Re: Automaing install of SBS 2003
From: Andre (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/30/04
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:10:57 -0700
In my case what I did is to put all CD's on one DVD, then
addapted the file SETUP.SDB to make sure that the install
program know that everything is on the same media.
I also changed the SITAUTORUN.INF to adapt all the menus
and have everything from the first screen.
I have put some more settups for Office 2003, and some
other fixes around here and there.
Now I have a bootable DVD that ask me only few questions
like Name, ComputerName, Domain, and off it goes.
Of course I have not customized the Wizard, at least not
yet.
The main purpose for me to do that is to be able to
rebuild a server from scracht in case of failure of our
main server. And that they can install on any other
machine. Of course Sysprep would have done the job
probably better, but now we can put our original CD's in
a safe place, and only keep the DVD here.
>-----Original Message-----
>Ditto -
>
>This is what we're starting to do. We are building our
own servers and have
>standardized our hardware. As a matter or fact, next
week I'll be building
>our first standardized server using the SBS OPK, running
sysprep & taking an
>image for future use . . . basically, we're hoping to
get to the point
>where we can actually take advantage of the infamous '15
minute install'
>
>--
>
>Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
>SBS ROCKS!
>
>www.msmvps.com/cgross
>www.gosbs.org
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>> "AdminKen" <some@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>> At my company, we install a lot of SBS 2003 servers
that are either
>>> hand built or come from a manufacture like Dell or
HP. But running
>>> through the install CDs and all the many wizards is
rather time
>>> consuming. We would like to automate what we can.
>>> One thought is to us an answer file file. How much
can you do with
>>> SBS? Any experience anyone?
>>> Another though is to use sysprep(and I dont really
know if sysprep
>>> works on SBS). I don't know how well this would work
for creating
>>> new "clean" servers with an empty AD and no domain
info. Any one
>>> done this? any insight?
>
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