Hi
I am planning to deploy WDS Lite Touch Installation with Answer file xml though I am having errors on Disk Configuration Area (Format Partition, Create Partitions (System Reserved, OS Partition) It seems like there are some invalid entries in My answer file. I have copied <Disk Configuration> to <WindowsDeploymentServices> below:
<DiskConfiguration> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <Disk> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
<CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition> <!-- Create the system partition --> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type>
<Size>100</Size> </CreatePartition> <!-- Create the Windows partition --> <CreatePartition> <Order>2</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <!-- Modify the system partition -->
<ModifyPartition> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>System</Label>
<Active>true</Active> </ModifyPartition> <!-- Modify the Windows partition --> <ModifyPartition> <Order>2</Order>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>Windows</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> </ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions> </Disk> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage><InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall>
<WindowsDeploymentServices> <ImageSelection> <InstallImage> <Filename>Win7x86_9-07-2013wim</Filename> <ImageGroup>Windows7x86</ImageGroup> <ImageName>Win7x86_9-07-2013</ImageName> </InstallImage><InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </ImageSelection> <Login> <Credentials> <Domain>contoso.com</Domain> <Password>Password1</Password> <Username>WDSadmin</Username></Credentials> </Login></WindowsDeploymentServices>
The above part of unattend.xml file is set to WDS Server - Property - Client - 'Enable unattend installation x86 Architecture as well as Windows Install Image - Property of the wim file 'Allw image to install in unattended mode'
though, the installation still wait user inputs for
'Select the Operating System you want to install'
'Where do you want to install Windows' - Here, I can see 2 partitions created
Disk0 Partition 100MB (Total Size) 100MB (Free Space) Primary (Type)
Disk0 Unallocated Space 29.9GB
and when I click to install message prompts "Windows could not prepare the partition selected for installation..
I have been searching the problem and modified a couple of times though still not able to solve the problems.
I would really appreciate any suggestions and recommendations.
kind regards,
