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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="create-vm-wizard-unattended-install">
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| 4 | <title>(Optional) Create Virtual Machine Wizard: Unattended Guest OS Install</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | Unattended guest OS installation enables you to install the OS
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| 9 | on a virtual machine automatically.
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| 10 | </p>
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| 11 | <note>
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| 12 | <p>
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| 13 | This page is optional. It is not displayed if you have
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| 14 | selected the <b outputclass="bold">Skip Unattended
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| 15 | Installation</b> option on the initial wizard page.
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| 16 | </p>
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| 17 | </note>
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| 18 | <p>
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| 19 | Use this page to set up the required parameters for unattended
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| 20 | guest OS installation and to configure automatic installation of
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| 21 | the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Guest Additions. See also
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| 22 | <xref href="create-vm-wizard-unattended-examples.dita#create-vm-wizard-unattended-examples"/> for some
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| 23 | typical scenarios when using automated installation.
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| 24 | </p>
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| 25 | <fig id="fig-create-vm-unattended-install">
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| 26 | <title>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</title>
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| 27 | <xref href="images/create-vm-2.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 28 | <image href="images/create-vm-2.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
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| 29 | <alt>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</alt>
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| 30 | </image>
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| 31 | </xref>
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| 32 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/create-vm-2.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
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| 33 | <alt>Creating a Virtual Machine: Unattended Guest OS Installation</alt>
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| 34 | </image>
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| 35 | </fig>
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| 36 | <p>
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| 37 | The following fields are available on this wizard page:
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| 38 | </p>
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| 39 | <ul>
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| 40 | <li>
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| 41 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Username and Password.</b>
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| 42 | Enter the credentials for a default user on the guest OS.
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| 43 | </p>
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| 44 | </li>
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| 45 | <li>
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| 46 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Guest Additions.</b> Enables
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| 47 | automatic installation of the Guest Additions, following
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| 48 | installation of the guest OS. Use the drop-down list to
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| 49 | select the location of the ISO image file for the Guest
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| 50 | Additions.
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| 51 | </p>
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| 52 | </li>
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| 53 | <li>
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| 54 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Additional Options.</b> The
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| 55 | following options enable you to perform extra configuration
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| 56 | of the guest OS:
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| 57 | </p>
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| 58 | <ul>
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| 59 | <li>
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| 60 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Product Key.</b> For
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| 61 | Windows guests only. Enter the product key required for
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| 62 | Windows installation.
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| 63 | </p>
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| 64 | </li>
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| 65 | <li>
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| 66 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Hostname.</b> Host name for
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| 67 | the guest. By default, this is the same as the VM name.
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| 68 | </p>
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| 69 | </li>
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| 70 | <li>
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| 71 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Domain Name.</b> Domain
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| 72 | name for the guest.
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| 73 | </p>
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| 74 | </li>
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| 75 | <li>
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| 76 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Install in Background.</b>
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| 77 | Enable headless mode for the VM, where a graphical user
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| 78 | interface is not shown.
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| 79 | </p>
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| 80 | </li>
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| 81 | </ul>
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| 82 | </li>
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| 83 | </ul>
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| 84 | <p>
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| 85 | Click <b outputclass="bold">Next</b> to go to the next
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| 86 | wizard page.
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| 87 | </p>
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| 88 | </body>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | </topic>
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