dcpromo 2008r2 core

[RabbieBurns]

trying to dcpromo a 2008r2 core server, but having problems with the unattend file:

Can anyone paste me a sample please?

[AngryTechnician]

This is what I used (anonymised, obviously)

[DCINSTALL]
UserName=DOMAIN\AdminAT	
UserDomain=domain.internal
Password=mypassword
SiteName=DOM
ReplicaOrNewDomain=replica
ReplicaDomainDNSName=domain.internal
DatabasePath="C:\NTDS"
LogPath="C:\Logs"
SYSVOLPath="C:\Sysvol"
InstallDNS=yes
ConfirmGC=yes
SafeModeAdminPassword=mypassword
RebootOnCompletion=no

[RabbieBurns]

Thanks.

Im not sure what the SiteName=DOM line is..

Whats its equievelnet when you use the GUI ?

[AngryTechnician]

No idea, I've only ever promoted using the command line. You can find out what it should be by opening up ADSIEdit, connecting to the Configuration context, and looking in the Sites container. Your site will be listed as CN=whatever with the class site. Take whatever and that's what you put as your SiteName=.

[RabbieBurns]

I just removed that line, and it worked fine and just used the default. Cheers for your help, I now have a nice Core edition DC

[SYNACK]

You can make and save an unattend with the GUI on another server which makes it easier.