as the input response file for the rest of the installation.