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Unanswered Deployment running ISO problem

  • Sunday, February 10, 2013 7:48 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

    I've been working on setting up an deployment of windows 7. Now im stuck during my tests.

    When i run the ISO it will load windows and later on it will stay on Microsoft Solution Accelators.

    I have no options to select and I would like to know what did I do wrong?

    Greetings,

    Giorgos


    • Edited by GiorgosT Monday, February 11, 2013 12:23 PM
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  • Sunday, February 10, 2013 9:27 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    Could you go into more detail please. even Screen shots if needed.

    I can't visualise what your issue is.

    /Andrew

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  • Sunday, February 10, 2013 9:43 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

    I made deployment share in deploymentworkbench, and I followed these steps http://technet.microsoft.com/library/ee523213.aspx

    I had burn the ISO to a CD then when I try it out I get to this problem.

    To burn boot images to a CD in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

      • In Windows Explorer, open the Boot folder in the deployment share. This folder contains the boot images LiteTouchPE_x86.iso and LiteTouchPE_x64.iso. If you created the deployment share in the default location, open C:\DeploymentShare\Boot in Windows Explorer.

      • Do one or both of the following:

        • To burn a CD that starts 32-bit computers, right-click LiteTouchPE_x86.iso, click Open With, and then click Windows Disc Image Burner. Follow the instructions to burn the .iso file to a CD.
        • To burn a CD that starts 64-bit computers, right-click LiteTouchPE_x64.iso, click Open With, and then click Windows Disc Image Burner. Follow the instructions to burn the .iso file to a CD.

    This is what im doing,

    1. Insert the boot CD or bootable UFD into the computer.

    2. Turn on the computer, and do one of the following:

      • If you’re using a boot CD, press a key when prompted to press any key to boot from CD or DVD. If you don’t see this prompt and you’ve inserted the boot CD into the computer, you must enable the basic input/output system (BIOS) to boot from CD. For more information, see the computer’s documentation.
    3. If you’re using a bootable UFD, open the boot device list when prompted. (In most cases, pressing F12 during the BIOS splash screen opens the computer’s boot device list.) From the list of boot devices, select the bootable UFD that you inserted in step 1 to start the computer using boot media that you created earlier. If you don’t see a prompt to display a boot device list, you must enable the boot menu in the computer’s BIOS. For more information, see the computer’s documentation.

    4. Click Run the Deployment Wizard to install a new Operating System.

    When I run the disk after it loads up windows it stays on Microsoft Solution Accelators so I can't click on Run the Deloyment Wizard to install a new OS.

    If you need to know more tell me.

    Greetings,

    Giorgos

     
  • Monday, February 11, 2013 2:37 AM
     
     
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    When booting to the disk you still require network access to the share to load the scripts etc.

    Though if it wasn't able to connect I would imagine an error telling you such...


    • Edited by mhouston100 Monday, February 11, 2013 3:19 AM
    • Marked As Answer by GiorgosT Monday, February 11, 2013 2:19 PM
    • Unmarked As Answer by GiorgosT Monday, February 11, 2013 2:19 PM
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  • Monday, February 11, 2013 10:11 AM
     
     
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    This all seems a bit strange to me, have you provided the correct drivers for the hardware you are trying to deploy? Storage and network drivers can be tricky sometimes if the driver that is needed is exotic and not commonly used it can be a real pain in the but to pinpoint the correct storage or network driver.

    What you then need to do is completely regenerate your boot images by updating the deploymentshare and then copy the content of the iso to a bootable usb stick with the Windows 7 USB DVD tool or just burn the dvd like you are trying allready.

    Your topic titel suggested that you where having issues with an offline iso deployment but instead you are having problems with your boot.iso.

    If this post is helpful please click "Mark for answer", thanks! Kind regards



     
  • Monday, February 11, 2013 4:14 PM
     
     
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    Hi thanks for responds,

    I have regenerate my boot images with the deployment update. I stay with same problem.

    Current situation

    Running windows server 2008 R2

    Busy with setting up MDT Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
    Automated Installation to Upgrade to Windows 7:

    All the computer really needs is about 10 gigabytes (GB) of free disk space and a network connection that each destination computer can reach.
    Check

    In Deployment Share bootfolder I have both ISO files.
    LiteTouchPE_x86 ISO File
    LiteTouchPE_x64 ISO File

    Using FreeISOburner to burn ISO.

    After running deployment update:

    === Making sure the deployment share has the latest x86 tools ===

    === Processing LiteTouchPE (x86) boot image ===

    Building requested boot image profile.
    Determining if any changes have been made in the boot image configuration.
    Loading the existing boot image profile for platform x86.
    Calculating hashes for requested content.
    Changes have been made, boot image will be updated.
    Windows PE WIM C:\Users\Administrator\Deployment Share\Boot\LiteTouchPE_x86.wim will be used.
    WIM file mounted.
    Set Windows PE system root.
    Set Windows PE scratch space.
    Compressing the WIM to reclaim unused space.
    Copying WIM to the deployment share.
    Creating an ISO.
    Copying ISO to the deployment share.

    === Completed processing platform x86 ===

    === Making sure the deployment share has the latest x64 tools ===

    === Processing LiteTouchPE (x64) boot image ===

    Building requested boot image profile.
    Determining if any changes have been made in the boot image configuration.
    Loading the existing boot image profile for platform x64.
    Calculating hashes for requested content.
    Changes have been made, boot image will be updated.
    Windows PE WIM C:\Users\Administrator\Deployment Share\Boot\LiteTouchPE_x64.wim will be used.
    WIM file mounted.
    Set Windows PE system root.
    Set Windows PE scratch space.
    Compressing the WIM to reclaim unused space.
    Copying WIM to the deployment share.
    Creating an ISO.
    Copying ISO to the deployment share.

    === Completed processing platform x64 ===


    === Processing complete ===

    When I boot from UFD or CD, these steps happen:

    ->Windows loading files
    ->Microsoft corporation
    ->Microsoft solutions accelators
    ->Reboot

    Greetings,

    Giorgos



    • Edited by GiorgosT Monday, February 11, 2013 4:15 PM
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  • Monday, February 11, 2013 4:38 PM
     
     
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    First of all I would not use DVD's it's an old media no-one really uses it nowadays, plus if you need to make adjustments to your boot image you'll need to burn a dvd every single time, which I would only do if I'm 100% sure I have a working boot image which is not the case.

    Use a 256 or 512 MB sized usb stick (depending on the size of your boot image off course) and copy it to USB with this tool: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

    This will make troubleshooting less time consuming, also when the machine boots in to WinPE press F8 so you can interrupt the reboot by pausing it, so you will be able to read some log files. If possible add an extra directory to your boot image with tools like trace32 and trace64 so they can be started to look at your logfiles even better!

    If this post is helpful please click "Mark for answer", thanks! Kind regards

     
  • Monday, February 11, 2013 4:53 PM
     
     
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    Thanks Rens,

    I have used this tool and tried USB boot, now I get error loading operating system.

     
  • Monday, February 11, 2013 5:07 PM
     
     
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    perhaps a quite obvious question, but what happens when you try to install this machine (hardware I suppose) manually with a Windows 7 ISO?

    If you need to supply additional storage drivers then there is your problem. Also, when in WinPE press F8 and enter: "DISKPART" and then "LIST DISK" to see if there are any drives detected.

    If this post is helpful please click "Mark for answer", thanks! Kind regards