NOTE:
If you are adding a team or VLAN, run ImageX.exe afterwards to create the Intel.wim containing the team
or VLAN.
Deployment Methods
Boot using your WinPE 2.0 media and connect to the server containing your Windows Server 2008 installation share.
Run the command from the \\Server\WINPUSH prompt:
setup /unattend:<full path to answer file>
NOTE:
In the above procedure, setup runs the installation in unattended mode and also detects the plug and
play network adapters. All driver files are copied from the shared directory to the target system directories and
installation of the OS and Network Adapters continues without user intervention.
If you installed teams/VLANs as part of the unattended installation, view the results of the script execution in the out-
put.txt file. This file is in the same directory as the SavResDX.vbs file.
Microsoft Documentation for Unattended Installations of Windows Server
2008 and Windows Server 2012
For a complete description of the parameters supported in Unattend.XML visit support.microsoft.com to view the Win-
dows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) documentation.
Sample Unattend.XML file for Windows Server 2008
Add the following Components to the specified Configuration Pass:
Pass: 1 WindowsPE
Component:
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk\CreatePartitions\CreatePartition
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk\ModifyPartitions\ModifyPartition
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\InstallTo
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\ImageInstall\DataImage\InstallTo
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\ImageInstall\DataImage\InstallFrom
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData
Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE
Pass: 4 Specialize
Component:
Microsoft-Windows-Deployment\RunSynchronous\RunSynchronousCommand
Pass: 7 oobeSystem
Component:
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\OOBE
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\AutoLogon
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\FirstLogonCommands
Use the following values to populate the UNATTEND.XML:
[Microsoft-Windows-Setup\DiskConfiguration]
WillShowUI = OnError
[Microsoft-Windows-Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk]
DiskID = 0
WillWipeDisk = true (if false then only need to use modify section and adjust it to your system)