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2.2.3 Creating the unattended profile
The main purpose of creating an unattended profile is to allow for a native installation of Windows XP to occur without replicating a pre-existing reference system. In our scenario, we assume there is no existing reference system to utilize. Therefore, we are building the system through the unattended profile process which will become the reference system for future installations which we can utilize for mass distribution.
We perform the following steps to create an unattended profile for Windows XP:
1.Log in to the console, select OS Deployment → Profiles → Folders → System Profiles → Add a new profile, as shown in Figure 2-4.
Figure 2-4 Launching the Profile Wizard
2.In the first profile wizard window, choose the Unattended setup (scripted install), as shown in Figure 2-5 on page 23. This is because we want to install a new operating system using the installation CDs. Since one of the main purposes of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is to make the installation process simpler and faster, the profile wizard will continue prompting the installation parameters in order to avoid the manual intervention on the client machine after the deploy now command is submitted. All the parameters that are needed to install an operation system on a bare metal machine are automatically validated to the process without any user intervention at a later time. Moreover, Tivoli Provisioning Manager
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