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    Vista Image (or unattended setup) in ImageUltra Builder?

    in Unattended Windows Vista/Server 2008

    Posted · Edited by caouette

    I got it working. IUB now images a machine, and successfully boots into Vista. Here's how I got it working.

    In my Hardware Specific Image source, I added a copy of bootsect.exe, and put this command in my deploy.bat, which runs the actual imagex.exe /apply command. Perviously, I had tried the bootsect.exe command after the imagex command. That didn't work. The bootsect command needed to be before the imagex command. Here is the contents of my deploy.bat file:

    bootsect.exe /nt60 c: /force

    imagex.exe /apply vista_image.wim 1 c:

    And the contents of the source files folder for the OS module:

    deploy.bat

    imagex.exe

    vista_image.wim

    wimscript.ini

    bootsect.exe

    And finally the contents of my Vista basemap:

    ImageUltra 3.0 - Windows XP Pro Primary Partition

    HSI OS Module for Windows Vista Enterprise

    -Mike

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    Vista Image (or unattended setup) in ImageUltra Builder?

    in Unattended Windows Vista/Server 2008

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    Ok, I almost have it working. I created my normal WIM image, and imported it into IUB as a Hardware Specific Image. I also set the image to deploy over the network to speed up the whole process. The computer gets repartitioned, and the WIM image applies to the c: drive. Unfortunately, upon first boot, I get an error that NTLDR can't be found.

    I can manually fix it by running "bootsect.exe /nt60 c:", but adding that command (and bootsect.exe) to the HSI OS module does not work. I'm gonna try the /force switch next.

    I think I can get it to work, and I'll let you guys know about my results.

    -Mike

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    Any ImageUltra User Out There?

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

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    We use ImageUltra Builder from Lenovo to do our "imaging". We have 2 different types of deployments we use. The first is what is known as an "Ultra Portable" image... which basically means that the system runs an unattended setup of XP, detects the driver modules for the hardware you selected, then runs unattended setups for any applications you've put into your "basemap".

    We also use a "Portable Sysprep'ed" image, which is a ghost image of a basic XP installation, with special customizations that allow it to install the additional apps and drivers.

    The system works pretty well, but I'm looking for other people that use IUB, so I can see if there are any tips and tricks to getting faster deployments, or making the building of drivermaps easier or whatnot.

    I've been reading the forums here for a while, and have improved the Ultra Portable image just by using some of the tricks mentioned for the standard unattended installs.

    Cheers

    -Mike Caouette

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    Possible to increase Unattened install speed?

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

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    I've been using an unattended install of XP for a while now, and one of the biggest complaints I have heard is that it simply takes too long to run the install. It still takes the standard 45 minutes to install XP. The techs working with me love the fact that we now have 1 "image" to maintain, rather than a bunch of sysprep'd ghost images. However, they really want to be able to deploy a new machine in about 20 minute, like ghost could.

    Anyway, at the upcoming "Windows Connections 2006" conference, Douglas Spindler is supposed to reveal how we can reduce installation time to 15 minutes. See here: http://www.devconnections.com/shows/WinSpr...lt.asp?c=1&s=73

    My question is... how could he be doing this? I'm going to try to go the the conference, but I want to see if our collective minds can figure out a similar solution.

    Any ideas?

    -Mike Caouette

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