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Unattended Vista through WDS / Driverpaths


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I have successfully installed Windows Vista on a machine with Windows Deployment Services

with an xml answerfile....i dont understand the additional drivers, how to add them /specify them.

I added a driverpath in the answerfile like this example:

<PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1">

<Path>\\myshare\driverpath</Path>

<Credentials>

<Domain>UserDomain</Domain>

<Username>UserName</Username>

<Password>UserPassword</Password>

</Credentials>

</PathAndCredentials>

I filled in the credentials, and tested if the share works....still during

installation i get an error that it cannot connect to the share and locate the drivers...

shouldnt it be \\SERVER\SHARE\driverpath instead of \\MYSHARE\driverpath ???

because it needs to know the server right or does it default use the WDS/RIS server ?

Im confused...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<DiskConfiguration>

<Disk wcm:action="add">

<ModifyPartitions>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Active>true</Active>

<Extend>false</Extend>

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Label>VISTA</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>

</ImageInstall>

<UserData>

<ProductKey>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

<Key><edited></Key>

</ProductKey>

<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>

<FullName>HOMEUSER</FullName>

<Organization>HOMEORG</Organization>

</UserData>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<DriverPaths>

<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">

<Credentials>

<Domain>domain</Domain>

<Password>password</Password>

<Username>admin</Username>

</Credentials>

<Path>\\rdm1\reminst\alldrivers</Path>

</PathAndCredentials>

</DriverPaths>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<OOBE>

<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>

<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>

<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>

</OOBE>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="specialize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Identification>

<Credentials>

<Domain>domain</Domain>

<Password>password</Password>

<Username>admin</Username>

</Credentials>

<JoinDomain>domain</JoinDomain>

</Identification>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="offlineServicing">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<DriverPaths>

<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">

<Credentials>

<Domain>domain</Domain>

<Password>password</Password>

<Username>admin</Username>

</Credentials>

<Path>\\rdm1\reminst\alldrivers</Path>

</PathAndCredentials>

</DriverPaths>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:w:/winpe/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

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i will write down the error soon..

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

</unattend>

This is the image unattend, what did you use for the WDSClientUnattend.xml?

Or perhaps I am misinterpreting the wds/workbench/SIM documentation and the image setup unattend config will over ride the WDS unattend?

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