XP uses am unattended.txt file, which is more akin (but still a far
cry from) a kickstart file.

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Eamonn Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It is possible to add an unattend.xml file to the root of a vista iso. The
> installer will look for this file for an unattended installation. Not sure
> if this will work for XP, but it should be possible to do some sort of a
> custom sysprep.
>
> Eamonn
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Michael DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Perry mentioned this
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89&DisplayLang=en
>> as a way to "kickstart" Windows guests that works better across
>> different releases of Windows than the unattended.txt files.
>>
>> Would someone mind taking a look at this and seeing what the reality of
>> installation is to modify an ISO image to make it "fully automatically
>> installable"?   If it is possible for a user to generate an ISO and we
>> have instructions for using it with "cobbler image add" I think this
>> feature is set.
>>
>> However, if this requires a extra server or something, we have more work
>> to do -- such as figuring out how to talk to it over the network.    In
>> that scenario, looking at more direct integration with the
>> unattended.net stuff may be a better route.   I'm willing to do this but
>> would prefer if we can just treat it as any other OS image.   That may
>> not be the case.
>>
>> --Michael
>>
>>
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