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Made me a .wim image and have tested it on multiple configurations...and EVERYTHING works
WindowsXP, all patches and updates via autopatcher, various apps, and BTS drivers all installed with first boot going straight into sysprep -factory
i am stoked. That knocked off over an hour on each and every install I do now (OPK + RIS...but now I guess I am going to be using WDS
)Now I have to do it with OEM Home Edition (since that is the most commonly used).
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Well...I finally got it. Have my RIS serving up WinPE with mass storage support hooking up with the OPK and installing an image with mass storage support and all the BTS driver packs integrated. I must say...nothing gains you knowledge like trial, error, a lot of caffeine, even more swearing and late night frustration. All had to do with the fact I used the manufacturers txtsetup.oem and left the file structure in tact. Text mode started up saying it could not copy the files I listed in [OEMBootFiles] even though the paths were there. Stripped out the path from Unattended.txt in the cfgset and modified the txtsetup.oem and move the driver to the root of ..\Textmode and works like a dream.0
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I am currently setting this method to use for my OPK via RIS deployments. It works flawlessly until it reboots to start the graphical portion of Windows setup and then I get a blue screen right away (obviously the drivers are not being called in to play)...
Anyone have any ideas about this...it should not be TOO different than a CD based installation.0 -
I just extract from the exe and use the msi package...just did another install tonight and never had hardware detection pop up.
REG ADD %key%\991 /VE /D "Alcohol120 Trial" /f
REG ADD %key%\991 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Sysprep\Apps\Alcohol\setup.msi /passive /norestart DRIVER0=MYbus DRIVER1=MYscsi" /f
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Available on the System Builder Website...
The OPK eXtender, Beta 1
The US PTS and Worldwide SBC teams are pleased to announce the first beta release of their newest project: the OPK eXtender (OPX). The OPX is an OPK powertoy that adds system builder-specific features to the OPK.
Technical Support for the OPX
The OPK eXtender powertoy is in English only. It is not part of the Windows OPK and is not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft System Builder Technical Support (sbst@microsoft.com) is unable to answer questions about OPX. If you have any feedback or questions about OPX, please contact us at opx@microsoft.com.
Using the Beta 1 version of OPX, you can create the following:
A reinstall CD solution for your customers
This is a solution that restores the PC to the state that you sold it in. Use OPX to create a CD image (ISO) containing out-of-box drivers to burn to CD, as well as a Winnt.sif that adds your branding and runs Sysprep. With that CD and a floppy containing the Winnt.sif and OPX files, your customer can boot the PC with the hologram Windows CD and Winnt.sif. and the OPX files will automate the reinstallation of Windows with your customizations. The next release of OPX will add update support to the reinstall solution.
A repository of out-of-box drivers
As you build PCs, whenever you add hardware that uses an out-of-box driver, you can add those drivers to the OPX repository. When you have a repository, you can use OPX to scan a new PC to identify the missing drivers, and automatically update config sets to add those drivers from the repository. OPX modifies all answer files for you, including Txtsetup.oem for mass-storage drivers. Then, you run the network-based preinstall using the updated config set and Windows is installed with the OOB drivers.
Customized Windows PE builds and ISOs
OPX provides a GUI to the Windows PE build tools (Mkimg and Oscdimg) to make it simple for you to create custom Windows PE builds. You can also add OOB drivers from your repository to your Windows PE builds, including mass-storage drivers!
A driver enumeration file (DEF) for new PCs
The Scan command of the OPX tab will analyze the hardware of a new PC and identify any missing drivers. The results of the scan are listed in a driver enumeration file (.def) and displayed in the DEF tab. You can load that DEF in the OPX install on your technician computer and use it to add the missing drivers to your repository and then to one or more config sets.
System builder profiles
A profile is the set of information that you use to brand a new PC: your logos, a desktop background, your support info, IE home page, and so on. You can automatically update one or more config sets with a profile. If you build PCs for another system builder, you can add their profile to config sets to create PC branded with your partner’s branding.
A UFD that boots with Windows PE
The Server 2003 SP1 OPK added the ability to create bootable UFDs: USB flash devices that can boot Windows PE. If you have that OPK installed, you can use the OPX GUI to create the bootable UFD from your custom Windows PE build.
Enhanced CD-boot solution
For those of you that use the CD-boot method, OPX enables an enhanced version that customizes the PC with the information in your profile, and reseals the PC with Sysprep.
OPX Download
The OPX download is a zip file that contains the OPX executable and the user’s guide. Install OPX on your technician computer or any PC that contains an OPK installation. Without the OPK, only the DEF tab is functional.
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Whenever I've had this happen to me it was network related. Meaning hardware. Does this happen to all of your clients or just some? I found some issues with speed autosensing between Cisco Catalyst switches and RealTek NICs (GOD I hate RealTek). I forget now what exact permutation worked for me, but it was something along the lines of forcing the RealTek NIC to 100Full and setting the port on the Cisco switch to AutoSense (I prefer setting all ports to force 100Full).
Anyway, take a look at what sort of NICs are involved, switches, etc and what the settings are.
Well...I am going to give props to you to since I use your guides and your Addon Pack.
BTW...the server has a Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Prt Server NIC in it...so NORMALLY it screams hehe.
And ya know, I remember it flying before. It is just since I rebuilt this machine, the first instinct was AV!! It was the first I installed after ths OS so right from the get go with this install it was slow so I never really put 2 + 2 together.
But thanks for the replies guys...and keep up the great work!
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cluberti...you rock! I diabled AMON and the second I clicked apply....the CDROM spun up and the files were flying!! I never thought an AV and SIS would be such bad playmates!!
Sorry for all the !! I am just so excited. I can actually make more than an image every two days.
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Snag,
Do you mean it's been chugging along for 5+ hours copying the flat image up to the server, or is this a RIPREP upload?
Either way something is very wrong.
Yep....way slow. Not impressed. This is supposed to save me time lol
Anyhow thanks for the advice regarding the AV cluberti. I will let this ****ing thing finish and then try it. I was even so made I uninstalled RIS, formatted that partition and started from scratch hehe.
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and being part of a raid5 array should not affect anything I wouldn't think...
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lol...
Well...thing is it is a bare bare installation of Server2003. Using NOD32 for my AV. Absolutely nothing has changed in the server or any of the configuration for that matter. The only thing that has changed are the images.
So would it simply be that after images are added and deleted etc over the course of time that the groveler just becomes less efficient or more particularly busier as it has to search through the the files?
It just seems inherent that because of the job that SIS does it would be slower than just accepting all the slack space. And for that matter I could care less about using space inefficiently if it means things would be faster. There are 100GB dedicated to the the RIS partition alone and there are only going to be a maximum of 10 images at any given time anyway...
But no Bashrat...no keyloggers or any infections at all
Love the DPs btw. I feel *sniff* honored to be spoken to by you as well (and I am serious...keep up the awesome work!)0 -
How long should it take to place a RIS image on the server?! I mean...it originally went pretty quick (nowhere like a direct copy though) but now it has been like 5 hours and it is chugging along at what seems a crippled snail's pace.
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Since you can't do an administrative install, is it possible to do this? I was kind of hoping to be able to deploy customer systems just THIS |----| much faster.
TIA
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Ok, so Microsoft says that each OPK must correlate to the specific OS in which it was distributed with. Is there a difference among them at all? It does not seem so upon initial inspection...but when you try to add a new SKU (for the sake of argument XP-Pro and MCE) it says that SKU already exists would I like to over-write. Well, I do not want to over-write my XP-Pro with SBS or MCE so my answer at that point is a resounding: NO.
Is there a way to have RIS start up with WinPE and install cfgsets from various version of Windows WITHOUT having to host the sets on different computers? I mean, I have deliberately built this system particularly for doing deployments and I want to have everything under one roof, so to speak.
I know how to do it from the RIS side of things...but it is that **** OPK portion of the install that is causing me grief. I want to use PE, I want to use RIS. Do I have any options?
TIA.
Snag
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nevermind...somehow or another my cfgset got corrupted
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I am using OPK and am looking to do an OEM pre-install via RIS. How do I get the cfgsets to be utilized by the RIS image WITHOUT utilizing a floppy in conjunction with my PE image booting from RIS? I got it to work once but since then I have tried everything...is there an actual write-up on how to use the OPK to build customizable installations that can be deployed via RIS? It kinda takes away from the complete automation aspect of things if I have to be around to eject the **** floppy...
Before I get jumped on, I did do a search. I have searched google. I have searched technet/MS, I have read the chf. Everything is obscure, incomplete and loosly tied with no actual order of operations or set procedures.
I would like to be able to have it install all the apps and then essentially come up to the branded Welcome screen. I DID get it happen once, but I had a little help from a little green plant and since then I have not been able to do it again (maybe it made me think a little more outside the box than I normally do, I dunno).
Any help would be most appreciated. Please help...I don't have any weed
TIA
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15 Minute XP Install with BTS, Apps. Autopatcher etc...
in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
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Well....don't have it 100% down yet to do a tutorial, but it is just taking my RIS/OPK deployments and making a wim image out of them...
The key is WDS though...I mean, the time it takes to install Vista as compared to using the dvd is insane!! Less han 30 minutes to do a Beta 2 vanilla install.