Scripted Install Summary; Scripted Install For Windows Vista And 2008 Server - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Scripted install for Windows Vista and 2008 server

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Scripted install summary

View a summary of the selected options for the scripted install. Click Back to change
any of these settings or click Finish to complete the Scripted Install task. Click Next to
set up return codes. See
See also Scripted install for Windows
The Scripted OS install for Windows Vista and Windows 2008 Server provides a wizard
to help set up Vista and Windows 2008 Server installation files and run sample jobs.
Follow the steps in the wizard to identify the type of scripted install as Vista or Windows
2008 Server. You can gather all the files for Vista or Windows 2008 Server for the job,
but the server does not build any answer file. Instead, you are asked for the location of
the answer file. Also, a sample answer file is provided.
To perform a scripted install for Windows Vista and 2008 server
1. On the Scripted Operating System Installation page of the Scripted OS Install
dialog, select the following options:
Windows Vista or Windows 2008 Server as the operating system
Operating system language
Automation pre-boot environment
Note
Deployment Solution supports only WinPE environments.
Click Next.
2. From the Select or add new OS source files drop-down list on the Installation
Source Files page of the Scripted OS Install dialog, select Vista or Windows 2008
Server.
3. (Optional) You can select the required option from the Select or add new service
pack source files drop-down list. Click Next.
4. Select the Select a DOS disk image\Diskpart tool option on the Partition and
Format Disk page of the Scripted OS Install dialog to partition and format the
disk. Click Next.
Note
You can select the Continue without selecting DOS image\Diskpart Tool
option to partition and format the hard disk using your own scripts and setup
utilities.
5. On the Scripted Operating System Installation page of the Scripted OS Install
dialog, browse to select the path of the unattended .XML file.
6. On the Scripted OS Install Commands page of the Scripted OS Install dialog,
set the command-line options for the cmdlines.txt files and enter the Additional
commands in the cmdlines.txt file. (See
install on page 173.) Click Finish. The job
Setting up return codes on page 193.
on page 169.
Command-line switches for scripted
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