WHS 2011 unattended install cfg.ini problems

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2011년 4월 10일 일요일 오전 12:30

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I was able to successfuly install WHS Vail / 2011 RC and beta on a spare laptop with only a 120GB HDD using the cfg.ini file but WHS 2011 RTM isn't recognizing the same cfg.ini file that I used with the previous installs. Since the support article: http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/windowshomeserver2011/answer-file-install-2.aspx has changed a little bit I decided to burn the install and put the cfg.ini as the article suggest to see if that made a difference but it doesn't.

I'm assuming that this still works as the support article was last revised on 3/30/2011 so it must be still a supported method to complete the install, but no dice. Anyone able to get it to work using WHS 2011 RTM?
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2011년 4월 10일 일요일 오전 4:39

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ahh, so i copied the install config from the KB article and it looks like there was some issues with my cfg.ini that i used in the beta and RC, it seems that one of the settings in this file was supported in RC and beta but not in the RTM version, here are the only delta's i can find:
```
[WinPE]
SystemPartitionSize=MAX
Processed=true
```
I removed Processed=true and Changed the MAX size to what was in the KB article: 61440

That fixed it, just put the new cfg.ini with those changes in the root of my usbkey with the contents of the ISO and installed without problem.
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2011년 4월 13일 수요일 오전 3:42

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Okay what am I missing? I have that very file on a USB key and it fails the install because the SSD isn't 160gb+.
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2011년 4월 13일 수요일 오전 3:59

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post your contents you have on the usb key for config.ini

Also, do a shift+F10 on the failure window and see if you can browse to the usbkey and view the contents
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2011년 4월 13일 수요일 오전 4:25

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I had to set the PartitionSize to 61440 like in the KB. I tried using 21440 but it failed. It finally installed.
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2011년 4월 22일 금요일 오후 1:32

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The answer file isn't working in the RTM. I have tried re-installing it several times and it still fails the drive size check.
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2011년 5월 30일 월요일 오전 5:24

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I have the same Problem,

the cfg.ini from the URL above not work for me in the RTM

[WinPE]
ConfigDisk=1
CheckReqs=0
SystemPartitionSize=61440

[InitialConfiguration]
Language=en-US
Locale=en-US
Country=US
Keyboard=00000409
AcceptEula=true
AcceptOEMEula=true
ServerName=HomeServer
PlainTextPassword=P@ssword
PasswordHint=Passing by
Settings=All

Can anyone Help?
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2011년 5월 30일 월요일 오후 7:58

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whats the error you're getting? the same exact error about disk space? Have you tried to browse to the .ini file (read up on how) to make sure the OS can see it?
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2011년 11월 9일 수요일 오전 3:10

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Hi,
This is the file I just successfully used on the RTM build, I have a 500GB disk though:

[WinPE]
WindowsPartitionSize=61440
CheckReqs=0
ConfigDisk=1
Processed=true

[InitialConfiguration]
Language=en-US
Locale=en-US
Country=US
Keyboard=00000409
AcceptEula=true
AcceptOEMEula=true
ServerName=MyHomeServer
PlainTextPassword=MyPassword
PasswordHint=My Password Hint
Settings=All

In sources\SKU there's a file called SERVERHOMEPREMIUM.def that looks like it has the minimum requirements. You might want to try and update that to reflect your HDD.

[Information]
EditionID=34

[Requirements]
RAM=2048
HDD=160
Proc=1300
Core=1

Thanks,
Rob
- 편집됨 RTURNERO1 2011년 11월 9일 수요일 오전 3:11 hit submit too soon
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2011년 11월 9일 수요일 오후 2:36

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```
Processed=true
```
The line "Processed=true" tells the server not to boot from USB drive to prevent an accidental re-install and wiping your drives. This line is written to the cfg.ini file by WHS 2011 during the install process. In order to re-use your cfg.ini file for another installation, you need to delete this line and save your cfg.ini file. This has been well documented in many other threads.

Claude
- 편집됨 Claude DorionModerator 2011년 11월 9일 수요일 오후 2:40
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2012년 6월 3일 일요일 오전 9:40

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I am not an expert but these are some observations I found (in addition to the expert comments) as necessary to be able to install WHS on a drive less than 160GB:

1. make sure that the c: drive is an unallocated volume (I found that after some install attempts, a volume was created on the C: disk), I connected the drive to another computer and using Win 7 Computer Management-Storage-Disk Management, selected the disk, right-click and "Delete Volume". The disk should then be shown as "Unallocated"

2. I needed to re-format the USB flash drive (holding the cfg.ini file) after each attempt and re-save a new cfg.ini file each time

3. I used a 120GB SSD and set the partition size in the cfg.ini file (WindowsPartitionSize=61440 in the expert example) to a value just greater than 100GB. An error shown after one install attempt suggested that partitions greater than 104132 were not allowed for unattended installs. I set the partition size to 100000 (WindowsPartitionSize=100000)

These steps (with those by the contributors above, many thanks) allowed my machine to continue through to the installation process.

I hope this works for as many of you as possible.
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2012년 6월 3일 일요일 오전 10:03

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If this isn't too old RTURNERO1, how would you go about updating SERVERHOMEPREMIUM.def if it's on the WHS installation DVD? Thanks.
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