Unattended Vista: Q & A

[Orsi]

This topic is intended to cover everything we know about Vista´s unattended setup.

I´ll post questions, include all answers provided.

• Where can I download Windows Automated Installation Kit?
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en
  
• What´s inside install.wim file?
  
• How must be named the previously called winnt.sif?
  Autounattend.xml
  
• Where to put it in the unattended distribution image?
  
• Is there some way to make Vista automacally create partitions? How?
  
• How to build a Vista 32bits iso?
  neo > Download oscdimg command and copy this into C:\Windows\system32\
  the use the command-line parameters to build bootable ISO of VISTA
  oscdimg -bd:\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lVISTA_EN_DVD D:\Vista\ C:\VISTA_EN.iso
  Download oscdimg
  
• How to build a Vista 64bits iso?
  

Edited February 7, 2007 by Orsi

[neo]

How to build a Vista iso?

Download oscdimg command and copy this into C:\Windows\system32\

the use the command-line parameters to build bootable ISO of VISTA

oscdimg -bd:\Vista\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lVISTA_EN_DVD D:\Vista\ C:\VISTA_EN.iso

Download oscdimg

[Orsi]

two questions:

what´s the x64 boot file?

This is my Autounattend.xml file. It´s on Vista DVD root but Vista ignores totally... what´s wrong with it?

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

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

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<InputLocale>0416:00000416</InputLocale>

<SystemLocale>PT-BR</SystemLocale>

<UserLocale>PT-BR</UserLocale>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<UserData>

<ProductKey>

<Key>*******************</Key>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

</ProductKey>

<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>

<FullName>name</FullName>

<Organization>Final FX</Organization>

</UserData>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/download/incoming/vista%20x64%20retail/lrmcxfre_en_dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

Edited February 7, 2007 by Orsi