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Windows cannot read the <ProductKey> setting from the unattend answer file #151

Closed stanislavhordiyenko closed 9 years ago

stanislavhordiyenko commented 9 years ago

Hi,

I am receiving the following error when trying to build an image from windows_2012_r2.json: "Windows cannot read the setting from the unattend answer file". I downloaded iso and put it into ./iso folder. I googled answers in the Internet and there was a suggestion to turn off the floppy drive. It helped, however how then we can specify all necessary files for provisioning?

Please, advise how to resolve the issue if you have ever faced with it.

Cheers.

StefanScherer commented 9 years ago

Which ISO do you use? The trial ISO should work out of the box without manual download.

Other ISO's may need a change in the answer_files/2012_r2/Autounattend.xml. Look for the key there and the comments in the XML.

The floppy is needed to feed the windows installer ;-)

StefanScherer commented 9 years ago

@stagor look at these lines https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows/blob/270f8778bc006afddd0b88092349e7d5df6d25b9/answer_files/2008_r2/Autounattend.xml#L34-40

stanislavhordiyenko commented 9 years ago

Hi Stefan, thank you for your quick response. You were right about ISO, as it was turned out, my colleague gave me a different distrib and renamed it with the name I requested. Shame, I spent lots of time yesterday but the problem was so obvious. I have re-downloaded a correct one and now I can see it's in progress. Cheers. All good now.