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Additionally, the sample install_win.sh script for Microsoft® Windows® performs preinstallation tasks,
including:

Creating a 2 GiB FAT16 primary partition

Formatting the partition for the FAT file system

Creating a boot sector for the partition

Copying the FreeDOS operating system to the new C drive

Copying the Windows® installation sources, the $oem$ directory, and unattend.txt files to the C

drive

To use the install_win.sh sample script to install Microsoft® Windows® and install_w2k8.sh sample script

to install Windows Server® 2008:

1.

Create an unattend.txt file by following the instructions in the Microsoft® documentation
(

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155197

). A sample unattend.txt file is included in the

windows_unattend directory.

2.

Copy the Windows® source files to the installation source. In this sample script, the installation
source is a NFS file share.

3.

Adapt the script to perform the correct hardware configuration, and change the NFS server IP
address and path to match your environment.

4.

Update the syslinux configuration file (pxelinux.cfg, isolinux.cfg, or syslinux.cfg) to reference the
install_win.sh or install_w2k8.sh sample script.

Red Hat Linux anaconda-ks.cfg sample file

The operating system-dependent unattended installation file is not created by the Toolkit utilities. The user
must create the file separately. In the following example, bold lines indicate modifications made to fully

automate the installation of the operating system.
Refer to the operating system documentation or the Red Hat Linux 9: Red Hat Linux Customization Guide
(

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/part-install-info.html

) for a

complete description of the options that can be modified in the anaconda-ks.cfg unattended installation
file to customize the installation of Red Hat Linux.

lang en_US

REM *** Modify the network settings to reflect required

REM *** network settings.

network --bootproto dhcp

REM *** The IP address should be the address of the

REM *** Linux repository server. The /SHAREVOL/RedHatCD

REM *** must be shared as an NFS volume.

nfs --server 192.1.1.3 --dir /SHAREVOL/RedHatCD

device ethernet eepro100

keyboard "us"

zerombr yes

clearpart --Linux

part /boot --size 30

part swap --size 128

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