txt is your answer file for dcpromo. If it??™s in a different
location, enter the path to that file.
This may seem straightforward, but you??™re probably wondering how to format an
unattend.txt file for dcpromo. The dcpromo that??™s built into Windows Server 2008 is for
the most part the same as that built into Windows Server 2003 with some newly supported
features. They??™re similar enough that you can use the unattend.txt files for Windows
Server 2003 on Windows Server 2008. See Figure 2-6 for a sample unattend.txt file. The
unattend.txt file supports many more options than what are shown in the sample file.
You need to specify only those options that you want to use. The sample in Figure 2-6 is
the unattend.txt file I used to join my Server Core installation to my existing Windows
Server 2008 domain called testlab.local.
Everything you can do in the graphical version of dcpromo can be done through an
unattended installation. Table 2-2 lists all the possible parameters you can use in your
unattend.txt file to install and configure a domain controller. If a parameter is not applicable
to your installation, you don??™t need to include it in your answer file. For example,
you don??™t need to enter parameters relating to domain controller demotion when you are
promoting a standalone server to a domain controller role.
Figure 2-6. Sample unattend.txt file for dcpromo
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