Re: [Unattended-Dev] Time to think on Win7

shouldbe q931 <[email protected]> Sat, 3 Nov 2012 20:39:54 +0000
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On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Chris McClimans <[email protected]
> wrote:

> I have something similar to unattended working at hh.github.com.
> It starts from ISO and ends up with a working system.
> (internally it creates a floppy image containing the
> Autounattended.xml, and boots the iso)
> I think it would be interesting to use the built in pxe and
> install.wim files on  the windows 7 isos.
>
> https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch
> https://github.com/hh/veewee/tree/master/templates
>
> The interesting bits are in the definiton.rb files:
>
>
> https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch/blob/master/definitions/windows-2008R2-serverstandard-amd64-winrm/definition.rb
>
> https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch/blob/master/definitions/windows-7-enterprise-amd64-winrm/definition.rb
>
> I'm thinking about templating the xmls out via erb.
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have to create/modify the unattended xml by hand every time - it has my
> > computer name, domain, etc, as well as the main unattended bat file tor
> run.
> > I also create a user-pc specific .bat file that contains all of the todos
> > for the user and pc type.
>
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I just use WDS with pre-staged computer accounts and and
an unattended.xml that does an apps-only install...

Granted there is nothing like the granularity of unattended for XP :-(

Cheers

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On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Chris McClimans <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">unattended@hipp=
iehacker.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have something similar to unattended worki=
ng at <a href=3D"http://hh.github.com" target=3D"_blank">hh.github.com</a>.=
<br>

It starts from ISO and ends up with a working system.<br>
(internally it creates a floppy image containing the<br>
Autounattended.xml, and boots the iso)<br>
I think it would be interesting to use the built in pxe and<br>
install.wim files on =A0the windows 7 isos.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch" target=3D"_blank">htt=
ps://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch</a><br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/hh/veewee/tree/master/templates" target=3D"_b=
lank">https://github.com/hh/veewee/tree/master/templates</a><br>
<br>
The interesting bits are in the definiton.rb files:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch/blob/master/definition=
s/windows-2008R2-serverstandard-amd64-winrm/definition.rb" target=3D"_blank=
">https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch/blob/master/definitions/windows=
-2008R2-serverstandard-amd64-winrm/definition.rb</a><br>

<a href=3D"https://github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch/blob/master/definition=
s/windows-7-enterprise-amd64-winrm/definition.rb" target=3D"_blank">https:/=
/github.com/hh/windows-fromscratch/blob/master/definitions/windows-7-enterp=
rise-amd64-winrm/definition.rb</a><br>

<br>
I&#39;m thinking about templating the xmls out via erb.<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Doug &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
m">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; I have to create/modify the unattended xml by hand every time - it has=
 my<br>
&gt; computer name, domain, etc, as well as the main unattended bat file to=
r run.<br>
&gt; I also create a user-pc specific .bat file that contains all of the to=
dos<br>
&gt; for the user and pc type.<br>
<br>
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div class=3D"gmail_extra">I just use WDS with pre-staged computer accounts =
and and an=A0unattended.xml=A0that does an apps-only install...</div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Granted there is nothing like the gran=
ularity of unattended for XP :-(</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div>=
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