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From: Steve on 10 Oct 2007 16:22


"Ben" wrote:

>
> "Steve" <Steve(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:344525CE-E381-4568-93AA-5A61D9D14D79(a)microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hello Ben,
> >
> > Hope your weekend went well.
> >
> > Here is where I stand as of now. I downloaded WAIK but I do not think
> > there
> > is a boot image included in that. There are two .wim files but they are
> > not
> > boot files. I used one of them to create a boot image and a capture boot
> > image but they do not work. When I PXE boot the machine I am not getting
> > and
> > boot menu Other than a Vista PE Boot option or RIS option . If I choose
> > The
> > Windows Vista PE Boot option it will eventually take me to
> > X:Windows\system32
> > prompt and sit there.I am not presented with any capture options.
> >
> > The good news is by creating the boot image I now have my PXEBoot.com
> > files
> > where they should be.
>
> Steve, when you boot into Win PE I think you should be able to type
> WDSCapture (this works for the standard boot image, and I think it does for
> Win PE), which will begin the capture process. If you want to boot and have
> it capture automatically, then you need to create a capture boot image,
> (again, this works for the standard boot image, and I think for Win PE), you
> can do this by going into the WDS console, and selecting the existing boot
> image, and then right click and select 'Create Capture Boot Image', once the
> image is created, add it to the boot images list (right click and select Add
> Boot Image), now when you reboot, you'll get an additional option, which
> when selected, will automatically start a capture.
>
>
>
Next problem. I have sucessfully captured and image of one of my Windows Xp
boxes. It was uploaded to the WDS server. Now I am not sure how to use this
installation image to image other machines. When I PXE boot a machine that
has not been imaged I do not see an option to download the installation image
I created. I thought I might need to make my installation image a boot image
but it will not allow me to do this because the installation .wim is not a
boot .wim.
So I am confused now on how I deploy this image to other machines.


From: Ben on 12 Oct 2007 04:29
"Steve" <Steve(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Next problem. I have sucessfully captured and image of one of my Windows
> Xp
> boxes. It was uploaded to the WDS server. Now I am not sure how to use
> this
> installation image to image other machines. When I PXE boot a machine that
> has not been imaged I do not see an option to download the installation
> image
> I created. I thought I might need to make my installation image a boot
> image
> but it will not allow me to do this because the installation .wim is not a
> boot .wim.
> So I am confused now on how I deploy this image to other machines.
>
>

Steve,

You need to boot from your already installed boot image, not the capture
boot image, it will load the vista mini setup, then offer you a selection of
available install images, if you have setup the install image in the correct
install group, if not go to WDS Console > Install Images > Add an Install
Group if none exist > Add an install image to the group (Add Install Image >
find your captured image).

HTH

Ben

Ben


From: Steve on 12 Oct 2007 16:03


"Ben" wrote:

> "Steve" <Steve(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE84A7C4-C938-4CF3-9368-565C7AA6A24E(a)microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > Next problem. I have sucessfully captured and image of one of my Windows
> > Xp
> > boxes. It was uploaded to the WDS server. Now I am not sure how to use
> > this
> > installation image to image other machines. When I PXE boot a machine that
> > has not been imaged I do not see an option to download the installation
> > image
> > I created. I thought I might need to make my installation image a boot
> > image
> > but it will not allow me to do this because the installation .wim is not a
> > boot .wim.
> > So I am confused now on how I deploy this image to other machines.
> >
> >
>
> Steve,
>
> You need to boot from your already installed boot image, not the capture
> boot image, it will load the vista mini setup, then offer you a selection of
> available install images, if you have setup the install image in the correct
> install group, if not go to WDS Console > Install Images > Add an Install
> Group if none exist > Add an install image to the group (Add Install Image >
> find your captured image).
>
> HTH
>
> Ben
>
> Ben
>
>
>
Hello again Ben,

I do have the install image in an image group. I was able to specify which
group to upload the image to during the capture process. I think my problem
is the boot image from WAIK is not a fully functional boot image. I found
other information on the web saying that the .WIM files in WAIK allow you to
capture images but you can not deploy images unless you use the boot.wim from
an actual Vista DVD. So I have ordered a copy of Vista and I will post the
results once it comes in and I change my boot image.

Once again I really appreciate all your help.

Steve
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