[NadlyJ]

Hi, I'm trying to automate a windows 2008 server deployment, and so far everything is working including computer name, admin password, even custom post-install commands. Major kudos to the Windows System Image Manager!

I'm only stuck on one thing, the media I have has installs for Datacenter, Enterprise, and Standard. So when setup gets to that point it pops up a dialog saying

Select the Operating System you want to install.

Windows 2008 server standard - full installation
Windows 2008 server enterprise - full installation
Windows 2008 server datacenter - full installation
Windows 2008 server standard - core installation
Windows 2008 server enterprise - core installation
Windows 2008 server datacenter - core installation

Does anyone know how to automate this OS selection?

[EDIT]

I checked out the answer in http://www.msfn.org/board/hide-Select-oper...og-t113208.html, but to no avail. My currnt setting is:

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/install.wim#Windows Longhorn SERVERSTANDARD" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

:'-(
Thanks!!

-Nad

This post has been edited by NadlyJ: 27 February 2008 - 07:31 PM

[ozdave]

Hi, did you ever get a solution to this?

I am getting the same issue but getting a choice between

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Server Core Installation)

Have tried the above as well but to no avail.

Thanks for your help

[newuzer]

I got the "Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation)" option to work unattended with this <InstallFrom> section added to my XML file:

<ImageInstall>
				<OSImage>
					<InstallFrom>
						<MetaData wcm:action="add">
							<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
							<Value>Windows Longhorn SERVERENTERPRISE</Value>
						</MetaData>
					</InstallFrom>
				</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>

The "Windows Longhorn SERVERENTERPRISE" value is the same value WAIK created at the bottom of the unattended.xml file:

	<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:<path>/install.wim#Windows Longhorn SERVERENTERPRISE" xmln
s:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

Hope it helps.

This post has been edited by newuzer: 14 March 2008 - 07:39 AM

[ozdave]

Hi thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it didnt work for me

Maybe its my media? I wouldnt have thought so but i'll try another distribution (msdn or vl)

[NadlyJ]

ozdave, on Mar 18 2008, 01:36 AM, said:

Hi thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it didnt work for me

Maybe its my media? I wouldnt have thought so but i'll try another distribution (msdn or vl)

The only way I've been able to get it to work is by ripping out all non-needed images from the install.wim image. To do that:

locate the image you want and get a list of available OS:

imagex /info path\to\install.wim

all the images will be indexed. In this case "Windows Longhorn
SERVERSTANDARD" was #1

to extract #1:

imagex /export C:\install.wim 1 \install2.wim "wtflol"

then replace \sources\install.wim with the newly created .wim file


Enjoy!