I’ve been doing some work around creating an HP Rapid Deployment Pack Windows Server 2008 automated install. In my travels I came across this well documented and informative blog posting by Elan Shudnow that takes you through step by step, the process of creating a unattended Windows Server 2008 base build.
As the unattended build process differs from that of previous versions of Windows Server it’s well worth checking out.
Also, here’s another useful Microsoft link:
Windows Vista/W2K8 Deployment Step-by-Step Guide (although it says Vista – it also applies to W2K8)
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September 28th, 2008
Kiwi Si 
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My name is Simon Seagrave and I am a London (UK) based Senior Technology Consultant and vSpecialist working for EMC. 












Any one has an unattend xml file for a Hyper-V Server 2008?
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