Deployment Guide
Creating and customizing images for Windows PE 4.0 and 5.1.................................................................................. 55
Integrating DTK directory structure .......................................................................................................................... 55
Creating a bootable media for Windows PE 3.0......................................................................................................... 55
Running the image..................................................................................................................................................... 56
Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows................................................. 56
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled............................................................................................. 56
Preparing and populating the network share..............................................................................................................56
Deployment using removable boot media without a network (media-based) connection for systems running
windows...........................................................................................................................................................................57
Network based deployment for systems running windows...............................................................................................57
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows..........................................................57
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows.......................................... 57
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux.............................................................................................................57
Network-based deployment.......................................................................................................................................57
Media-based deployment...........................................................................................................................................58
Deployment using customized embedded Linux...............................................................................................................60
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux................................................................ 61
8 Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux.............................62
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux............................................................................................ 62
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux...............................................................................................62
9 Known issues and frequently asked questions...............................................................64
Known issues................................................................................................................................................................... 64
General issues............................................................................................................................................................ 64
RAIDCFG issues......................................................................................................................................................... 64
SYSCFG issues...........................................................................................................................................................64
Windows PE installation issues...................................................................................................................................64
Embedded Linux installation issues.............................................................................................................................64
Frequently asked questions..............................................................................................................................................64
General deployment questions................................................................................................................................... 64
RAIDCFG questions................................................................................................................................................... 65
SYSCFG questions.....................................................................................................................................................66
Embedded Linux questions.........................................................................................................................................67
Windows PE questions...............................................................................................................................................68
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