Deploying Windows XP with WDS

[cjoyce1980]

Hi

I've been successful in sysprep a window xp image to a "WIM" file. I've also uploaded to my WDS server. I've tested the image and i can bring it down successfully, but during sysprep it remove all the useful stuff like, domain join, product key, etc....

I've tried to give it an XML file, and a SIF file to do the unattended install through the WDS console, but it will not have it.

Any ideas on how i can get WDS to perform a unattended install with Windows XP, or am i stuck with RIS?

Thanks

[Br4tt3]

Nope, u can do it.... first of all, check out BDD 2007. It is working sweet for creating xp/2003 images that can be deployed using for example WDS. However, vista .wim images uses the .xml format as the native answer file format. For xp or 2003, u would perform an unattended installation, then run sysprep before capturing the image into a wim format. The file that u wanna use to automate sysprep's behaviour is named: sysprep.inf and must always be located in the c:\sysprep directory when creating ur reference image. More or less, create and modify a sysprep.inf until it suits ur needs, place it in the c:\sysprep dir prior to running the actual sysprep.exe command. Then the image will act on those settings once u deploy it....

gl...

[cjoyce1980]

So let me get this right.

Create a windows installation that i would like to sysprep.

Create a SYSPREP directory on C:\

Create an SYSPREP.INF unattend file

Put SYSPREP.INF in the SYSPREP directory

SYSPREP my install

Deploy it with WDS

[cluberti]

Exactly.

[cjoyce1980]

no joy, this is my sysprep.inf file, what am i doing wrong?

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
	OemSkipEula=Yes

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=4e88f05456ee758d48d7645cd4e30c86921b55d9183e95b3cd72aa95e602a590
	EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=85
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
	FullName="Name"
	OrgName="Org"
	ComputerName=*

[Display]
	BitsPerPel=32
	Xresolution=1024
	YResolution=768

[RegionalSettings]
	LanguageGroup=1
	SystemLocale=00000809
	UserLocale=00000809
	InputLocale=0809:00000809

[SetupMgr]
	DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
	DistShare=whistlerdist

[Identification]
	JoinDomain=domain
	DomainAdmin=user
	DomainAdminPassword=password

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[sysprepcleanup]

[cluberti]

What exactly is failing?

[cjoyce1980]

nailed it now. full deployment.

used the following commands

sysprep -bmsd

sysprep -clean

sysprep -reseal -mini -pnp -forceshutdown

then used WDS capture wizard to upload my WinXP.WIM file to WDS

[cjoyce1980]

I want to add third party drivers, how do i modify the sysprep.inf and where do i put them within the image?

[columbia100]

Hello all !

Prompt please.

I have made image Windows XP SP2 in xpsp2.wim a file, further I imported this file on WDS a server, but at loading through RIS, PXE does not see this image and Not install, prompt, that I do not so?

In advance thanks!

Forgive for my English

[cjoyce1980]

you have to use Windows Deployment Services to deploy WIM files. RIS will only deploy riprep install images.

[columbia100]

you have to use Windows Deployment Services to deploy WIM files. RIS will only deploy riprep install images.

I have established{installed} Windows XP SP2, further have processed installation by means of Sysprep. It was then loaded from disk Vista WinPe2.0 and has made an image of system by means of ImageX. xpsp2.wim I have placed the received file in WDS in folder Install. I so understand to me it is necessary, something to place in folder Boot? To see my image. And install him.

Edited February 22, 2007 by columbia100