Good day to everyone, I have been wrestling with MDT\WDS for over a month now, once I resolve one error, I get a different error! Below is a brief description on what I am doing to try and deploy an Xp image, can any one explain what the frick I am doing wrong! Thanks in advanced! First I created an O.S. by choosing import source files. Never got that to deploy properly! I Have built a XP image with all updates minus vendor specific drivers and then sysprep using the command sysprep -reseal -mini[-bmsd] -forceshutdown, once it shuts down I boot into the windowsPE environment and run the imagex command imagex /capture c: c:\image.wim "DRIVE C" /verify that process runs without any error of creating the .wim file. I then map a drive to the MDT server and copy it to the Distribution\Captures and have created a new OS by picking the custom WIM radio button and then point to the .wim that was just created , rename it accordingly, and I do include the source where I have a master sysprep files reside.
I then edit the sysprep.inf and unattend.xml to add the mass storage section (created in the sysprep process) modify the Task Sequence and create a network deployment point, update the deployment point, go into WDS\Boot Images add a boot image from the Distribution\Boot section and pick the boot WIM rename it. pxe boot a test pc go to the appropriate boot choice and run the deployment process from there. First error was setup can't continue, found out that sysprep does not like media player 11, uninstalled that ghosted up the reference image and began the process again now the error is "unable to find sms task sequence, the deployment process will not proceed" and that is where I am. Inside the Distribution or Deployment directory inside the $oem$ folder I create a structure that mimics the layout in Sysprep\I386 that contains two folders, Drivers and Sysprep. Am I doing something wrong. I really need some advice to finish this project. Below is a copy of the task sequence to help get the pieces in place. I have done more research and came across following commands should I be using these? sysprep -quiet -mini -reseal And choose not to copy any sysprep files over. Then for imagex command, you saw the command I used above, should I be using the one below? Imagex /capture /compress maximum C:\ \\MDT\Distribution$\Captures\XPCAPBUILD.wim "Windows Xp Sp 2 Build" Thanks again, Paul |