Go back
and make any necessary changes.
29. Choose File | Save Answer File.
30. Save this answer file to the WdsClientUnattend folder in your RemoteInstall
folder on your WDS server. You can give this any filename, but to make it
descriptive, call it server2008en.xml.
Hands-On Exercise: Attaching an Answer File to the
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Image
Now that you have created an answer file, you need to tell WDS to use that answer file
whenever installing Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.
1. Log in to your WDS server.
2. Expand your server in the WDS Management console.
3. Expand the Install Images folder in the WDS console.
4. Click the image group containing your Windows Server 2008 Base Image
(Figure 5-19).
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5. Right-click Windows Server 2008 Base Image and choose Properties.
6. On the General tab, check the Allow Image to Install in Unattend Mode
checkbox, as shown in Figure 5-20.
Figure 5-19. Selecting an image group
Figure 5-20. Allowing Windows Server 2008 to install in unattend mode
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7. Click the Select File button.
8. Enter the path or click Browse to select the unattend file you created in the
preceding exercise (Figure 5-21); then click OK.
9. Click OK in the Image Properties dialog box to save the changes.
You can now install Windows Server 2008 in unattend mode on a server by booting
it up using PXE, selecting your Windows Server 2008 Setup (x86) boot image, and then
selecting Windows Server 2008 Base Install from the list of available Install images.
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