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memstechtips / UnattendedWinstall

Personalized Unattended Answer Files that helps automatically debloat and customize Windows 10 & 11 during the installation process.
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compatibility with apple bootcamp? #135

Closed rinkjames closed 1 week ago

rinkjames commented 2 months ago

I've tested the standard autounattend.xml file with win11 in Parallels on my macbook pro and it works very well. I'd like to get this working in a dual-boot setup, but from what I surmise the bootcamp assistant overwrites the autounattend.xml file I place in the root of my iso. How would I go about merging the answer files so I can install your tweaked version of windows with bootcamp drivers?

rinkjames commented 1 month ago

Incidentally, I eventually succeeded in installing Windows 11 on my Intel MacBook Pro without BootCamp and using your autounattend.xml file.

I initially ran into several obstacles. BootCamp Assistant seemed to interfere with the autounattend.xml file and just installed a default bloated version of Windows 10 (BootCamp Assistant v6.1.0 6338.100.1 didn't accept a Windows 11 iso file). Installing Windows 11 from a bootable usb without using BootCamp Assistant left my MacBook without access to any drivers for the mouse or keyboard so I couldn't click or type through the installation procedure at all.

So, what worked in the end was following your tutorial for installing via bootable USB and using a cheap usb-wired keyboard and mouse to click through the installation procedure. When Windows 11 eventually booted I went into device manager, right clicked on the uppermost device representing my PC, selected install drivers, then selected the '$WinPEDriver$' folder that you can download manually using BootCamp Assistant. This installed the drivers I needed and my MacBook's integrated keyboard and mouse started working. Finally, I ran the BootCamp setup.exe that also comes with the files you can download from BootCamp Assistant and that installed the BootCamp control panel on Windows 11. All seemed to work from there.

memstechtips commented 1 week ago

Thanks so much for your detailed explanation here on what worked for you. I'm closing this issue now.