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Ash1010

Posts:7

06/12/2008 5:13 PM
Hi i want to use MDT to partition my hard drive and install dual boot with XP on both partitions . I know i can use the task sequence to format and create two partitions but how do i tell mdt to install xp on 2 different partitions ? how does mdt know which partition to install OS on ? thanks

Konrad

Posts:67

06/12/2008 6:51 PM
Looking in LTIApply.wsf (the vbscript that kicks off the install), it sets the destination partition using the MDT variable "DestinationLogicalDrive" (line 835 using the option "/syspart" on the winnt32.exe command line). I don't know how easy it would be to install a second XP OS, but you could try something like: 1. Just before your "Capture Image" group in the task sequence, create a new group, maybe something like "Install Second OS" 2. Have the first task in this new group a "Set Task Sequence Variable" and set the value of "DestinationLogicalDrive" to "D:" (or E: or what ever it shows up as" 3. Now you'll probably need to duplicate ALL (or almost all) of the standard task sequence steps from "Preinstall" all the way down to "Prepare to Capture Image". 4. In your CS.ini, to make sure the capture is of both drives, set the variable: BackupDrive=ALL

Ash1010

Posts:7

06/15/2008 4:27 PM
hi thanks for that i will give that a try

Ash1010

Posts:7

06/15/2008 6:13 PM
Hi i carried out the steps outlined. So the process now is that task sequence will format the disk into C and D and mark them as active .But once the first image is layed down and machine boots up i get BOOTGMR not found error. At first i thought there might be a problem with the image file but i layed down the same image on the same pc minus the the additional steps and it works . Could it be that i need to make changes in the BOOT.ini file since there would be two partitions on the disk and xp could be getting confused. Please note the image i applying is a syspreped image thanks

Konrad

Posts:67

06/16/2008 1:54 AM
I believe, and I could be wrong as it's been a while since I last tried this (4 or 5 years ago I think and it wasn't with BDD), that if you have a second image and you want to use the WinXP bootmgr to choose between the two images, then the second image has to recognise it's drive as D: such that when you boot into it, it thinks of it's Windir as D:\Windows (or whatever you've named the folder). Both images can not think that their system drive is C: drive. You could however use some third party boot manager (including some freeware ones) that will allow you to do this. Your missing BOOTGMR message might be fixable by running a command line to do the following: "%deployroot%\tools\%Architecture%\bootsect.exe" /nt52 c: This fixes up the bootmgr.

scaniafreak User is Offline

Posts:33

06/26/2008 9:35 AM
I have this problem too. I'm trying to make a dual boot with Vista and Xp. Both are being installed from their source files. Does the variable Destination Local drive also apply to this? And the problem with the bootmgr does it also apply to this?

Ash1010

Posts:7

07/17/2008 5:50 PM
Hi i have tested the variables a few times and in different ways as well but didnt work for me. So i ended up scripting the process . Basically the machine will boot up using winpe , make two partitions using diskpart and formt the drives . Once that is done it will apply the image on both partitions and then i copy run the bootdfg command to set the first boot partition. Unfortunately this way we cannot do driver injection

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