User's Manual

22 Introduction

• The DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the

network share or the CD itself.

• Configuration information is read from the network share.

• The operating system is installed from a network share. (This

installation may happen after your system reboots.)

Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without a Network Connection

(CD-Based)

Create a deployment CD containing a bootable image with the

appropriate drivers. The CD must also include the complete deployment

directory structure, which contains all the DTK utilities, scripts, and

configuration files, an operating system installation answer file, and the

required operating system installation files and drivers.

Insert the bootable CD into the CD drive of the system to be deployed

(the target system).

Boot or reboot the target system.

The deployment process begins:

• Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case maybe, is loaded from

the CD.

• The DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the CD.

• Configuration information is read from the CD.

• The operating system is installed from the CD.

Network-Based Deployment (Remote)

For Windows PE environments, deployment using RIS is recommended.

(For details, see the Microsoft RIS documentation.) You can also use any other

deployment tool such as ADS.

For embedded Linux environments, a PXE set up is recommended.

(For details, see documentation available on your Linux operating system.)