Hello. I have ended up confusing myself to a point where my head feels like it is ready to explode... I am having a play with BDD2007 and seeing how it can be used to deploy my images and help to create new ones. I am looking at making a base image that includes the various patches and customisations that my organisation requires. I have most of the customisations sorted using the Unattended file and a few Reg files, even have a few applications that deploy after the base image is laid down. My aim here is to lay the base image down, deploy it to the test computer and configure it some more before capturing the image. This works fine on my test computer (a Dell Optiplex GX745) and I am pleased with the results. My problem is I am trying to lay down this base image on a Dell Precision 670 (with Dual Xeon CPU). I pictured no problem, as I figured Windows was essentially installing from scratch and following the rules set down in the Unattended.txt file. However, after the first stage of the graphical install, the 670 is rebooted and a text mode setup starts. It just passes the stage where the F6 prompt is displayed when I am then presented with a lovely shade of blue and white text. I think that the number was 0x0000007b. It is the same number each time. If I reboot and load WinPE 2.0 again, then I get a yellow screen telling me that the installation has completed with a couple of errors. These indicate connection to the distribution point for some reason... The first thought for me is the HAL, the rest of the drivers have been installed in the Out-the-box-drivers database. But I am not sure if I am barking up the wrong tree here. Wouldn't the Windows setup detect the HAL at this stage and modify the driver files accordingly? I have tried enabling ForceHalDetection=Yes in the Unattend.txt, but that did not work. I believe I am missing something obvious and put my hand up for some help. After all, a fresh pair of eyes might pick out my mistake or point me in a new, truer, direction. I've gone through quite a bit of documentation today, but haven't seen anything that looks glaringly obvious to me... If you can help, I'd really appreciate your time. I am fairly new to this so no big words please ;0) Many thanks in advance, Feegle
