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Running Deployment Scripts Using
DTK and Microsoft Windows PE
This section provides best practices procedures and scenarios for using the
Deployment Toolkit (DTK) to perform pre-operating system configuration
tasks and to install supported operating systems on supported Dell systems.
After you have populated the deployment directory structure with all
necessary files and carefully edited the deployment scripts and configurations
files, you are ready to begin the final stage of the deployment process. Before
running the deployment, however, you need to create specific deployment
media to facilitate your chosen deployment method. The common
deployment scenarios are:
• CD-based local deployment
• CD-based local deployment with networking enabled
• Using a third-party deployment solution framework
For the CD-based deployment methods, you begin by creating and
customizing Microsoft Windows PE for Dell systems.
Creating and Customizing Images for
Windows PE 2.0
If you are using Windows PE 2.0, download Windows Automated Installation Kit
(Windows AIK) from the Microsoft website at
www.microsoft.com . By default,
Windows AIK is copied to the
C:\Program Files\Windows AIK directory.
NOTE: DTK 3.2 for 64-bit systems supports only Windows PE 2.0.
Integration of DTK Directory Structure in Windows PE Build
DTK provides a script, VPE_driverinst.bat, to pre-install the Dell drivers into
a base Windows PE 2.0 image (winpe.wim). To execute this script in 32-bit or
64-bit supported systems:
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Open a command prompt on your system and change the directory to the
location of
VPE_driverinst.bat .