Owner's Manual

Preparing the Script Files 77
The W2K8INST.BAT and W2K8INST.BAT scripts (on supported Windows
operating systems),
lininst.sh sample script (on supported Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server operating system) and
suseinst.sh sample script (on supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system) are used to perform an
installation. The variables and paths must be specified before the operating
system can be installed.
NOTE: While installing Linux, make sure that you install grub in the boot partition.
Otherwise, you cannot boot to the utility partition by pressing the F10 key during
reboot.
W2K8INST.BAT
The W2K8INST.BAT sample script is used to perform an unattended
installation of Windows Server 2008 operating system. The variables and
paths must be specified before the operating system can be installed.
CAUTION: It is strongly recommended that you consult your Windows operating
system documentation and unattended deployment documentation to develop a
thorough understanding of the Windows unattended installation process before
attempting to perform a full scripted deployment.
The syntax for W2K8INST.BAT is
w2k8inst.bat
Utilities Used
SETUP.EXE — Used to install the operating system in conjunction with the
UNATTEND.XML answer file.
External Dependencies
W2K8INST.BAT uses two environment variables: DT_PLATFORM and
DT_DRIVE.
The DT_PLATFORM variable is set by TKENVSET.BAT using platform
discovery.
The DT_DRIVE denotes the network drive letter to the network shared path
containing the Windows Server 2008 operating system source and the
UNATTEND.XML file.