WAIK 2.0 - where's "Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE"???
- Hello
I have a Server 2008 R2 x64 Windows Deployment Server running and I'd like to deploy XP and 7 through it.
I would like to integrate mass storage and NIC drivers to the winpe.wim image.
There are two ways of doing this:
1. Using DSIM to integrate the drivers to an offline WinPE image
2. Using Windows System Image Manager to create a distribution share with drivers, point an answer file to the driver path, and have WinPE query that path for drivers when WinPE boots up.
I would like to use method 2, as it is more modular and easier to maintain - if a driver is causing problems, or if you need to add a driver, simply add or remove .inf files from the distribution share. No need to modify the boot.wim image.
According to the Windows System Image Manager help, and according to this page (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744510%28WS.10%29.aspx), to add a driver path to an answer file, one must add to the answer file a component called Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE. This is where my problem is: I can't find such a component in the WinPE.wim image! It simply isn't there!
My WinPE.wim file was created using copype.cmd x86 c:\WinPE_x86, so it's a clean file. I tried adding all the available packages, but that hasn't added any new components.
I've googled and couldn't find anyone experiencing this problem at all.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks very much.
Réponses
Hello,
You should use WSIM to open a Windows 7 install image, not a WinPE image.
1. Copy the Windows 7 install image (.wim) file to your technician computer.
2. On the technician computer, open Windows SIM.
3. On the File menu, click Select Windows Image.
4. The Select a Windows Image dialog box opens.
5. In the Select a Windows Image dialog box, select the file type in the Files of type drop-down list box, and then navigate to a Windows 7 image (.wim).
6. If there is more than one type of Windows image in the file, select a specific Windows image in the Select an Image box.
7. Click Open.
8. In the Answer File pane, select the top node, and then right-click to select New Answer File.
9. The new answer file appears in the Answer File pane.
Then you should be able to find Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE under Components
Hope it helps.
Tim Quan - MSFT
- Marqué comme réponseTim Quan - MSFTMSFT, Modérateurjeudi 19 novembre 2009 01:46
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Hello,
You should use WSIM to open a Windows 7 install image, not a WinPE image.
1. Copy the Windows 7 install image (.wim) file to your technician computer.
2. On the technician computer, open Windows SIM.
3. On the File menu, click Select Windows Image.
4. The Select a Windows Image dialog box opens.
5. In the Select a Windows Image dialog box, select the file type in the Files of type drop-down list box, and then navigate to a Windows 7 image (.wim).
6. If there is more than one type of Windows image in the file, select a specific Windows image in the Select an Image box.
7. Click Open.
8. In the Answer File pane, select the top node, and then right-click to select New Answer File.
9. The new answer file appears in the Answer File pane.
Then you should be able to find Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE under Components
Hope it helps.
Tim Quan - MSFT
- Marqué comme réponseTim Quan - MSFTMSFT, Modérateurjeudi 19 novembre 2009 01:46
- Thank you for your reply.
The "Driver Path" option is an incredible solution. As I understand it, it means that boot-critical drivers can be added or removed from a WDS image on the fly without modifying the image itself. This is flexible, easy to use, and requires no modification to the image itself. Just add or remove .inf files from the distribution share and everything will work.
This is an invaluable feature for WinPE as well, since in case of a deployment to a machine that needs drivers that are not included in Windows 7 and WinPE 3.0, the same drivers will be needed for both WinPE.wim (boot.wim) and Windows7.wim (install.wim). So I don't really understand the inclusion of this feature in install.wim images only.
My goal is to create one Windows 7 image (boot.wim + install.wim) that will be deploy-able to any machine, i.e., hardware independent.
In the case of WinPE 3.0, is there another option to add drivers other than integrating them using DISM?
