"Ben" wrote:

>
> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:344525CE-E381-4568-93AA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Hello Ben,
> >
> > Hope your weekend went well.
> >
> > Here is where I stand as of now. I downloaded WAIK but I do not think
> > there
> > is a boot image included in that. There are two .wim files but they are
> > not
> > boot files. I used one of them to create a boot image and a capture boot
> > image but they do not work. When I PXE boot the machine I am not getting
> > and
> > boot menu Other than a Vista PE Boot option or RIS option . If I choose
> > The
> > Windows Vista PE Boot option it will eventually take me to
> > X:Windows\system32
> > prompt and sit there.I am not presented with any capture options.
> >
> > The good news is by creating the boot image I now have my PXEBoot.com
> > files
> > where they should be.
>
> Steve, when you boot into Win PE I think you should be able to type
> WDSCapture (this works for the standard boot image, and I think it does for
> Win PE), which will begin the capture process. If you want to boot and have
> it capture automatically, then you need to create a capture boot image,
> (again, this works for the standard boot image, and I think for Win PE), you
> can do this by going into the WDS console, and selecting the existing boot
> image, and then right click and select 'Create Capture Boot Image', once the
> image is created, add it to the boot images list (right click and select Add
> Boot Image), now when you reboot, you'll get an additional option, which
> when selected, will automatically start a capture.
>
>
>
Next problem. I have sucessfully captured and image of one of my Windows Xp
boxes. It was uploaded to the WDS server. Now I am not sure how to use this
installation image to image other machines. When I PXE boot a machine that
has not been imaged I do not see an option to download the installation image
I created. I thought I might need to make my installation image a boot image
but it will not allow me to do this because the installation .wim is not a
boot .wim.
So I am confused now on how I deploy this image to other machines.

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> Next problem. I have sucessfully captured and image of one of my Windows
> Xp
> boxes. It was uploaded to the WDS server. Now I am not sure how to use
> this
> installation image to image other machines. When I PXE boot a machine that
> has not been imaged I do not see an option to download the installation
> image
> I created. I thought I might need to make my installation image a boot
> image
> but it will not allow me to do this because the installation .wim is not a
> boot .wim.
> So I am confused now on how I deploy this image to other machines.
>
>

Steve,

You need to boot from your already installed boot image, not the capture
boot image, it will load the vista mini setup, then offer you a selection of
available install images, if you have setup the install image in the correct
install group, if not go to WDS Console > Install Images > Add an Install
Group if none exist > Add an install image to the group (Add Install Image >
find your captured image).

HTH

Ben

Ben

"Ben" wrote:

> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FE84A7C4-C938-4CF3-9368-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >
> > Next problem. I have sucessfully captured and image of one of my Windows
> > Xp
> > boxes. It was uploaded to the WDS server. Now I am not sure how to use
> > this
> > installation image to image other machines. When I PXE boot a machine that
> > has not been imaged I do not see an option to download the installation
> > image
> > I created. I thought I might need to make my installation image a boot
> > image
> > but it will not allow me to do this because the installation .wim is not a
> > boot .wim.
> > So I am confused now on how I deploy this image to other machines.
> >
> >
>
> Steve,
>
> You need to boot from your already installed boot image, not the capture
> boot image, it will load the vista mini setup, then offer you a selection of
> available install images, if you have setup the install image in the correct
> install group, if not go to WDS Console > Install Images > Add an Install
> Group if none exist > Add an install image to the group (Add Install Image >
> find your captured image).
>
> HTH
>
> Ben
>
> Ben
>
>
>
Hello again Ben,

I do have the install image in an image group. I was able to specify which
group to upload the image to during the capture process. I think my problem
is the boot image from WAIK is not a fully functional boot image. I found
other information on the web saying that the .WIM files in WAIK allow you to
capture images but you can not deploy images unless you use the boot.wim from
an actual Vista DVD. So I have ordered a copy of Vista and I will post the
results once it comes in and I change my boot image.

Once again I really appreciate all your help.

Steve

I am in the exact (nearly) situation as you. Looking forward to any help out there.



Stev wrote:

Image Windows XP using WDS
03-Oct-07

I need to do simple imaging using WDS. All I want to be able to do right now
is take an image of a WinXP machine and then be able to image other machines
with that image. I have WDS set up on a Win2003 Server but thats about as far
as I get before I hit a brick wall. The instructions are very muddy. When I
boot an existing Xp machine with PXE it does not find the WDS server. I get
PXE errors like tftp error and no file found. Can anyone point me to a simple
step by step document on how to get this working? We have used Novell
Zenworks for imaging for years but we are trying to get away from that.

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I think Server 2003 has to handle the DHCP assignments; so turn off any
other source, since it will lease IP address to the PXE card when that
boots.

Then you should get a blue screen similar to an XP install screen - and
then - it will give you some options....I did it once - and its great...to
get working - but I cant remember exactly what to do now.

Anyway it should start copying files across from the server; but the way I
had it working, it was not "Imaging" the HD back - the same as Ghost; it
merely copied files across.

Best I can do.


"Rick Snyder" wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am in the exact (nearly) situation as you. Looking forward to any help
>out there.
>
>
>
> Stev wrote:
>
> Image Windows XP using WDS
> 03-Oct-07
>
> I need to do simple imaging using WDS. All I want to be able to do right
> now
> is take an image of a WinXP machine and then be able to image other
> machines
> with that image. I have WDS set up on a Win2003 Server but thats about as
> far
> as I get before I hit a brick wall. The instructions are very muddy. When
> I
> boot an existing Xp machine with PXE it does not find the WDS server. I
> get
> PXE errors like tftp error and no file found. Can anyone point me to a
> simple
> step by step document on how to get this working? We have used Novell
> Zenworks for imaging for years but we are trying to get away from that.
>
> EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
> ASP.NET DataList and DataRepeater Controls
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...-and-data.aspx