Unattended Installation of Windows Server 2008
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Unattended installation as in previous versions of Windows Operating System and ofcourse on any other operating system is possible in Windows Server 2008.
To perform an unattended installation of Windows Server 2008,
1. Create a .xml file titled Unattend.xml by using a text editor like notepad or Windows System Image Manager. Click this link for a Sample Unattended.xml file
2. Copy the Unattend.xml file to a local drive or shared network drive.
3. Boot your computer to Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP.
4. Insert the media disk with the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 into your disk drive. If the auto-run Setup window appears, click Cancel.
5. At a command prompt, change to the drive that contains the installation media. Say (C:\)
6. Type the following command
setup /unattend:<path>\unattend.xml
where path is the path to your Unattend.xml file.
7. Allow Setup to complete.
This should do!
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Your link to the sample unattended file is broken. It looks like this:
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the link to “Sample Unattended.xml file” above does not work
What exactly is “the media disk with the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008″?
Is that the original MS Server 2008 DVD? If so, doesnt the install.wim file contain images of Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter, plus the Core versions of each.
How does the unattend.xml force Setup.exe to use the correct Core image?