Owner's Manual

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* Working knowledge to build Windows PE 2005 (See the Microsoft
documentation for customizing Windows PE 2005).
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS)
and Automated Deployment Services (ADS) (including setting up of RIS
and ADS environments), or any other third party deployment system or
tool.
* Working knowledge of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or any
other third party deployment system or tool for Windows PE 2.0.
* A workstation with the following capabilities:
-- A writable CD drive and CD writing software
-- Network access
* A target system with a CD drive if you are performing a local
deployment or network access if you are performing a network
deployment.
* All Deployment Toolkit utilities, sample scripts, and sample
configuration files.
* All required Windows PE drivers, operating system drivers, and the
Dell utility partition image file.
* A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for
all the DTK options to work correctly. In general, it is good
practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or the
"n-1" version that is available on "support.dell.com."
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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Deployment Toolkit version 2.6 adds the following features:
Support for Dell M805 and M905 systems.
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INSTALLATION
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For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."
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UPGRADING
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When upgrading from a previous release (1.x) of the DTK, ensure that
you create the new DTK version 2.x environment separately from your