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Creating bootable offline media for ISO of size 10 GB

Proposed Creating bootable offline media for ISO of size 10 GB

  • Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:55 PM
     
     
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    Hi

    I am creating one offline image for windows XP whose size is around 9.6 GB. So now i have to made the bootable DVD but not Dual layer. It shuold be single Layer DVD's. So can anyone help me out how to create bootable DVD so that when first one finishes it asks for second one and then third for continuation.

    Thanks in advance for all ur help.

     

    sumit kumar sonal

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  • Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:06 PM
     
     
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    I would rather use a USB-stick instead of cd/dvd.

     

    OHM
    www.msitpros.com

     


    • Edited by Oddvar Moe Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:06 PM typo
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  • Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:53 PM
     
     
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    thnx for ur reply Moe, but i need to create bootable DVD only. Alterations can be done in USB-stick thts why i want DVD.

    If u can help, please update me.

    thanks

    sumit
     
  • Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:52 AM
     
     
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    Is there a specific reason that you cannot use a Dual-Layer DVD and keep the deployment under 8.5 GB? I haven't tried it myself but it seems that it should work and would provide a solution for you.
    Paul Jorgensen www.justcode.ca
     
  • Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:35 AM
     
     
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    Thanks Paul for ur reply. Actually some of the PC's are not DL DVD equipped, and due to multiple hardware drivers in the media the iso is too bulky.

     

    Thanks

    Sumit 

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  • Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:53 AM
     
     
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    Hi again. I do not know how to split an iso into 2 for seperate burning. This software also have to consider that it does not corrupt files if it splits it.

     

    Have you considered using selection profiles in MDT to not include everything in your iso? Maybe you do not need all apps or all drivers.....
    I have a little guide on the subject.

    http://msitpros.com/?p=699

    OHM
    www.msitpros.com

     
  • Friday, July 29, 2011 10:28 AM
     
     
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    I havent tested this for myself but you may want to give it a try.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744579(WS.10).aspx

    Go to the section: To create a spanned media on DVD

     The instructions seem a bit confusing but read the users comments at the end . It seems some people go it working.

    Especially this one

    Simplified Instruction

    If you don't want to use the command, you can just use the imagex /split command to split the install.wim file. After the .wim file has been split, and you have two or more .swm files, place each .swm file in a different folder, keeping the first .swm file in the original folder. For example, first, place all of the setup files (boot, efi, sources, support, upgrade, autorun.inf, bootmgr, setup.exe) in CD 1. If you split install.wim into install.swm, install2.swm, and install3.swm, then keep install.swm in CD 1/sources, and create the folders CD 2 and CD 3. In CD 2, create the folder "source". Copy over the install2.swm into CD 2/source. Do the same for install3.swm. Follow the same steps if you want to create a DVD. This will work for installations that don't have language packs. I am not sure about those that have language packs, though. Hope this guide simplified things.


    Regards

    ~G



     
  • Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:49 AM
     
     
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    Hi Sumit,

    You could also look at setting up profiles in MDT for each system you want to deploy, in order to limit the size of the media. Then apply these profiles in the Media item. This would eliminate wasting a lot of space for unneeded drivers and other unneeded files.

    I would also think you could purchase an external USB drive that would allow Dual-Layer capability. This drive could be used with the deployment at the target workstation. It seems like it could work, but I have never tested that scenario. I suppose if thats an option, another option could be to look at a Blu-ray drive in the same scenario. I have a blu-ray drive and I don't recall that I had to install the drivers in order to read a disk.

     

    Hope that helps!

    Paul Jorgensen www.justcode.ca
     
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:08 AM
     
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    Hi

    I am creating one offline image for windows XP whose size is around 9.6 GB. So now i have to made the bootable DVD but not Dual layer. It shuold be single Layer DVD's. So can anyone help me out how to create bootable DVD so that when first one finishes it asks for second one and then third for continuation.

    Thanks in advance for all ur help.

     

    sumit kumar sonal

    sumit


    This is not possible using MDT, you'd have to create a solution on your own. Using split wim files is only partially the way to go, since you cannot directly apply a split wim without having all the parts of the split wim file in the same location. Meaning you'd first need to copy the 2-3 .swm files to a local disk and then use imagex to apply the image.

     

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    • Proposed As Answer by MikeMorawski Thursday, August 11, 2011 1:26 PM
    • Edited by Stephan Schwarz Friday, August 12, 2011 1:11 AM spelling
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  • Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:53 AM
     
     
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    Hi,

    This is possible using .swm files. I have seen the installation media created using this method using .swm files spanned on multiple DVDs (based on the method
    Gandalf50. described above).

    You may not directly use MDT to do it and may require command line based approach.

    This might help,

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749189%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

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    Best regards,

    Tharindha Herath.