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Installing Japanese Windows OSs using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3.0

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Installing a Japanese version of Microsoft's Windows Operating System using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers and the Linux preboot has a "gotcha" that in some cases might cause some confusion.

If the DS server is installed on a Japanese Operating System, the installer tweaks the template unattend file that will be used when deploying a Windows OS changing the keyboard, and language settings to Japanese. More importantly however it also changes the Linux script that launches the Windows Installer. It changes the executable being called from "winnt.exe" to "winntus.exe". While this "fixes" the issue of not being able to install Japanese OSs while using a Japanese Deployment Server, it also ONLY allows you to install Japanese OSs from then on (only applies to Linux preboot).

In order to deploy English and Japanese OSs concurrently, two separate copies of the script "windows_scripted_install.sh" need to be made, one referencing "winnt.exe" for use with English OS Source files, and another "winntus.exe" for Japanese OS source files.

Note: WinPE does not suffer from this issue, and no changes should have to be made to its scripts.