Unattended Server 2003 R2
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Requirements
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Disk 1 & Disk 2
- Custom SETUP2.EXE
- Boot CD Requirements
Getting Started
Copy the Windows Server 2003 Disk 2 to a folder called "S2003R2UA" in your hard disk.
Copy the Windows Server 2003 Disk 1 to S2003R2UA overwriting exisiting files or folders so now you have X:\S2003R2UA\CMPNENTS\R2, where X:\ is your drive
Delete the following directories (if exists) from S2003R2UA if you are in doubt that S2003R2UA will not fit the in a 700 MiB CDR.
- SUPPORT
- VALUEADD
Creating winnt.sif file
Here is a sample winnt.sif. You may personalize the entries in Bold font. You may delete the following sections from the winnt.sif.
- Display
- FavoritesEx
- Shell
You must use a Windows Server 2003 R2 Serial; otherwise Windws will not install R2 automatically
;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes [Unattended] FileSystem=* UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS ProgramFilesDir="E:\Applications" CommonProgramFilesDir="E:\Applications\Common Files" UnattendSwitch="yes" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=admin EncryptedAdminPassword=No AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=4 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=225 OemSkipWelcome=1 ProfilesDir="F:\Users\" [Display] Xresolution=1024 Yresolution=768 [UserData] ProductKey=ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PQRST-UVWXY FullName="McoreD" OrgName="MSUN" ComputerName=* [FavoritesEx] Title1="Mozilla - Home of the Firefox web browser" URL1="http://www.mozilla.org" Title2="BetaONE - The latest Beta News and Reviews" URL2="http://www.betaone.net" Title3="Welcome to the Microsoft User Network" URL3="http://wmwiki.com" [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes [URL] Home_Page=http://www.google.com.au Search_Page=http://www.google.com.au [TapiLocation] CountryCode=61 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=8 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1,7,8,9,10 SystemLocale=00000c09 UserLocale=00000c09 InputLocale=0c09:00000409 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=BetaONE [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off
Save the winnt.sif file in S2003R2UA\I386 folder.
Using custom SETUP2.EXE
Rename \S2003R2UA\CMPNENTS\R2\SETUP2.EXE to SETUP2app.EXE
Copy custom SETUP2.EXE to \S2003R2UA\CMPNENTS\R2\
Creating Bootable CD Image
Copy the following to Notepad
@echo off CLS TITLE Creating ISO Image of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (BRMEVOL_EN) ECHO ECHO Creating ISO... CDIMAGE.EXE -lBRMEVOL_EN -t03/24/2005,14:47:00 -h -n -m -O -X -bxpboot.img "G:\S2003R2UA" G:\Uploads\McoreD\BRMEVOL_EN.ISO PAUSE EXIT
Personalize it and save it as ISO Creator for Server 2003 R2.cmd
Run the ISO Creator for Server 2003 R2.cmd
Burning the CD Image
Use your favorite CD Burning Program to burn the image
Keep the original Windows Server 2003 R2 Disks in a safe place
Installing Windows Server 2003 R2
Backup all your documents to another physical hard drive or to a removable disk because you are going to repartition a complete Hard Disk.
Boot the Computer with a Windows CD (that has ProgramFilesDir, CommonProgramFiles and ProfilesDir in the same partition as Windows) and load Windows Setup
Partition the Hard disk. Please refer to Hard Disk Paritioning.
Install Windows on C: which will be your Backup OS.
Format the other partitions using the Backup OS. -- failure to do so will result in a failed Windows Server 2003 R2 installation
Now install Windows Server 2003 R2 on D:
