Systems Deployment

No, the diskpart script is the same one I've been using all along, and is the one that the K2200 came with when we purchased it; I know it's misleading with the missing boot mgr message, but I'm guessing that's what's happening after preinstall and when the 2200 starts deploying the 2012 image; maybe the boot sector is getting overwritten for some reason. I get nothing just a black screen and reboot after preinstall tasks complete.

I just used it today with a standard 2012 ISO. It's definitely successfully cleaning and putting the bootsect.exe on the drive.

Here's the commands I used to make the DISM image; I'm just wondering if there's a DISM command I can use to make the image work with the k2200 for a network install. In one example of language pack update, the guy had a /bootable switch, maybe something like that?

Here's my powershell script I made. It's barebones to get the packages slipstreamed into the image.
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set-executionpolicy unrestricted

dism /cleanup-wim #cleans up any old dism mounts

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\ISO\sources\install.wim /index:2 /mountdir:c:\mount #mount image onto folder

$i = 1

$folders = (Get-ChildItem C:\Updates).count #get folder count from updates

while ($i -le $folders){dism /image:c:\mount /add-package:c:\updates\$i;$i++} #recursively step through each folder in "updates" and add packages

dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\mount /commit #commit changes and unmount

cd "c:\program files (x86)"

.\oscdimg -bC:\ISO\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lwin8 C:\ISO\ C:\win8.iso

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because you asked, here's the preinstall tasks:

select disk 0
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
assign
exit

format /q /y /fs:ntfs c:

bootsect.exe /NT60 c:

Thanks for your time. - trevzilla 10 years ago

Will it deploy if you don't slipstream any packages? - nheyne 10 years ago

one thing I notice you are calling the script and mounts from the c drive, but you format that in your preinstall tasks which will wipe all files from it. if your iso is on a boot stick what drive letter does that become? - SMal.tmcc 10 years ago

Yes, nhenye, it does deploy without slipstreamed packages perfectly from a USB. So the USB is usually like letter J on my computer. I don't see why C drive would be a problem, but I could force Kace to assign a different letter in preinstall and see what happens just for kicks.

In terms of the mount point, I'm doing that on my desktop. Good call though I will add a md statement to create the proper folders for anyone using it. I've already got those folders so I was just reusing them.

Sorry, english is my first language but I'm not always the best at communicating through the written word.

So I'm making the image on my desktop with that powershell script and c:\mount c:\updates and c:ISO already exist. I unpack the Stock ISO into ISO, mount the install.wim /index2 (Server 2012 Standard GUI) to c:\mount. After unmounting and turning back into an ISO (it's now 5GB and the original was under 4) Uploading the finished ISO to the K2200 and using it in a new deployment.

Sorry if I'm missing the obvious. I'm going to look at all the different DISM commands and see if I'm missing anything. There isn't a whole lot of documentation and just examples without any commentary and why you do things. And I've yet to find a guide where the modified image is used in a network install.

Again thanks for the feedback, I'll keep trying. If I figure it out on my own I'll post the answer. - trevzilla 10 years ago