Users Guide

Table Of Contents
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled.................................................................................... 57
Preparing and populating the network share........................................................................................................57
Deployment using removable boot media without a network (media-based) connection for systems
running windows........................................................................................................................................................... 58
Network based deployment for systems running windows.................................................................................... 58
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows........................................ 58
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows...................... 58
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux..................................................................................................... 58
Network-based deployment..................................................................................................................................... 59
Media-based deployment.......................................................................................................................................... 60
Deployment using customized embedded Linux.........................................................................................................61
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux............................................... 62
Chapter 8: Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux........................... 63
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux................................................................................. 63
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux.....................................................................................63
Chapter 9: Known issues and frequently asked questions............................................................ 65
Known issues......................................................................................................................................................................65
General issues.............................................................................................................................................................. 65
RAIDCFG issues........................................................................................................................................................... 65
Windows PE installation issues................................................................................................................................ 65
Embedded Linux installation issues.........................................................................................................................65
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................ 65
General deployment questions................................................................................................................................. 65
RAIDCFG questions.................................................................................................................................................... 66
SYSCFG questions...................................................................................................................................................... 67
Embedded Linux questions........................................................................................................................................67
Windows PE questions...............................................................................................................................................68
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