I have an answer file associated with a Windows image that resides on a WDS server and them a custom answer file that I pass to setup.exe for a more refined installation. If the custom answer file is passed to setup.exe then I want the answers in that to be processed and not the one on the server....This seems to be a problem for WDS.

I am installing Windows by calling setup.exe /unattend:{my.xml} but the answer file on the server always wins. If I disable the anser file on on the server then only the windowsPE section of my custom answer file is processed and nothing else.

I also noticed then when I PXE into WindowsPE, setup.exe seems to ignore the /InstallFrom parameter and heads straight for the WDS server regardless of what my answer file says.

Is there some way I can get this to process my answer file instead of the one on the server?

Thanks!!!

Go into the server properties and uncheck the box to use an unattend file. Alternatively, you can use a base unattend file for the server (WDSClientUnattend) and attach a separate unattend file to the install image. For reference:

Here is my WDSClientUnattend.xml
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=134633

Here is my unattend.xml (attached to the install image)
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...st&p=846753

NOTE: the second link, the unattend is invalid and did not work. I have a working version now.