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iPxE Win 10 Unattended Install - burlingaaron - 2017-03-29 02:43
I am trying to figure out how to setup the Windows 10 CD to Install over the Network while additionally trying to use an unattend file to make it unattended.
I can make it work fine if I use a usb thumb drive on a regular computer
I have tried to make an iso that includes the autounattend.xml using Magic Iso and sanboot but the error i get is "Boot from SAN device 0x80 failed: Exec format error"
If I use the original Win 10 iso, sanboot works fine.
I have also tried to do it the other route in which I am not using an iso, but just loading in the actual files with a boot.php as follows:
#!ipxe
kernel wimboot
initrd bcd bcd
initrd boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd boot.wim boot.wim
boot
The problem is somehow I have to also:
run the setup.exe
have an unattend xml present
have the install.wim accessible as it contains the majority of the data for the install.
Obviously I could try to use WDS, but I was curious to see if there was an alternative way
RE: iPxE Win 10 Unattended Install - BlackDuck - 2017-04-13 13:20
Hi burligaaron,
the way is much longer to get it running. The meanproblem is to trigger the unattend.xml.
my way is that i boot a customized WinPE which mounts the Windows installfiles as a share and run from there the setup.exe with a parameter.
I am using dnsmask as dhcpProxy and tftpserver and apache for image upload and samba for service the winfiles. It took days for me to find out what is a working setup.