Installing Windows Server 2008 x86 editions locally from a USB key

This section explains how to install Windows Server 2008 x86 editions locally from a USB key.

Before you begin

To complete this process you will need a bootable USB key, created as described in Configuring USB keys for deployment.

About this task

Create and deploy a Windows Server 2008 x86 installation image by following these steps:

Procedure

  1. Insert the USB key into the source server.
  2. Set the Windows Product Key by using the variable TK_NOS_ProductKey in the .ini file provided for the Windows Server 2008 edition that you are deploying. You can also set the product key by customizing the answer file located at sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE\AnswerFiles\win2008_x64_EE.xml.
  3. Open a command prompt and change directory to sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE.
  4. Run the SGTKWinPE.cmd command by using the provided .ini file that corresponds to the version of the operating system you are deploying.
    Windows PE 2.1 edtion INI file
    Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_DE.ini
    Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_EE.ini
    Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_SE.ini
    Windows Server 2008 Web Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_WE.ini
    Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Enterprise Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_EE_no_hv.ini
    Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V DataCenter Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_DE_no_hv.ini
    Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Standard Edition ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_SE_no_hv.ini
    SGTKWinPE.CMD ScenarioINIs\Local\Win2008_x86_version.ini. The Windows PE ISO image is created in the output directory that corresponds to your Windows version.
    Windows edition ISO image
    Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_DE\WinPE_x86.iso
    Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_EE\WinPE_x86.iso
    Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_SE\WinPE_x86.iso
    Windows Server 2008 Web Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_WE\WinPE_x86.iso
    Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Datacenter Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_DE_no_hv\WinPE_x86.iso
    Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Enterprise Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_EE_no_hv\WinPE_x86.iso
    Windows Server 2008 without Hyper-V Standard Edition sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Win2008_x86_SE_no_hv\WinPE_x86.iso
  5. Copy the contents from the resulting sgdeploy\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\ directory to your USB key.
  6. Boot the target system from the USB key, and follow the prompts to complete the deployment.
Parent topic: About customizing Windows installation scenarios