BDD 2007, how can I add windows updates ?

[anyweb]

hi, i've managed to get Vista Ultimate 32bit to install using BDD 2007, however I have one remaining issue and that is adding hotfixes or Windows Updates to the installation,

If I take any of the updates found in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and try to add them as a Package in the Deployment Workbench, it correctly identifies the KBxxxxxx update, and lists it, however when I then PXE boot and do a LTI (litetouch installation) about half way through the file copying phase BDD errors out with a null error or 0x0000001F.

If I remove said package the installation will work fine but then once done proceeds to download approximately 350MB of updates from Microsoft,

how can I do this correctly ?

here's a sample of those updates from the folder I mentioned above

Volume in drive C is vista

Volume Serial Number is B4AE-694F

Directory of C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

01/09/2007 11:48 <DIR> .

01/09/2007 11:48 <DIR> ..

10/08/2007 14:04 <DIR> 02db2ac8c922887d038a8aa5928e89c1

10/08/2007 13:55 <DIR> 0b6979f79cd3bfa0ff0c4203e97b135e

10/08/2007 13:39 <DIR> 35326f8fc2784fdc71b585869c9944a8

10/08/2007 13:58 <DIR> 4247ee81d83ae9d7e3fa1853ec434edf

10/08/2007 13:41 <DIR> 4fb86837659a6aa4d2dff633e04594a0

11/05/2007 03:04 <DIR> 5e60b51d5e34604bb9a853056a434dff

10/08/2007 13:47 <DIR> 66fbbbd297b40407cd59be063338366b

11/05/2007 03:04 <DIR> 80bf7b0fc53a4b3aa5197980223e97fa

10/08/2007 13:55 <DIR> 9c50f58c375d536720c74a564e5e3daa

28/11/2006 16:55 11,624 a79bcfc22f1d4c15ae4840c3d535bd203a0a7506

09/08/2007 18:54 4,568,984 b93c3fad45af7d76506902ca6e7e2b7213199643

10/08/2007 13:35 <DIR> bce56abf692fe8b0d7d2616f825d5cb4

10/08/2007 13:51 <DIR> be10c0f067845c13b2a633b56ceca787

10/08/2007 13:48 <DIR> ce743c5f48a4657d14fb18ae8248dfcb

10/08/2007 14:09 <DIR> e42e4bc045dc6d70ee2a82945b8884c4

04/07/2007 01:35 486,872 e54054e7e33002f98ba44ddcfef419359217ca3b

10/08/2007 13:51 <DIR> e5d7e0d4b9e28621018f12aa829215ae

10/08/2007 14:01 <DIR> ed070508532904e9582c3a6ea0158e9a

10/08/2007 13:59 <DIR> f09a080c08e749c020db43b9acdd1235

01/09/2007 11:48 0 list.txt

4 File(s) 5,067,480 bytes

18 Dir(s) 8,969,404,416 bytes free

Am I doing this the wrong way ? is the Windows Vista Media I'm using part of the problem ? (it's SLP media with the $OEM$ folder removed because of this issue > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=202

I'd appreciate your advice as this is the last hurdle I have with regards to LTI.

cheers

anyweb

[anyweb]

is this possible dudes and if so how ?

every time i do a test BDD install on one of these laptops i get 35 updates applied and we're talking on a home ADSL connection, which kinda sucks,

i'd like to push these updates out during the install if possible, or after, but as i've said before, when i add them to the 'packages' section in bdd, it crashes the install.

pls help

cheers

anyweb

[anyweb]

ok i've figured it out,

i was using downloaded files that vista itself had downloaded via windows update (automatically)

those file names had files such as eg: Windows6.0-KB905866-v10-x86-EXPRESS.cab

they won't work with BDD 2007, what you need to do is google for the KB number above, and download the MSU file instead (eg: Windows6.0-KB931573-x86.msu), and then import the MSU file in BDD 2007,

then when you pxe boot to the server, you'll be prompted in windows PE to select packages (such as language packs)before selecting the applications to install,

the msu files you added in the workbench will be neatly laid out in your bdd 2007 distribution folder something like this

Directory of E:\Distribution\Packages

09/04/2007 03:32 PM <DIR> .

09/04/2007 03:32 PM <DIR> ..

09/04/2007 03:23 PM <DIR> HotFix

09/04/2007 01:17 PM <DIR> LanguagePack

09/04/2007 03:23 PM <DIR> SecurityUpdate

09/04/2007 03:23 PM <DIR> Update

with each sub-folder having it's hotfixes and patches etc.

ok thats great, at least I know now how it works, however, one last question,

how can i DISABLE windows vista from automatically looking for updates using BDD 2007 ?

anyone know ?

cheers

anyweb

Edited September 4, 2007 by anyweb