autounattend.xml

Posted: 10-10-2006, 11:37 AM

cpu

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I'm trying out the System Image Manager to create an answer file (and
ultimately install Vista completely unattended) but whenever I boot the
Vista DVD with the answer file on a USB stick I can't get past the disk
partition portion of the installation. It either says it couldn't create the
partition or the disk could not be found. My intention is to wipe the disk
clean and install Vista using the whole disk regardless of the size of the
disk or the existing data content.

Here is a snip of my autounattend.xml file. If anyone's got this working I'd
like to see what options you have specified:

<DiskConfiguration>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Size>20000</Size>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Extend>false</Extend>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>OS_Install</Label>
<Letter>C</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</OSImage>

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Kerry Brown

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Re: autounattend.xml

Posted: 10-10-2006, 02:17 PM

It may be a driver problem for the hard drive controller. When you do a
manual install on the same hardware do you have to add a driver for the
controller?

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

cpu wrote:

> I'm trying out the System Image Manager to create an answer file (and
> ultimately install Vista completely unattended) but whenever I boot
> the Vista DVD with the answer file on a USB stick I can't get past
> the disk partition portion of the installation. It either says it
> couldn't create the partition or the disk could not be found. My
> intention is to wipe the disk clean and install Vista using the whole
> disk regardless of the size of the disk or the existing data content.
>
> Here is a snip of my autounattend.xml file. If anyone's got this
> working I'd like to see what options you have specified:
>
> <DiskConfiguration>
> <Disk wcm:action="add">
> <CreatePartitions>
> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
> <Order>1</Order>
> <Size>20000</Size>
> <Type>Primary</Type>
> </CreatePartition>
> </CreatePartitions>
> <ModifyPartitions>
> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
> <Active>true</Active>
> <Extend>false</Extend>
> <Format>NTFS</Format>
> <Label>OS_Install</Label>
> <Letter>C</Letter>
> <Order>1</Order>
> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
> </ModifyPartition>
> </ModifyPartitions>
> <DiskID>0</DiskID>
> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
> </Disk>
> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
> </DiskConfiguration>
> <ImageInstall>
> <OSImage>
> <InstallTo>
> <DiskID>0</DiskID>
> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
> </InstallTo>
> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
> </OSImage>

Matt

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Autounattend.xml

Posted: 04-20-2007, 02:30 PM

Hi

I've got a autounattend.xml that works great, adds machine to domain etc set
up ready for gpo to take over. However, what I'd like to be able to do is
presever the name of the machine when vista goes on.

According to WSIM
microsoft-windows-deployment, auditcomputername - Name is the field if no
value is present then it "keeps the current machine name

I can't get this to work at all and end up with a randomly generated name
each time; auditcomputername only works in the auditsystem pass and when I
set for the audit to run via oobe/reseal it does go into audi mode but then
does nothing.

is there an easy way to keep the exisiting machine name?

regards Matt

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