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I created an unattended installation of Windows 7 that runs great off a DVD. We have quite a few computers that only have CD drives so I'm trying to get a network install to work. I took the install.wim file from the DVD and put in on our server leaving the rest of the files (~350mb) to burn on a CD. I used Windows System Image Manager to change the autounattend file InstallFrom Path to \\server\program\install.wim and added the credentials for our server. I also enabled the network for PE. The install gets to the part where it would copy windows files and says 0%...then it errors out. The error is:
The partition selected for installation (disk 0 partition 1) does not meet requirements. Make sure this partition contains enough free space and is of a supported type.
I put the DVD in and everything installs fine. We do have a PXE server that we use for DBAN, but i don't have any experience with it, so i thought this would be easier. Is what I'm doing possible? If so what is wrong? I've spent all day changing settings and haven't gotten it to work. Here is the WinPE section of the XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Windows</Label>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
<InstallFrom>
<MetaData wcm:action="add">
<Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
<Value>4</Value>
</MetaData>
<Path>\\server\programs\install.wim</Path>
<Credentials>
<Password>pcs4ppl</Password>
<Username>pcs4ppl</Username>
<Domain></Domain>
</Credentials>
</InstallFrom>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
<UserData>
<ProductKey>
<Key></Key>
<WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<FullName>PCs for People</FullName>
<Organization>PCs for People</Organization>
</UserData>
<EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork>
<EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall>
</component>
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The partition selected for installation (disk 0 partition 1) does not meet requirements. Make sure this partition contains enough free space and is of a supported type.
I put the DVD in and everything installs fine. We do have a PXE server that we use for DBAN, but i don't have any experience with it, so i thought this would be easier. Is what I'm doing possible? If so what is wrong? I've spent all day changing settings and haven't gotten it to work. Here is the WinPE section of the XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
.
.
.
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Windows</Label>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
<InstallFrom>
<MetaData wcm:action="add">
<Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
<Value>4</Value>
</MetaData>
<Path>\\server\programs\install.wim</Path>
<Credentials>
<Password>pcs4ppl</Password>
<Username>pcs4ppl</Username>
<Domain></Domain>
</Credentials>
</InstallFrom>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
<UserData>
<ProductKey>
<Key></Key>
<WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<FullName>PCs for People</FullName>
<Organization>PCs for People</Organization>
</UserData>
<EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork>
<EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall>
</component>
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