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Preparing the Directory Structure for Deployment in Microsoft Windows PE 41
Setting Up a Directory Structure for Deployment
To perform a DTK-enabled deployment, you must create a deployment
directory structure on either a network share or your local workstation hard
drive. The deployment directory structure is a central repository for all
deployment files and can be used successively as a testing space, a repository
for a network deployment, and a repository to build a bootable deployment CD.
If you plan to perform a network-based deployment, you must set up the
directory structure on a network volume that is accessible from your
workstation, the source system (to generate configuration information), and
the target system (to deploy).
If you plan to run a scripted deployment from DTK sample scripts, make sure
that the following files are correctly structured in the deployment directory.
DTK sample scripts use this structure to set the default paths for
deployment. If you make changes to the directory structure, you must also
make changes to the sample scripts.
Table 3-6. Supporting Tools and System Files
Additional Tools Purpose Source
Windows AIK 1.1
released with Vista SP1
and Windows 2008 to
build Windows PE 2.0
Create a bootable CD
for Windows PE 2.0.
www.microsoft.com
Windows AIK for
Windows 7 to build
Windows PE 3.0
Create a bootable CD
for Windows PE 3.0.
www.microsoft.com
upimg.bin Contains system-specific
Dell utility partition
files.
NOTE: In the previous
releases, each Dell
system required a unique
upimg.bin file. Starting in
DTK 2.3 , the upimg.bin
file is common for all Dell
systems.
\Toolkit\Systems, the Dell
Support website at
support.dell.com, or the Dell
Systems Build and Update
Utility
on the Dell Systems
Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD