unattended installation over the network?

[XXX]

Hi folks!

I've created an unattended script using the Windows SIM tool. I'd like to
use it to perform an unattended installation of Vista over the network. Much
like I do with Win2k/XP - boot with a network client and kickoff
installation by passing the unattended script to the setup routine. I've
tried booting with Windows PE, mapping to a share with the Vista DVD
content, but I can't run the setup.exe file from Windows PE. It seems like
setup.exe only works when launching from a full version of Windows. Surely
there is a way to accomplish what I want and I've overlooked it!?

Thanks!

-Fred.

 

[~Jean-Marc~ [MVP]]

Salut XXX,
tu nous disais :

I've created an unattended script using the Windows SIM tool. I'd
like to use it to perform an unattended installation of Vista over
the network. Much like I do with Win2k/XP - boot with a network
client and kickoff installation by passing the unattended script to
the setup routine. I've tried booting with Windows PE, mapping to a
share with the Vista DVD content, but I can't run the setup.exe file
from Windows PE. It seems like setup.exe only works when launching
from a full version of Windows. Surely there is a way to accomplish
what I want and I've overlooked it!?

Hi,

I'm currently playing with PXE boot and WinPE 2.0 and i can tell you
that all works fine : i'm able to launch a Vista install (unattend or not, with
setup.exe) and even a XP install (winnt32 with appropriate switchs) from
a network share.

Download WAIK and look at help files is the only advice i can tell you...
(be sure to have the latest WinPE, not an older version)

Bye