[MagellanTX]

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!!!

[Tripredacus]

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/...howtopic=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.