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From: "Wanlong Gao" <gaowanlong@cn.fujitsu.com> To: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com> Cc: "Libguestfs" <libguestfs@redhat.com> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:52:34 AM Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] virt-sysprep on Windows Guest
On 05/25/2012 04:47 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 03:52:53PM +0800, Wanlong Gao wrote:
On 05/25/2012 03:46 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
Windows has a sysprep tool which does the right thing for all Windows guests, and it's impossible to know what that tool does or replicate
You mean it's not a Open Source project?
Definitely not. In modern versions of Windows, it is included (under %systemroot%/System32/sysprep). For older versions you had to download it as a separate tool.
VMware has a quickprep feature for use cases that could do with a lighter version of sysprep http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2003797
it. However it requires a multi-step process to run sysprep on a guest, so we should make that easier for users if we can.
Could you explain more detailedly to me since I'm not familiar with the stupid Windows system ?
It's pretty complicated. Probably the best thing is to read Microsoft's documentation on how to use it:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=sysprep+site:microsoft.com
in conjunction with the Oz code:
https://github.com/clalancette/oz/blob/win2k8customize/oz/Windows.py
It's not easy, which is why we haven't got around to doing it so far.
Yeah, I see, thank you.
Wanlong Gao
Rich.
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